Expandability, reversibility, and optimal capacity choice:

We develop continuous-time models of capacity choice when demand fluctuates stochastically, and the firm's opportunities to expand or contract are limited. Specifically, we consider costs of investing or disinvesting that vary with time, or with the amount of capacity already installed. The fir...

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Main Authors: Dixit, Avinash K. 1944- (Author), Pindyck, Robert S. 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. 1998
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 6373
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Summary:We develop continuous-time models of capacity choice when demand fluctuates stochastically, and the firm's opportunities to expand or contract are limited. Specifically, we consider costs of investing or disinvesting that vary with time, or with the amount of capacity already installed. The firm's limited opportunities to expand or contract create call and put options on incremental units of capital; we show how the values of these options affect the firm's investment decisions.
Physical Description:28 S. graph. Darst.

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