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Public Utility Pricing and Capacity Choice with Stochastic Demand

In: Social Ethics and Normative Economics

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  • Laurent David

    (GDF Suez, Direction de la Stratégie et du Développement Durable)

  • Michel Breton

    (GREMAQ, and IDEI, Manufacture des tabacs, Aile JJ Laffont)

  • Olivier Merillon

    (GDF Suez E&P, Département Acquisitions)

Abstract

This article is a companion piece to David et al. (2011). In that article, we explored Serge Kolm’s contributions to theoretical public economics from an historical perspective, covering a rather general range of topics and specifications. Here, in contrast, we concentrate on the implications for pricing and capacity choice of a specific aspect of the economic environment often encountered by public sector managers and regulators: the uncertainty attached to the demand for the good(s) and service(s) produced by a public utility. Following an early article by Boiteux (see Boiteux 1951), Kolm (1970, 1971) has made important contributions to this issue.

Suggested Citation

  • Laurent David & Michel Breton & Olivier Merillon, 2011. "Public Utility Pricing and Capacity Choice with Stochastic Demand," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: Marc Fleurbaey & Maurice Salles & John A. Weymark (ed.), Social Ethics and Normative Economics, pages 57-99, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stcchp:978-3-642-17807-8_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17807-8_3
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