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...

We examined investment behavior in the Japanese manufacturing industry using investment revision data to analyze investment behavior from a fresh angle. We tested the martingale investment hypothesis and then the q-theory of investment by looking at the response of stock return and investment to...

Nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen zeichnet sich im deutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbe für 2018 ein Anstieg der Gesamtinvestitionen, d.h. der Investitionen in neue Ausrüstungen und Gebäude, um 12% ab. Für 2017 ergaben die Meldungen der Firmen einen Zuwachs von 3%. Wie schon in den vergangenen...

While the US experienced two successive labor productivity surges in 1995 and 2000, Germany's productivity declined dramatically during the same period. We examine the sources of Germany's productivity demise using the ifo industry growth accounting database that provides detailed industry-level...

In this paper we present a new database that allows deep industry-level growth accounting from 1991-2003. The database allows for the first complete analysis of the German industry performance drivers based on the contributions of 12 asset types in 52 different industries. The industry sources...

The Brazilian economy has undergone profound changes since the early 1970s. During this time, the external and internal economic conditions significantly altered. The two oil shocks, changes of the interest rates on the international capital markets, the following debt crisis, terms of trade...

Die Unternehmen des westdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes wollen nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen des ifo Investitionstests 2012 ihre Investitionen um 7% steigern. Für das vergangene Jahr ergaben die Meldungen der Firmen einen Zuwachs von 16%. Wie schon im letzten Jahr ist auch 2012 die...