Optimal Exit Policy with Uncertain Demand

Michele Bisceglia, Jorge Padilla, J. Perkins, S. Piccolo
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Entrants often need to make considerable sunk investments with highly uncertain returns. The option to exit if returns are low reduces investment risks and stimulates innovation. We examine the interaction between exit policy and up-front investment by entrants, finding an inverted U-shaped relationship between innovation and exit value. Consumer welfare is shaped by a trade-off between encouraging firms to stay in the market through higher exit barriers, and stimulating investment through a more permissive exit policy. As future returns become more uncertain, consumer welfare maximization requires lower exit barriers. These insights are applied to optimal merger policy and bankruptcy law.
需求不确定的最优退出政策
进入者往往需要进行相当大的沉没投资,而且回报高度不确定。如果回报低,退出的选择降低了投资风险,刺激了创新。我们考察了退出政策与进入者前期投资之间的相互作用,发现创新与退出价值之间呈倒u型关系。消费者福利是通过提高退出壁垒来鼓励企业留在市场,和通过更宽松的退出政策来刺激投资之间的权衡而形成的。随着未来回报变得更加不确定,消费者福利最大化要求更低的退出壁垒。这些见解适用于最优合并政策和破产法。
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