On the investment-uncertainty relationship in a real options model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Sarkar, Sudipto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C6; E2; Investment; Stochastic process; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000993176     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(99)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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