A decision-making tool for project investments based on real options: The case of wind power generation

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 465-490

  Munoz J I ^a   Contreras, J ^a   Caamano J ^b   Correia, P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Real options; Risk management; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958792127     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-011-0856-9     Document Type: Article

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