Using real options theory to analyze the impacts of urban development on farm real estate markets

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Işgin, Tamer ^a   Forster, D Lynn ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmland; Irriversibility; Option value; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URBAN PLANNING;

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; FARM REAL ESTATE MARKETS; FARMLAND; IRRIVERSIBILITY; OPTION VALUE; REAL OPTIONS THEORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND MARKET; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444521301     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0404-6     Document Type: Article

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