Is the investment-uncertainty relationship nonlinear? An empirical analysis for the Netherlands

Economica

Volumn 72, Issue 286, 2005, Pages 307-331

  Bo, Hong ^a   Lensin, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18644386668     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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