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 …

Limited liability debt financing of irreversible investments can affect investment timing through an entrepreneur … entrepreneur's unique investment opportunity, and it is shown in a standard model of irreversible investment that includes the … risks, and lowers the investment threshold. Compensating the lender for expected default losses reduces project …

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 …

The paper provides three principal results. First, we benchmark South African infrastructure performance in terms of …- income countries for the period 1980-2002 and then project investment needs in these sectors until 2010. Our projections …

sector this paper shows that investment incentives may vary depending on the applied auction scheme. The model is designed as … a two stage game, where the franchisee decides about investment on the first and competes with a potential market … entrant on the second stage. Investment tends to be higher in sealed bid auctions than in an English auction, since the …

economic variable and has turned on the microeconomic and macroeconomic consequences of investment irreversibilities. Thus the … other interesting findings, at the microeconomic level it turns out that the de-mand for replacement investment is not … cannot obtain consistent aggregates of capital stock and replacement investment. …