Employing real options methodology in agricultural investments: The case of greenhouse construction

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Tzouramani, I ^a   Mattas, K ^b  

^a NAgReF   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 2542492058     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000189550     Document Type: Article

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