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The Timing of Repeated and Unrepeated Monopoly Investment under Wear and Tear and Demand

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  • Jšrg Borrmann
  • Gert Brunekreeft

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In an intertemporal model, we analyze the timing of irreversible and lumpy monopoly investment under certainty. There are two reasons for investing, i.e. wear and tear leading to replacement investment and demand growth leading to expansion investment. Both in a single investment setting and in a repeated investment setting, we find that a firm maximizing discounted social welfare invests earlier than an identical firm maximizing discounted profits. The investment date of an identical firm maximizing a discounted convex combination of social welfare and profits lies between these polar cases. All results apply both to replacement investment and to expansion investment.

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  • Jšrg Borrmann & Gert Brunekreeft, 2011. "The Timing of Repeated and Unrepeated Monopoly Investment under Wear and Tear and Demand," Bremen Energy Working Papers 0008, Bremen Energy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:bei:00bewp:0008
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    1. Borrmann, Jörg & Brunekreeft, Gert, 2020. "The timing of monopoly investment under cost-based and price-based regulation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    2. Beltrán, Fernando, 2021. "Reducing uncertainty in price regulation for fibre-based, open-access platforms," 23rd ITS Biennial Conference, Online Conference / Gothenburg 2021. Digital societies and industrial transformations: Policies, markets, and technologies in a post-Covid world 238009, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).

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    Keywords

    Expansion investment; Investment timing; Monopoly; Repeated investment; Replacement investment;
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    JEL classification:

    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General

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