Quantity Controls, License Transferability, and the Level of Investment /

This paper models investment/entry decisions in a competitive industry that is subject to a quantity control on an input for production. The quantity control is implemented by auctioning licenses for the restricted input (e.g., a pollution permit or a production license). The paper shows that libera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Ling
Other Authors: Krishna, Kala, Ranjan, Ram
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/206
Online Access:Full text available on IMF