Managerial flexibility, uncertainty, and corporate investment: The real options effect

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-655

  Xie, Feixue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate investment; Managerial flexibility; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349089303     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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