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The impact of digital finance on trade credit: empirical evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Shuke Fu,Yingchen Ge,3 Authors,Jia Xiao

2025 · DOI: 10.1007/s10644-025-09946-4
Economic Change and Restructuring · 0 Citations

TLDR

Investigation of the impact of digital finance on firms’ access to trade credit in Yangtze River Economic Belt reveals that digital finance significantly expands trade credit availability, with stronger effects observed among firms with lower social trust, weaker market institutions and limited visibility.