Investment under uncertainty with stochastically switching profit streams: Entry and exit over the business cycle

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Driffill, John ^a   Raybaudi, Marzia ^b   Sola, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

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EID: 14844353366     PISSN: 15583708     EISSN: 10811826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1131     Document Type: Article

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