Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192337 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 355
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
Investment in pollution prevention technologies are often made under significant uncertainty about the future pay-off from the investments. However, as time passes some of the uncertainties may be resolved by new information, implying that the timing of investments becomes an important issue for the company. This paper focuses on uncertainty about a future environmental tax, and shows, within a two period model, that a specific tax uncertainty, standing alone, does not create any incentives for early investments. However, introducing a market share increase linked to the investment, the tax uncertainty may strengthen the incentives for early investments.
Subjects: 
Uncertainty
Irreversibility
Environmental management
Tax uncertainty
Option value
JEL: 
D81
H25
Q20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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