This paper examines the causes of the large buildup of enterprise arrears in Russia during 1992, and evaluates policy options to deal with them. Noting the experience of. Eastern European countries, the paper emphasizes that the settlement of arrears through wholesale extension of credit would...

While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms self-selecting into exporting, a few studies find evidence of reverse causation. Especially in developing or transition economies, exporters seem to improve performance after...

This study investigates the substitution financing effect of suppliers' trade credit on customers' trade-credit using Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2018. Results verify the substitution financing effect of suppliers' trade credit on customers' trade credit, indicating that firms with higher...