We develop a model of investment with financial constraints and use it to investigate the relation between investment … between q and investment, relative to the frictionless benchmark. We present a calibrated version of the model, which, due to … this effect, generate realistic correlations between investment, q, and cash flow …

The arrival of new, unfamiliar, investment opportunities is often associated with "exuberant" movements in asset prices … signals about the profitability of the new investment opportunities, and vice versa. In this paper, we study how such …

negative externalities and save money. This overview paper presents a simple model of investment in energy-using capital stock … profitable unexploited investment opportunities is much smaller than engineering-accounting studies suggest. Finally, there is …

smoothing in the investment response to aggregate shocks. The remaining 40% is explained by general equilibrium forces. The … particular, booms feed into themselves. The longer an expansion, the larger the response of investment to an additional positive … shock. Conversely, a slowdown after a boom can lead to a long lasting investment slump, which is unresponsive to policy …

explicitly absorb a larger share of the systemic risk. The options for doing this range from surplus countries rebalancing their … securitization industry while removing the systemic risk from the banks' balance sheets. Such public-private solutions could be …