This paper provides a survey on optimal insurance when insurers and policy holdes have symmetric information about the distribution of potential damages. When transaction costs are proportional to transfers, we show that 1)there is at least one state of the world where no indemnity is paid, 2)...

We consider the problem of the optimal use of a good whose consumption can produce damages in the future. Potential damages are proportional to the accumulated lifetimeconsumption of the good. Scientific progress is made over time that provides information on the distribution of the intensity of...

This paper extends the theory of irreversible investment under uncertainty to incorporate capacity constraints and uncertainty on the input price. In addition, no restriction on the demand elasticity value is imposed. Assuming input price follows a geometric Brownian motion, the optimal...

Organizations require discretionary decision making to be delegated and to be under only partial scrutiny from supervisors. This introduces the possibility for agents to use their discretionary power to their own advantage and in detriment to the organization. We model this situation by...

Consider a general equilibrium framework where the marginal cost of extraction from several deposits of an exhaustible resource is constant in terms of an inexhaustible perfect substitiute and differs between deposits. The instantaneous rate of productionfrom the inexhaustible resourcce is...

This paper presents a simple model of local telecommunications market when two access technologies, landline and wireless, are available. The two technologies differ in their cost structures and in the services they provide to consumers; specifically, the wireless technology allows its...