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relationship between investment activity and financial constraints is theoretically ambivalent due to simultaneity, the link … take longer to close capacity gaps. This indicates that financial constraints do indeed play a part in the investment …
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The paper investigates whether liquidity constraints affect firm size and growth dynamics using a large longitudinal sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We run standard panel-data Gibrat regressions, suitably expanded to take into account liquidity constraints (proxied by cash flow scaled by...
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Following a positive shock, financing constraints will prolong or impede economic expansion that would have been optimal in an unconstrained environment. The study of dynamic adjustment therefore offers a direct way of verifying the presence of financing constraints and assessing their...
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Uncertainty about the level of demand is thought to influence irreversible capacity decisions. This paper examines some implications of the theory literature on this topic in an empirical study of the US cement industry between 1994 and 2006. Firms in this sector have the ability to deliver...
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related to the level of investment in irrigation capacity and the other one to the irrigation level in each period. In the … period. Assuming a CARA utility function, we show that taxing the investment may entail an increase in preventive irrigation … although the investment decreases. Moreover, in the case of a logistic production function, the total water use is non …
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formulate a model of financing. New Keynesian theory emphasizes that a firm's net worth influences investment decisions and … banks lending reaction to the net worth ratio is more elastic than investment reaction. When the steady state is the saddle …
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Industrie- und Handelsstrukturen begünstigt. Möglicherweise ist mittlerweile sogar Statuskonsum von Effizienzüberlegungen … terms, 'efficiency consumption' is introduced theoretically as a means for securing an income (consumer investment). It is …
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Non-strategic firms with rational expectations make investment and emissions decisions. The investment rule depends on … taxes create a secondary distortion at the investment stage, unless a particular condition holds; emissions quotas do not …-house gases. The endogeneity of investment favors taxes, and it increases abatement. …
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We study the negative correlation between natural resource-abundance and long-term income focusing on the savings-investment … the issue. In this model, savings adjust downwards to income from natural resources, and investment in capital contributes … income through savings and investment. Natural resources have two counteracting effects on income. In the short term …
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Recent developments in investment research have highlighted the importance of non-convexities and irreversibilities in … and structures and construct measures of fundamental Q to capture investment opportunities associated with each asset. To … uncover the pattern of dynamic adjustment we use non-parametric techniques to relate each individual investment to own …
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