Real options and preemption under incomplete information

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-643

  Lambrecht, Bart ^a   Perraudin, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incomplete information; Preemption; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290033     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(01)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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