Willems, Bert and Zwart, Gijsbert
(2018)
Optimal regulation of network expansion.
RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 49 (n° 1).
pp. 23-42.
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Abstract
We model the regulation of irreversible capacity expansion by a firm with private information about capacity costs, where investments are financed from the firm’s cash flows and demand is stochastic. The optimal mechanism is implemented by a revenue tax that increases with the price cap. If the asymmetric information has large support, then the optimal mechanism consists of a laissez-faire regime for low-cost firms. That is, the firm’s price cap corresponds to that of an unregulated monopolist, and it is not taxed. This “maximal distortion at the top” is necessary to provide information rents, as direct subsidies are not feasible.
Item Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
Date: | 2018 |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | regulation, real option value, asymmetric information, optimal contracts |
Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
Site: | UT1 |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2018 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2021 12:35 |
OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:32532 |
URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/25871 |