Market switching in shipping - A real option model applied to the valuation of combination carriers

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-203

  Sødal, Sigbjørn ^a   Koekebakker, Steen ^a   Aadland, Roar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Clarkson Fund Management Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk shipping; Entry exit; Flexibility; Investment; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449109181     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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