Real options analysis for "green trading": The case of greenhouse gases

Engineering Economist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-294

  Sarkis, Joseph ^a   Tamarkin, Maurry ^a,b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

AIR POLLUTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 31444435434     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910500227208     Document Type: Article

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