?s Investment Tests (IT) during the years 1988-1998, we create a panel with information on investment, innovation activity and … financing conditions. Financial constraints affect the distribution of investment over time in a fundamental way. Following a … on Schworm?s (1980) model of optimal investment under financial constraints, we use it to test the empirical content of …

We present a comparable set of results on the monetary transmission channels on firm investment for the four largest … channel. For each of those countries, we estimate neoclassical investment relationships, explaining investment by its user … cost, sales and cash flow. We find investment to be sensitive to user cost changes in all those four countries. This …

closely the money market rate. We make the investment decision explicitly dependent on a long-term rate for a credit contract …

The impact of uncertainty on firms? investment outlays is subject to an ongoing debate. Theory identifies several … investment likely. On the other hand, the ability of firms to adapt after uncertainty is resolved can make a risky strategy more …?s investment outlays using the database of the Deutsche Bundesbank's corporate balance sheet statistics. Our database represents …

relationship between investment activity and financial constraints is theoretically ambivalent due to simultaneity, the link … take longer to close capacity gaps. This indicates that financial constraints do indeed play a part in the investment …