An R&D investment game under uncertainty in real option analysis

Computational Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 199-219

  Villani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exchange Options; Information Revelation; Option games; Real Options

Indexed keywords

EID: 48949116117     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-008-9133-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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