The effect of business risk on manufacturing investment: Sectoral survey evidence from Ireland

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 403-412

  Driver, Ciaran ^a   Whelan, Brendan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Business_risk; Investment; Ireland; L6 E22; Manufacturing; Real_options

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038927098     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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