Should We Give Up after Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty
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- Mort Webster & Karen Fisher-Vanden & David Popp & Nidhi Santen, 2015. "Should We Give Up After Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty," NBER Working Papers 21396, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Mort D. Webster & Karen Fisher-Vanden & David Popp & Nidhi R. Santen, 2015. "Should We Give Up After Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty," CESifo Working Paper Series 5448, CESifo.
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