Protection and employment under uncertainty: A real option approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Chen, Yu Fu ^a   Cheng, I Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 12844280550     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840412331315033     Document Type: Article

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