Pricing real growth options when the underlying assets have jump diffusion processes: The case of R&D investments

R and D Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Wu, Ming Cheng ^a   Yen, Simon H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34250007117     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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