Option value, uncertainty, and the investment decision

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-374

  Kandel, Eugene ^a   Pearson, Neil D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0036744378     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3594984     Document Type: Article

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