The effects of abandonment options on operating leverage and forward hedging

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-86

  Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abandonment options; Forwards; Operating leverage; Options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144455241     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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