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A Micro-econometric Model of Capital Utilization and Retirement: The Case of the U.S. Cement Industry

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Das, Sanghamitra

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This paper presents a microeconometric model of capital utilization and retirement. Estimates of a firm's discrete decision problem with regard to an existing piece of capital--whether to operate, hold idle, or retire it--are obtained, in the context of the U.S. cement industry, by solving a discrete-choice stochastic dynamic programming model. The estimates are then used to simulate the effects of product and input price changes, and changes in the size and age of a cement kiln on a firm's propensity to operate, hold idle, and retire a kiln. Copyright 1992 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.

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Volume (Year): 59 (1992)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 277-97
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