Valuation of R&D real American sequential exchange options

R and D Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-201

  Lee, Jongwoo ^a   Paxson, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035645903     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00209     Document Type: Article

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