An empirical examination of the hangover effect of irreversibility on investment

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-376

  Bo, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed Investment; Inventory investment; Irreversibility; The hangover effect; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33748466893     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2006.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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