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Entry and exit under uncertainty in the presence of drift

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  • Yishay D. Maoz

    (Department of Economics, University of Haifa)

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ing the results of Kongsted (1996) in the analysis in Dixit (1989) shows that the negative effect of uncertainty on entry and exit is maximal in the absence of drift.

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  • Yishay D. Maoz, 2003. "Entry and exit under uncertainty in the presence of drift," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(9), pages 1-2.
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    1. Dixit, Avinash K, 1989. "Entry and Exit Decisions under Uncertainty," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 97(3), pages 620-638, June.
    2. Kongsted, Hans Christian, 1996. "Entry and exit decisions under uncertainty: The limiting deterministic case," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 77-82, April.
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    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment

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