This paper addresses the question if there are differences between time patterns in the volatility of investment across … determining investment volatility than the macroeconomic environment. … different industrial sectors. A competitive partial-equilibrium model with quadratic adjustment costs in investment and a GARCH …

Investment decision-making is modeled by means of a Kohonen neural net, where neurons represent firms. This is done in …

This paper analyzes a model of investment with fixed investment costs and capital market imperfections. In this model … finance influences the level of capital firms hold, as well as the frequency at which they invest. In consequence investment …, when the short-run investment function is estimated, liquidity has a significant impact, which is also strongest for strong …

profitability to the entrepreneur, and increases the investment threshold. The net effect is negative, because lower downside risk … has an additional impact on the option value of delaying investment. The standard NPV rule in real options theory …Limited liability debt financing of irreversible investments can affect investment timing through an entrepreneur …

infringements. It gives promises for both solving fundamental problems of economic theory and creation of new directions and fields …

investment problems have been formulated. …

This paper studies whether and how capital investment and economic freedom jointly endogenize economic growth. The … the crucial role of both domestic and foreign capital investment and economic freedom for rapid growth. Countries that … improve economic freedom and that bolster capital investment tend to experience faster growth. The domestic investment rate …

- income countries for the period 1980-2002 and then project investment needs in these sectors until 2010. Our projections …