Conceptualizing sunk costs in economic geography: Cost recovery and the fluctuating value of fixed capital

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 347-364

  Melachroinos, Konstantinos A ^a   Spence, Nigel ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital depreciation; Capital stock; Cost recovery; Realization of value; Sunk costs; Value added

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0035557275     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913201680191718     Document Type: Article

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