Correlating the chemical engineering plant cost index with macro-economic indicators

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-294

  Mignard, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital cost estimates; Chemical engineering plant cost index; Inflation; Interest rates; Plant cost index forecast; Price of oil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT COST INDICES; INFLATION; INTEREST RATES; PLANT COST; PRICE OF OIL;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84893002781     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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