In this paper we derive a model of aggregate investment that builds from the lumpy microeconomic behavior of firms … aggregate investment obtained from adding up the actions of firms subject to aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks, is highly non … postwar sectoral U.S. manufacturing equipment and structures investment. For a given sequence of aggregate shocks, the …

good investment opportunities, but is negatively related to growth for firms whose growth opportunities are either not …

This paper presents an overview of current models of consumption and investment behavior. First, the stochastic … critical discussion of the Ricardia Equivalence Theorem. Investment behavior is analyzed using a dynamic optimization model of … theory. The model is then used to analyze the interaction of corporate taxes, inflation and investment and also to analyze …

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, generates realistic correlations between investment, q, and cash flow …

with the cost of capital cannot be found, investment in Japanese manufacturing shows until 1974 a strong association with … of capitalis the major determinant of investment …

to vary with the state of the economy, generating cyclicality in investment and debt in an environment where the first … best capital stock is a constant. The government's lack of commitment induces a negative correlation between investment and … improving and cannot affect the long-run level of investment. Further, restricting the government to a balanced budget can …

Most of the empirical work on investment is based on the existence of a relation between investment and the expected … demand and technology and examine its relation to investment.We find that variations in this present value series are … value series, although significantly related to investment, still leaves unexplained a large, serially correlated fraction …

A recent literature suggests that because investment expenditures are irreversible and can be delayed, they may be … aggregate investment. We find that the volatility of the marginal profitability of capital - a summary measure of uncertainty … - affects investment as the theory suggests, but the size of the effect is moderate, and is greatest for developing countries …

The 90s have witnessed a revival in economists' interest and hope of explaining" aggregate and microeconomic investment … of the investment problem also has been significant. " The concept of sunk costs is at the center of modern theories. The … implications of these costs for" investment go well beyond the neoclassical response to the irreversible-technological friction …

of investment requires a new idea, an quot;optionquot;. When options are scarce, new capital is harder to put in place …, Q rises gradually, as options are used up. Because investment represents an exercise of options, it has an intertemporal …