The effect of uncertainty on investment timing in a real options model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2152-2167

  Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Investment timing; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248636540     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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