The correspondence between the demand for capital and various measures of the return on assets, the cost of capital … explanations, this paper considers the consequences of allowing for declining returns to capital--a declining marginal efficiency … of capital schedule (MEC). This modification not only relaxes the connection between the demand for capital and many of …

The correspondence between the demand for capital and various measures of Tobin’s q often is tenuous (Abel and … changes in the optimal stock of capital must correspond consistently to changes in marginal q. …

Within optimal investment programs, the accumulation of capital is a stable function of marginal q. Much of the … interest in q, however, derives from its potential to reflect the demand for capital when the optimal program changes. If the … marginal return on capital diminishes as capital increases, the correspondence between marginal q and the optimal stock of …

empirical relevance of stigma and information sharing on household bankruptcy and its trend. Many observers of bankruptcy … the more relevant factor in explaining the observed bankruptcy trends. Furthermore, we show that this aggregate trend … that the overall increase in the bankruptcy rates cannot be explained by a decrease in social stigma. We argue that the …

This paper aims to contribute to the growing literature on the causes of consumer bankruptcy. It presents the consumer … bankruptcy decision as an irreversible choice that has an embedded real option value. This allows the use of well known framework … economic factors, such as unemployment, are strong predictors of bankruptcy rates and are consistent with the implications of …

least some time after their bankruptcy. However, there is very little non-survey based empirical evidence on the … availability of credit post-bankruptcy. This paper makes two contributions using data from one of the largest credit bureaus in the … US. First, we show that individuals who file for bankruptcy can indeed get credit very quickly after they file. Indeed …

rising household debt, personal bankruptcy filings, and arrears. In this paper, we use data from the European Community …