Optimal Allocation of Capital between Production and Emission Control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4775389 |
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| Authors | Gideon Fishelson (Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 439-447 |
| Publication date | 1977-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a090439 |
| OpenAlex | W1977405535 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The resources of society that are available for investment are limited. The investment decision of a firm in a perfect capital market is aimed towards profit maximization. In both cases the optimal decisions are based upon expected outcomes when the outcomes are uncertain. Furthermore it is shown that when the degree of uncertainty changes, the optimal decision depends upon the behaviour of the marginal utilities of the outcomes. These general propositions are demonstrated and the optimal solution is presented for the specific case in which the outcome is environmental quality. Environmental quality is introduced explicitly into the social utility function and implicitly into the utility-from-profits function via a tax on the firm's contribution to environmental quality
Capital allocation line · Economics · Environmental quality · Expected utility hypothesis · Financial economics · Investment Decisions · Marginal profit · Marginal utility · Maximization · Microeconomics · Optimal decision · Optimal tax · Profit maximization · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Economic theories and models · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
| Highly cited | No |
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