Uncertainty and the trade-off between scale and flexibility in investment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2012.04.008
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Investment; Uncertainty; Real options; Economies of scale;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D92 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
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