Market Conditions and Retirement of Physical Capital: Evidence Fron Oil Tankers

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Murray Z. Frank

University of Minnesota

Iain M. Cockburn

Boston University Questrom School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: October 1992

Abstract

The endogeneity of capital retirements is studied for the particular case of oil tankers from 1979--1989. A model is estimated to examine the effect of changes in market conditions on the price and scrappage of tankers. Energy price rises had a major impact on the value of ships and on which ships were scrapped. A simple model is able to account for many features of the market. We use the information implicit in second-hand prices to ease the computational burden for the model that is estimated.

Suggested Citation

Frank, Murray Z. and Cockburn, Iain M., Market Conditions and Retirement of Physical Capital: Evidence Fron Oil Tankers (October 1992). NBER Working Paper No. w4194, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=235663

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