Replacement, modernization or capacity expansion are frequently used as concepts allowing to characterize alternatives parts of the firms?' investment spending. But such a typology seems to be poorly tractable for an empirical analysis of investment behaviour. This paper aims at showing that...

[fre] L'importance relative des différents déterminants traditionnels de l'investissement (demande, profits, contraintes financières et technologiques) demeure imparfaitement connue. Si pendant longtemps la demande est apparue comme le déterminant le plus important, des analyses empiriques...