The Impact of Financial Development on the Relationship between Trade Credit, Bank Credit and Firm Characteristics. A Study on Firm-Level Data from Six MENA Countries

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Couppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel; Héricourt, Jérôme;
(2013)
  • Publisher: De Gruyter
  • Identifiers: doi: 10.1515/rmeef-2012-0048, doi: 10.1515/rmeef-2012-0048〉
  • Subject: JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth | [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance | financial development | JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O16 - Financial Markets • Saving and Capital Investment • Corporate Finance and Governance | JEL: F - International Economics/F.F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance | JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O55 - Africa | financial constraints | trade credit | JEL: G - Financial Economics/G.G2 - Financial Institutions and Services | trade credit,bank credit,financial constraints,financial development | bank credit
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International audience; Using a database of more than 1,300 firms from six countries in the MENA region, we study the impact of financial development on the relationship between trade credit on the one hand and bank credit access and firm-level characteristics, especial... View more
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