Investment, uncertainty and pre-emption

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-287

  Mason, Robin ^a,b   Weeds, Helen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investment valuation; Pre emption; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

IRREVERSIBLE INVESTMENTS; PARAMETER VALUES; PRE-EMPTION; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; REAL OPTIONS; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS; SINGLE-AGENT; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; TRIGGER THRESHOLD;

ECONOMICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77950593662     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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