Irreversible investment with uncertainty and strategic behavior

Economic Modelling

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 589-617

  Moretto, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Option values; Preemption; Waiting games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034389660     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(99)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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