Investment Characteristics of Natural Monopoly Companies

Journal Title: Journal of Competitiveness - Year 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1

Abstract

This paper explores the possibilities of investment by private investors in natural monopoly companies. The paper analyzes the broad issue of risk measurement with focus on downside risk measurement principle. The main scientific aim is to adopt a more sophisticated and theoretically advanced statistical technique and apply them to the findings. The preferred method used for the estimation of selected characteristics and ratios was the robust statistical methods and a bootstrap method.

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Stanislav Škapa

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Stanislav Škapa (2012). Investment Characteristics of Natural Monopoly Companies. Journal of Competitiveness, 4(1), 36-43. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-124842