Valuing green building certificates as real options

Journal of European Real Estate Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-198

  Vimpari, Jussi ^a   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Green building certificate; Investment valuation; Real options analysis (ROA); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927518608     PISSN: 17539269     EISSN: 17539277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JERER-06-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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