The irreversibility premium

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-408

  Chirinko, Robert S ^a,b,c   Schaller, Huntley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Investment; Irreversibility; Non convex adjustment costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349185854     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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