Trade credit in small and medium size firms: An application of the system estimator with panel data

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 103-126

  Rodríguez Rodríguez, Olga María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Panel data; System estimator; Trade credit; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845594719     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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