Practices have been cited frequently as an indicator of general credit availability. Results from the Board's survey suggest …

Central bank or International Monetary Fund lending should be regarded as a line of credit, analogous to private line-of-credit … products. Contractual provisions in private line-of-credit arrangements are designed to control managerial moral hazard and … provide a means for profit-maximizing lenders to credibly commit to withdraw credit and induce closure when appropriate. The …

Short-term credit plays an essential part in the business financing process. In view of its importance in the nation …'s credit structure, the market for short-term business credit receives a great deal of attention from financial analysts. …

We describe a stochastic economic environment in which the mix of money and trade credit used as means of payment is … endogenous. The economy has an infinite horizon, spatial separation and a credit-related transaction cost, but no capital. We … monetary policy and for time series analysis using money and trade credit. …

the same set of institutions, i.e., banks, because systems to evaluate credit, monitor and enforce loan agreements, and … extend credit on short notice are productive in originating loans to nonfinancial customers and in managing lending to …