Firms’ investment decisions in response to demand and price uncertainty
✍ Scribed by Fuss, Catherine; Vermeulen, Philip
- Book ID
- 121242416
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6846
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