This paper develops a two-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to measure intangible capital stock and studies the implied riskiness of market value of capital. The equilibrium of the economy is characterized by a state-space representation of dynamic system. Kalman filter...

Intangible capital has arguably become an important component of corporate value. However, it is still an open question whether uncertainty associated with investment in intangible capital is higher or lower than physical capital. We estimate the value of intangible capital in a dynamic...

In this paper we reviewed two findings pertinent for using asset market data to make inferences about the intangible capital stock. We presented evidence familiar from the empirical finance literature that returns are heterogeneous when firms are grouped according to their ratio of market equity...

With the rapid growth of information technology (IT), intangible capital accumulated through investment in Research and Development and other expensed investment becomes an increasingly important component of productive assets. However, under the current U.S. accounting standards, most of the...