We survey recent microeconometric research on investment and employment that has used panel data on individual firms or … theory of the demand for capital and labour, on which most of the econometric models of investment and employment that we … of adjustment, which have played a prominent role especially in the microeconometric literature on investment. With …

Over recent years `opportunity cost' (OC) models of growth have been constructed which suggest that firms take …

This paper analyzes the behavior of a firm that chooses both the scale and timing of its investment. Sensitivity … is in contrast to the conventional wisdom, which is that greater volatility leads to investment in smaller increments … investment is a decreasing function of demand volatility. The timing and scale of investment are most sensitive to volatility …

We evaluate differences in investment behavior between stock market listed and privately held firms in the U.S. using a … rich new data source on private firms. Listed firms invest less and are less responsive to changes in investment … firms, how we measure investment opportunities, lifecycle differences, or our matching criteria. We suggest that the …

catalyze adoption of investments and practices aimed towards enterprise growth. We find that entrepreneurs invest the cash, and …

risk in low-demand states or industry-wide investment lowering risk in high-demand states. This paper presents a simple …