Valuing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles' battery capacity using a real options framework

Energy Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-143

  Lemoine, Derek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957325956     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol31-No2-5     Document Type: Article

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