External finance and trade credit extension in China: does political affiliation make a difference?

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 4-6, 2016, Pages 319-344

  Guariglia, Alessandra ^a   Mateut, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese firms; political affiliation; short term liabilities; trade credit extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873588708     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2012.762030     Document Type: Article

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