Essays in Empirical Financial Economics

This dissertation is made of four distinct chapters. In the first chapter, I consider an exogenous restriction on the ability of French trucking firms to extend payment terms to their clients. I find that they provide trade credit at the cost of lower investment, lower return on assets, and higher d...

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Main Author: Barrot, Jean-Noël
Language:English
Published: HEC 2012
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Online Access:http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00829542
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