Irreversible Investment Decisions in Perennial Crops with Yield and Price Uncertainty

Optimal entry and exit thresholds for Georgia commercial peach production are calculated when both price and yield follow a Brownian motion process. The thresholds are based on an irreversible sunk-cost investment model, where revenue from peach production is affected by the timing of when to enter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. Jeffrey Price, Michael E. Wetzstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1999-07-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30874