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020 _z9781451937398
022 _a1018-5941
024 7 _a10.5089/9781451937398.001
_2doi
035 _a(IMF)WPIEA1251998
040 _aDcWaIMF
_beng
100 1 _aChan-Lau, Jorge A.
245 1 0 _aFixed Investment and Capital Flows
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Real Options Approach /
_cJorge A Chan-Lau.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bInternational Monetary Fund,
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (28 p.)
490 1 _aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
_vNo. 98/125
520 3 _aThis 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. The optimal waiting time increases as foreign borrowing becomes more expensive because higher returns are required to cover the sunk costs of investing. The lower the initial level of profitability, the more likely investment will be sequential; conversely, a relatively high initial rate of return will be associated with simultaneous investment.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aCapital Flows
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650 7 _aCapital Stock
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650 7 _aCost of Capital
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650 7 _aInterest Rate Spread
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650 7 _aInvestors
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650 7 _aIrreversible Investment
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651 7 _aJersey
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651 7 _aMexico
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651 7 _aUnited Kingdom
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700 1 _aClark, Peter B.
776 0 8 _iPrint Version:
_aChan-Lau, Jorge A.
_tFixed Investment and Capital Flows : A Real Options Approach
_dWashington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
_z9781451937398
830 0 _aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
_vNo. 98/125
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