Trade credit and company performance during the 2008 financial crisis

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1125-1151

  Kestens, Katrien ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Philippe ^a   Bauwhede, Heidi Vander ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Financial constraints; Financial crisis; Firm performance; Trade credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871238903     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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