Theory of the firm facing uncertain demand revisited

Arthur HAU

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Abstract

Empirical evidence shows that the Principle of Increasing Uncertainty (PIU) introduced by Leland is easily violated. Necessary and sufficient conditions, without relying on the PIU assumption, under which risk-averse monopolistic producers reduce their output levels upon the introduction of the Leland-type demand uncertainty are derived.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)457-464
Number of pages8
JournalEconomic Theory
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2004

Funding

Financial support from the Academic Programme Research Grants (Business Programme) of Lingnan University Ref.# DB01A3 (Res201/Bus003) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Leland-type demand uncertainty
  • Principle of increasing uncertainty
  • Quantity-setting monopolistic firm
  • Single-crossing property

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