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In the literature investigating the impact of uncertainty on short-run and long-run investment, most authors have used … general ones and has the advantage of providing closed form solutions for both short-run investment rule and long-run rate of …
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, three, and five-year investment horizons. …
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We study the negative correlation between natural resource-abundance and long-term income focusing on the savings-investment … the issue. In this model, savings adjust downwards to income from natural resources, and investment in capital contributes … income through savings and investment. Natural resources have two counteracting effects on income. In the short term …
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This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the endogenous investment decision of firms conditioning on … switchers), initial productivity and investment are strategic complements, inducing intra-industrial divergence. On the contrary …, when preferences are quadratic, initial productivity and investment are strategic substitutes: less productive firms invest …
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irreversibility of investment. As will be shown, the provision of public goods changes over time and also depends on the business …
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The paper studies the effect of scale economies on the optimal capacity adjustment of a mutiplant firm. It is shown that with increasing economies of scale plants are ranked in decreasing order, after which the optimal choice is to scrap the largest one. On the contrary, if there are decreasing...
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Energy efficiency is a foundation of any good energy policy. The economic, security, and environmental benefits of energy efficiency have been recognized for decades. We explore energy efficiency policy insights derived from survey work in developing countries in 119 projects across nine...
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expenditure impacts negatively the level of public investment. As employment in the public sector increases significantly, public …
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Extreme events are one of the main channels through which climate and socio- economic systems interact. It is likely that climate change will modify their probability distributions and their consequences. The long-term growth models used in climate change assessments, however, cannot capture the...
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During the ‘90s most Latin American countries were submitted to neoliberal structural reform policies. Neoliberal policies imposed market supremacy, reduced the State’s role in the economy and deregulated the markets. This paper aims at describing how these policies affected the most...
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