An entry and exit model on the energy-saving investment strategy with real options

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 794-802

  Lin, Tyrone T ^a   Huang, Shio Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Entry exit; Real options

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DECISION MODELS; ENERGY SAVING; ENTRY AND EXIT; ENTRY/EXIT; GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; JUMP PROCESS; OPTIMAL TIMING; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; REAL OPTIONS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; UNEXPECTED EVENTS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

BROWNIAN MOTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 72549113403     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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