investment from 1990 to 1999 through the cost-of-capital and the cash-flow channels. We compare several specifications of neo …

investment decisions. Our findings support the hypothesis that financial flexibility relates to companies’ ability to undertake … future investment, despite market frictions hampering possible profitable growth opportunities. JEL Classification: G31, G32 …

firms' investment ratio. Changes in user costs are significantly affected by changes in the monetary policy indicator. In … addition, firm specific balance sheet characteristics, such as the lagged cash stock to capital ratio influence the investment …

This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy on firms' investment behaviour. The analysis relies on a …. First, we estimate a reduced-form investment equation derived from the neo-classical model, augmented by cash flow. This …

level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are … importantly, the cash flow sensitivity of investment is lower in countries with better-developed financial markets. This suggests …

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 neo-classical 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 …

output changes. In the euro area investment is the predominant driver of output changes, while in the U.S. consumption shifts … investment, as the proximate cause for this fact, the source of the consumption difference remains a puzzle. JEL Classification …

This paper studies the effects of monetary policy on the investment behaviour of various categories of Italian firms … collateral are more affected by monetary policy. In quantitative terms, the difference in the response of investment by different …