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This paper provides a general characterization of subgame-perfect equilibria for a strategic timing problem, where two firms have the (real) option to invest irreversibly in some market. Profit streams are uncertain and depend on the market structure. The analysis of the problem emphasizes its...
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We present a model of firm investment under uncertainty and partial irreversibility in which uncertainty is represented by a jump diffusion. This allows to represent both the continuous Gaussian volatility and the discontinuous uncertainty related to information arrival, sudden changes and large...
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In the literature investigating the impact of uncertainty on short-run and long-run investment, most authors have used a log linear profit function. This functional form has been generally considered a reasonable approximation for more general ones and has the advantage of providing closed form...
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This paper studies two-part tariffs with explicit consideration of cost uncertainty and risk aversion. It finds that … firms charge a risk premium over expected marginal cost for each unit they sell. This pricing rule is socially optimal if … and only if the modeled market is fully covered in equilibrium. A risk-averse monopoly tends to generate less aggregate …
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We develop a dynamic model of firm investment under uncertainty that captures firms' risk attitude using quantile …-quantile of its value next period. In our framework, τ ∈ (0, 1) parametrizes the firm's attitude toward downside risk. The model … value of future marginal profits -- investment depends directly on the firm's risk attitude. We further integrate our model …
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This paper provides a general characterization of subgame-perfect equilibria for a strategic timing problem, where two firms have the (real) option to invest irreversibly in some market. Profit streams are uncertain and depend on the market structure. The analysis of the problem emphasizes its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582515
The seminal work of Fudenberg and Tirole (1985) on how preemption erodes the value of an option to wait raises general questions about the relation between models in discrete and continuous time and thus about the interpretation of its central result, relying on an "infinitely fine grid". Here...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582522
The seminal work of Fudenberg and Tirole (1985) on how preemption erodes the value of an option to wait raises general questions about the relation between models in discrete and continuous time and thus about the interpretation of its central result, relying on an "infinitely fine grid". Here...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449161
The seminal work of Fudenberg and Tirole [Preemption and Rent Equalization in the Adoption of New Technology, Rev. Econ. Stud., 1985] on how preemption erodes the value of an option to wait raises general questions about the relation between models in discrete and continuous time and thus about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994882
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