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Décisions d'investissement et de démantèlement sous incertitude : une application au secteur électrique

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  • Corinne Chaton

    (EDF R&D SEQUOIA - EDF R&D - EDF R&D - EDF [E.D.F.] - EDF – Électricité de France)

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[eng] Investment and Decommissioning Decisions Under Uncertainty : an Application to the Electricity Sector . by Corinne Chaton . The purpose of this study is to use real options theory to answer the following question : Is it necessary, in France, to invest in new nuclear power units or should some of the existing units be decommissioned ? The theoretical model developed establishes two price thresholds which determine investment or decommissioning rules for a regulated risk-neutral firm which does not know the future price of its input. It also provides an empirical reading of past choices in construction of French nuclear power plants. The main finding is that, on a certain number of theoretical and empirical assumptions, it is optimal at present is to leave French nuclear power capacity unchanged. Other more general findings follow from the theoretical model. Thus an increase in uncertainty facilitates investment, defers decommissioning and extends the range of input prices for which there is no change in capacity. Key-words : investment, partial irreversibility, uncertainty, inelasticity, options. JEL Classification : D8 . . [fre] L’objectif de cette étude est d’utiliser la théorie des options réelles pour tenter de répondre à la question suivante : faut-il, en France, investir dans de nouvelles unités électronucléaires ou faut-il démanteler certaines unités existantes ? Le modèle théorique élaboré détermine deux seuils de prix qui définissent les règles d’investissement et de démantèlement dans le cas d’une firme réglementée, neutre au risque et qui ne connaît pas le prix futur de son intrant. Il fournit aussi une lecture a posteriori des choix passés de construction des centrales nucléaires françaises. La principale conclusion est que sous un certain nombre d’hypothèses théoriques et empiriques, il est optimal actuellement de ne pas modifier la capacité électronucléaire française. D’autres conclusions, plus générales, découlent du modèle théorique. Ainsi, un
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  • Corinne Chaton, 2001. "Décisions d'investissement et de démantèlement sous incertitude : une application au secteur électrique," Post-Print hal-03987027, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03987027
    DOI: 10.3917/ecop.149.0015
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    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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