This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs … if they invest, then their average investment rate is lower. These differences cannot entirely be explained by firm or … owner characteristics. Furthermore, women’s investment is less sensitive to cash flow, which indicates that it is unlikely …

This paper investigates the effects of uncertainty on the investment behaviour using firm-level data for a sample of … invested. Furthermore, the difference between reversible and irreversible investment is crucial. The impact of volatility on … irreversible investment is far more larger than on reversible investment. In some cases, the amount of reversible investment will …

We formulate and estimate a structural model of firm investment behavior that specifies the exact channel through which … that both real and financial frictions have an important effect on firm investment dynamics. …

realizations. We show that the forecasts significantly affect farmer investment decisions and that these responses account for a … the main instrument, that the return to agricultural investment depends substantially on the conditions under which it is …-invest, by a factor of three, when we compare actual levels of investments to the optimal investment level that maximizes …

guarantee existence. When investment adjustment costs are introduced, the monetary and fiscal policy dichotomy is in principle …

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 …

's investment of endogenous size. Using a real option approach in continuous time, we show that profit sharing does not affect a … total investment. We also evaluate the reduction in the firm's value due to profit sharing, linking this reduction to the …

decreases investment substantially. Theseresults are neither in line with expected utility theory norwith psychologically …This paper experimentally investigates investment behavior.We find that global risk – i.e. risk independent of an agent …’sinvestment decision (like political risk) – substantiallydecreases investment. Also effort to obtain the capital usedfor investment …