Investment timing and scale of operation under private information about demand forecast - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2005

Investment timing and scale of operation under private information about demand forecast

Daniel Danau

Résumé

We study the regulatory policy of a monopoly facing stochastic demand for the service it provides after performing an irreversible investment in infrastructure. We find that under uncertainty, bundling the decisions about investment timing and scale of operation is beneficial. When public-private co-operation is necessary to cover the investment cost and accumulation of public funds is costly, waiting longer is traded-off against rationing consumers. As soon as informational asymmetries about traffic forecast appear, the regulator enlarges the waiting period even more but sets the quantity closer to the to the first best level, as compared to the second best environment. (Author's abstract)
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
working_paper.pdf (182.9 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Loading...

Dates et versions

halshs-00004668 , version 1 (20-09-2005)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : halshs-00004668 , version 1

Citer

Daniel Danau. Investment timing and scale of operation under private information about demand forecast. 2005. ⟨halshs-00004668⟩
91 Consultations
229 Téléchargements

Partager

More