A markup interpretation of optimal rules for irreversible investment
We re-examine the basic investment problem of deciding when to incur a sunk cost to obtain a stochastically fluctuating benefit. The optimal investment rule satisfies a trade-off between a larger versus a later net benefit; we show that this trade-off is closely analogous to the standard trade-off f...
Main Authors: | Dixit, Avinash K., Pindyck, Robert S., Sødal, Sigbjørn |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. |
Format: | Working Paper |
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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50227 |
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