. Discounts for early payment seem to be offered to riskier buyers to limit the potential nonpayment risk when credit is extended …

buyers to mange business risk. The authors use a novel and unique dataset on almost 30,000 supplier contracts for 56 large … product quality; and 4) as a screening mechanism to gauge buyer default risk. In particular, the analysis finds that the …, investment grade suppliers. In comparison, early payment discounts seem to be used as a risk management tool to limit the …

Using data from Mexico, the authors study empirically the link between trade policy and individual income risk and the … on workers to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in different manufacturing sectors in Mexico … and income risk for workers of varying education levels. The authors' findings are as follows. The level of openness of an …

price and causes a risk-neutral firm to reduce ex ante emissions so as to smooth out marginal abatement costs over time. The …