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Risk Allocation in Large‐Scale Resource Ventures

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The paper analyzes risk allocation in large‐scale resource ventures. High set‐up costs, a long gestation period of ten years and more and a high financial risk are characteristics for large‐scale resource ventures. Financial risk is the result of economic risk (price risk, cost risk), technological risk (innovation in extraction, exploration) and political risk (taxation schemes, extraction rights). Large‐scale resource ventures represent an interesting case of risk allocation in which many players are involved. Institutional arrangements for risk allocation in large‐scale resource ventures are interpreted as a complex net of contractual relationships between different players. The paper analyzes a theoretical framework in which risk allocation is studied. Policies of risk shifting for the individual agent and institutional arrangements for risk shifting in the case of large‐scale resource ventures are studied. The net of relations between different players is a check on the strategic behavior arising from idiosyncratic problems and thus reduces contract risk. Der Artikel untersucht die Risikoallokation bei Ressourcengrossprojekten. Hohe Anfangsinvestitionen, eine lange Ausreifungszeit der Investition von zehn oder mehr Jahren und ein hohes finanzielles Risiko sind die Merkmale von Ressourcengrossprojekten. Das finanzielle Risiko ist das Ergebnis wirtschaftlicher Risiken (Preisrisiken, Kostenrisiken), technologischer Risiken (innovative Explorations‐ und Abbautechniken) und politischer Risiken (Besteuerungsmodalitäten, Abbaurechte). Ressourcengrossprojekte stellen einen interessanten Fall für Risikoallokation zwischen vielen Spielern dar. Institutionelle Arrangements der Risikoallokation bei Ressourcengrossprojekten können als komplexes Netz von vertraglichen Beziehungen interpretiert werden. In der Arbeit wird ein theoretischer Rahmen entwickelt, in dem die Allokation von Risiken analysiert werden kann. Strategien der Risikoreduktion für einzelne Agenten durch interne Anpassungen und institutionelle Ausgestaltungen der Risikoübertragung im Falle der Ressourcengrossprojekte werden untersucht. Das Netz von vertraglichen Beziehungen dient auch dazu, das Risiko des Vertragsbruches zu vermindern. Dans cet article, l'allocation des risques dans des mega‐projets de l'industrie extrac‐trice de matières premières est analysée. Les traits caractéristiques de tels projets sont des cou̧ts élevés d'investissement, un long temps de gestation de dix ans ou plus et un grand risque financier. Le risque financier résulte de risques économiques (risque de prix, risque de frais), de risques technologiques (innovations ȩ l'exploitation et ȩ l'extraction) et de risques politiques (modalités de taxation, droits d'exploitation). Les mega‐projets de l'industrie extractrice de matières premières représentent un cas très intéressant dans lequel beaucoup de joueurs prennent part ȩ l'allocation des risques. Les arrangements institutionnels de transmission de risque peuvent ȩtre interprétéd comme un filet complexe de relations contractuelles. Dans cet article, un cadre théorique est développé dans lequel l'allocation de risque est étudiée. De plus, des stratégies de réduction des risques pour des agents individuels et des arrangements institutionels de transmission de risque sont analysés. Le système des relations contractuelles sert également ȩ réduire le risque d'une violation de contrat.

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  • Horst Siebert, 1987. "Risk Allocation in Large‐Scale Resource Ventures," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 476-495, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:40:y:1987:i:4:p:476-495
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1987.tb00785.x
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