The effects of abandonment options on operating leverage and investment timing

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 162-171

  Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abandonment options; Investment timing; Operating leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949096540     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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