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Trade credit: why do production firms act as financial intermediaries?

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Trade credit remains the single largest source of short-term business credit in the United States and other nations around the world. Why do production firms act as financial intermediaries - a role usually reserved for banks? In \\"Trade Credit: Why Do Production Firms Act as Financial Intermediaries?\\" Mitchell Berlin focuses on explanations that view trade credit as a method of monitoring and enforcing loan contracts to relatively risky firms. He also examines explanations in which a firm's long-term supply relationship helps it to make better credit decisions than a bank world.

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  • Mitchell Berlin, 2003. "Trade credit: why do production firms act as financial intermediaries?," Business Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, issue Q3, pages 21-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedpbr:y:2003:i:q3:p:21-28
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