Uncertainty and the timing of an urban congestion relief investment. The no-land case

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-208

  Saphores, Jean Daniel M ^a,b   Boarnet, Marlon G ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion; Investment lag; Irreversibility; Real options; Taylor expansion; Transportation infrastructure; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644605749     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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