Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance
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ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 26.2, Problem 2CC
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To discuss: The reason for the companies to provide trade credit.

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Trade credit is an offering given by the suppliers to the firm. When supplier agrees to deliver the products and gives a specified time period for the payment, the supplier will tend to give some sort of percentage as a credit discount to the firm, if the payment is made within the specific period.

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