Investor valuation of the abandonment option

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-287

  Berger, Philip G ^a   Ofek, Eli ^b   Swary, Itzhak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abandonment option; Asset structure; Earnings forecasts; Exit; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268728     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(96)00877-X     Document Type: Article

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