Investment in new activities and the welfare cost of uncertainty

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-277

  Aizenman, Joshua ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Knightian uncertainty; New activities; Risk

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELLING APPROACH; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0031473015     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00452-X     Document Type: Article

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