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Our analysis shows that the supply chain under both leadership structures prefers guarantor financing to traditional bank financing when the supply chain is cost-efficient. Nevertheless, both upstream firms prefer the other to be the guarantor in the Nash game, whereas under the manufacturer Stackelberg leadership, the 3PL may prefer itself to be the guarantor. Furthermore, the supply chain under guarantor financing with a longer decision hierarchy (i.e., the Stackelberg game) can be conditionally more efficient than that with a shorter one (i.e., the Nash game). 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