Testing the option value theory of irreversible investment

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 141-166

  Harchaoui, Tarek M ^a   Lasserre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0347626969     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00104     Document Type: Article

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