Trade credit terms: Asymmetric information and price discrimination evidence from three continents

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1197-1236

  Pike, Richard ^a   Cheng, Nam Sang ^b   Cravens, Karen ^c   Lamminmaki, Dawne ^d  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Information asymmetry; Price discrimination; Trade credit; Two part terms (prompt payment discount)

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844528926     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00627.x     Document Type: Review

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