Empirical evaluation of the value of waiting to invest

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 535-553

  Foo Sing, Tien ^a   Patel, Kanak ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Investment; Land use; Property markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097838     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780110406888     Document Type: Article

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