Fixed Investment and Capital Flows : A Real Options Approach /

This paper draws a link between international capital flows and the real options approach to investment by extending a model of real estate investment. It explains gradual investment, investment booms, and investment during recessions and emphasizes sunk costs, uncertainty, and the value of waiting....

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Autor principal: Chan-Lau, Jorge
Outros Autores: Clark, Peter
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/125
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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