Regulation and investment under uncertainty: An application to power grid interconnection

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-186

  Saphores, Jean Daniel ^a   Gravel, Eric ^b,c   Bernard, Jean Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CIRANO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interconnections; Irreversibility; Real options; Regulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943064958     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REGE.0000012288.66438.f5     Document Type: Article

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