R & D and buyers' waiting option

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-42

  Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

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EID: 33645087148     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2006.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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