Irreversible investments and volatile markets: A study of the chemical processing industry

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Bell, Gregory K ^a   Campa, José M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXCHANGE RATE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INPUT PRICE; INVESTMENT CONSTRAINT; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT DEMAND;

EUROPE, (WEST); USA;

EID: 0030791299     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465397556557     Document Type: Article

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