Engineering Economist articles from January 2008

Engineering Economist archives from January 2008

2007 ASEE-EED business meeting minutes.
January 1, 2008... 2007 ASEE-EED BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES Present: John H. Ristroph U. of LA at Lafayette Bob Dryden Portland State U. Kate Abel Stevens Inst. of Tech. Kevin Dahm Rowan U. Don Merino Stevens Inst....

Real option pricing and bounds in incomplete markets.
January 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION The real option approach in evaluating capital investment decision draws increasing attention both from industry and from academics in a recent decade. The managerial flexibility inherent in real investment decisions is...

A comparison of fuzzy set and probabilistic paradigms for ranking vague economic investment information using a present worth criterion.
January 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION In decision situations where long-run historical data are available, a traditional economic analysis often uses the relative frequency interpretation of probability to model uncertainty (Montgomery and Runger, 1994). However,...

A cost function for the natural gas transmission industry.
January 1, 2008... Among the regulatory aspects in the economic study of the pipeline industry, an important one is concerned both with the pricing policies recommended by the regulatory institutions and with the empirical and theoretical research that suggests...

Probabilistic DCF analysis and capital budgeting and investment--a survey.(Survey)
January 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION Deterministic discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis is well established as a financial and economic tool for evaluating an investment's feasibility and in capital budgeting. However, writers and practitioners have long...