An option pricing approach to exploration licensing strategy

Resources Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-38

  Sunnevåg, Kjell ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; EXPLORATION; GAS INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM;

EID: 0032431962     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4207(98)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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