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BOOMS, RECESSIONS AND FINANCIAL TURMOIL: A FRESH LOOK AT INVESTMENT DECISIONS UNDER CYCLICAL UNCERTAINTY

  1. Yu-Fu Chen1,
  2. Michael Funke2

Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00519.x

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Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Special Issue: Operating Uncertainty Using Real Options

Volume 57, Issue 3, pages 290–317, July 2010

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Chen, Y.-F. and Funke, M. (2010), BOOMS, RECESSIONS AND FINANCIAL TURMOIL: A FRESH LOOK AT INVESTMENT DECISIONS UNDER CYCLICAL UNCERTAINTY. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 57: 290–317. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00519.x

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  1. 1

    University of Dundee

  2. 2

    Hamburg University

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  1. Issue published online: 4 MAY 2010
  2. Article first published online: 4 MAY 2010
  3. Date of receipt of final manuscript: 1 June 2009

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