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liability, technological change is welfare improving and leads to full risk internalization when the firms are sufficiently … capitalized. Nevertheless, the percentage of firms adopting the safer technology and full risk internalization is higher under …
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In static models of the adoption of new technologies, a firm generally adopts complementary technologies simultaneously. This paper presents a dynamic model in which, taking into account the potential time paths of costs and benefits, it may be more prudent to adopt complementary technologies...
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This paper considers technology adoption under both technological and subsidy uncertainties. Uncertainty in subsidies for green technologies is considered as an example. Technological progress is exogenous and modeled as a jump process with a drift. The analytical solution is presented for cases...
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This paper studies technology adoption in a duopoly where the unbiased technological change improves production efficiency. Technological progress is exogenous and modeled as a jump process with a drift. There is always a Markov perfect equilibrium in which the firm with more efficient...
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suggest that farmers choose to adopt the new technology in order to hedge against production risk. In addition, we show that …
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performing agent must beat the second best to receive the winner prize. We analyze a tournament with two risk averse agents …
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Several empirical findings have challenged the traditional trade-off between risk and incentives. By combining risk … risk and incentives can be explained. …
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insurance by strictly-risk averse agents and risk-neutral firms when they enjoy limited liability. When exposed to a bankrupting …
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