Common property institutions in natural resource management are often analysed by means of Ostrom’s framework of design principles. Recently, the design principles have been generalised to study human groups in other collective action scenarios, including farm producers who collectively buy inputs o...

Common property institutions in natural resource management are often analysed by means of Ostrom’s framework of design principles. Recently, the design principles have been generalised to study human groups in other collective action scenarios, including farm producers who collectively buy inputs o...

Dr. Harvey S. James Jr., Dissertation Supervisor. ; includes vita ; [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In a quest to understand the motives for use of trade credit in inter-firm trade, many theories have been put forward. The empirical literature on trade credit a...

Orientation: Players in the agricultural value chain such as input suppliers, farmers (producers), traders (middlemen), processors or manufacturers and exporters do receive credit and extend credit, in the form of trade credit, as part of their transactions. Research purpose: The purpose of the stud...

The paper examines the effect of locating in industrial cluster and holding production/ supply contract on access to trade credit by informal firms in Ghana. It employs data from the 2013 World Bank survey of informal firms in Ghana. The results show that trade credit is the most important external...

This study investigates the relationship between the utilisation of digital payment platforms and the decision of informal firms to engage in the demand for or supply of trade credit. Recognizing the pivotal role of trade credit in alleviating financial constraints for informal enterprises, our rese...