A socioeconomic valuation of an irrigation system project based on real option analysis approach

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1989-2001

  Michailidis, Anastasios ^a   Mattas, Konstadinos ^a   Tzouramani, Irene ^a   Karamouzis, Diamantis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crop water requirements; Expected yield; Irrigation systems; Monte Carlo simulation; Net present value; Real options

Indexed keywords

CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; EXPECTED YIELD; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; REAL OPTIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

IRRIGATION;

CAPITAL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650348359     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9364-3     Document Type: Article

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