Political risk and irreversible investment

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 430-465

  Altug, Sumru G ^a,b   Demers, Fanny S ^c   Demers, Michel ^c  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Irreversible investment; Political risk; Quebec investment; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICS; PROBABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 70349629757     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifm014     Document Type: Article

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