This paper uses a unique micro-level data-set on Chinese firms to test for the existence of a "political-pecking order" in the allocation of credit. Our findings are threefold. Firstly, private Chinese firms are credit constrained while State-owned firms and foreign-owned firms in China are not;...

This paper uses a unique micro-level data-set on Chinese firms to test for the existence of a “political-pecking order” in the allocation of credit. Our findings are threefold. Firstly, private Chinese firms are credit constrained while State-owned firms and foreign-owned firms in China are...

Ce modèle étudie les effets joints de l'irréversibilité et des coûts de faillite sur la décision d'investissement. Les coûts de faillite supportés par le prêteur accentuent son conflit d'intérêt avec l'emprunteur: il est principalement concerné par la partie basse de la distribution...

This paper studies the factors influencing the capital structure of Belgian corporate finance since 1984. Using three different datasets, aggregate balance sheets, aggregate flows of funds and a large panel of individual firms followed up during 10 years, we are able to give some empirical...

This paper investigates the relative price and relative wage effects of a higher productivity in the traded sector compared with the non traded sector in a two-sector open economy model with imperfect substitutability in hours worked across sectors. The Balassa-Samuelson [1964] model predicts...

Dans le but d'analyser le cycle de productivité de l'emploi, cet article présente un modèle de cycles réels avec coûts d'ajustement croisés sur l'investissement et le travail. Le modèle est simulé et confronté aux faits stylisés du marché du travail. Nous évaluons plus...

In this paper, we intend to offer a critical review of the different concepts of capital and the different methods which are used to measure it. At the same time, we propose an endogenous approach which tries to measure the capital stock in terms of value, explicitly referring to depreciation as...

Acknowledging that changes in factor utilization rates explain variations in factor productive services flows, this paper investigates a dynamic general equilibrium model incorporating quasi-fixed inputs, weak complementarity between capital and labour, and displaying variations in the following...

In this paper the dynamic programming approach is exploited in order to identify the closed loop policy function, and the consumption smoothing mechanism in an endogenous growth model with time to build, linear technology and irreversibility constraint in investment. Moreover the link among the...

Trigger values are derived for investment projects that are affected by uncertainty and construction periods. The importance of both aspects on the decision to invest is shown by simulation results and empirically corroborated by estimation results obtained with national (non-)residential...