In-kind finance: A theory of trade credit

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-590

  Burkart, Mike ^a   Ellingsen, Tore ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 4043183410     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041464579     Document Type: Review

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