Option premiums in mineral asset pricing: Are they important?

Land Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-186

  Davis, Graham A ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSET PRICING; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; LAND USE DECISION; LAND USE PLANNING; MINERAL RESOURCES; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030482425     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3146964     Document Type: Article

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