Investment in equipment and machinery is a very important component of GDP. In this paper we examine whether data from … business tendency sur- veys are useful for a timely assessment of current investment behavior. In addition we investigate … whether the survey results are helpful for forecasting investment growth in the short run. The first question is addressed …

of the German Council of Economic Advisors (2003) and analyze its implications on capital formation, investment and … welfare using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The main features of the model are an intertemporal investment …

of the German Council of Economic Advisors (2003) and analyze its implications on capital formation, investment and … welfare using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The main features of the model are an intertemporal investment …

Bottom-up optimization models neglect the inclusion of investment behavior We introduce three investor types that … differ in their investment cost specifications, financing costs, and discounting. This leads to a substantially different … accounting for more differentiated picture of electricity market investment with heterogeneous investor types can provide a …

Policymakers misjudge results of technology-rich optimization models because those models specify investment cost … optimizing power market model to analyze three different investment cost specifications. The three specifications lead to a … assumes that an investment is financed by equity only, the second one applies a mix of equity and debt, and the third one …