Assessment of irrigation dam using real options and discounted cash flow approaches: A case study in Greece

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-488

  Michailidis, Anastasios ^a   Mattas, Konstadinos ^b   Karamouzis, Diamantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dams; Investments; Net present value; Project assessment; Real options; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249096524     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.057     Document Type: Article

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