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: greater investment by an agent shifts the attack to other parts of the network …
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The taxation of corporate assets is well understood to influence investment and firm valuation. This paper explores the … incentives than those implied by the usual static analysis. Simulation results suggest that investment is sensitive to future tax …
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This paper derives closed-form solutions for the investment and market value, under uncertainty, of competitive firms … irreversible investment as well as for reversible investment. Optimal investment is a non-decreasing function of q, the shadow … value of capital. The conditions of optimality imply that q cannot contain a bubble; thus, optimal investment depends only …
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The move from traditional to open-access journals--which charge no subscription fees, only submission fees--is gaining support in academia. We analyze a two-sided-market model in which journals cannot commit to subscription fees when authors (who prefer low subscription fees because this boosts...
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We estimate the demand for a videocalling technology in the presence of both network effects and heterogeneity. Using a unique dataset from a large multinational firm, we pose and estimate a fully dynamic model of technology adoption. We propose a novel identification strategy based on...
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The motives of a small country for borrowing to purchase capital equipment on international markets are studied. The country produces tradable capital and a nontradable consumption good and borrows or lends capital to achieve higher levels of welfare. A shift in time-preference favoring future...
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Over the past decade, a number of researchers have extended conventional models of business fixed investment to … incorporate a role for financial constraints' in determining investment. This paper reviews developments and challenges in this … challenges. First, I describe analytical underpinnings of models of capital-market imperfections in the investment process, and …
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We examine the neoclassical investment model using a panel of U.S. manufacturing firms. The standard model with no … for firms with low (pre-sample) payouts (firms we expect to face financing constraints). Hem, investment is sensitive to … both firm cash flow and macroeconomic credit conditions, holding constant investment opportunities. Sample splits based on …
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