Profitability, capacity, and uncertainty: A model of UK manufacturing investment

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-141

  Driver, Ciaran ^a   Temple, Paul ^b   Urga, Giovanni ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MODEL; PROFITABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14644402438     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi001     Document Type: Article

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