Download This PaperInvestment Size and Firm's Value Under Profit Sharing Regulation
33 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2003 Last revised: 31 Aug 2008
Date Written: September 1, 2003
Abstract
In this article we analyse the effects of different regulatory schemes (price cap and profit sharing) on a firm's investment of endogenous size. Using a real option approach in continuous time, we show that profit sharing does not affect a firm's start-up decision relative to a pure price cap scheme. Unless the threshold after which profit sharing intervenes is very high, however, introducing a profit sharing element delays further investments: this decreases the present value of total investment. We also evaluate the reduction in the firm's value due to profit sharing, linking this reduction to the option value of future investments.
Keywords: regulation, investment, profit sharing, real options, RPI-x
JEL Classification: L51, D81, D92, G31
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