Der Kapitalwert lässt sich auch bei Null- und Negativzinsen zumindest über endliche Zeiträume einfach berechnen sowie betriebswirtschaftlich für Investitionsentscheidungen sinnvoll ver­wen­den. Volkswirtschaftlich ist relevant, warum es Zinsen von und unter null überhaupt gibt und ob...

Managing financial risk has proven difficult over time as evidenced by numerous high profile failures over the recent past including and especially those experienced in the stock market crash of 1987, the financial crisis of 1997-1998 (also known as the “Asian Contagion”) and the 2007-2008...

Electronic coordination links markets at different locations that have initially been (partially) separated by transport costs. Rising competitive pressure should in turn affect incentives to differentiate products. In this paper investment decisions concerning transport cost reduction and...

I theoretically investigate how the informational content of stock prices is affected by the structure of firms' capital investment decisions. The efficiency of stock prices is determined by the weight firms attach to private information and by the extent to which investment is predictable. Both...

We propose the use of partial myopia as an alternative approach to dynamic programming for solving a multi-period investment problem with background risks. An investor behaves partially myopically if the investor makes his decision as if his total wealth at the end of the next period will be...

This study uses an ex-post evaluation of the grid-connected wind projects in Ontario, Canada, to quantify the stakeholder impacts of such renewable energy projects. Our study includes a financial, economic and stakeholder analysis of these wind farms. The analysis sheds light on the...

This study examines a reputation-concerned entrepreneur’s incentives to provide disaggregated information about a project’s future performance when he seeks to increase both the market price of the project and the market assessment of his ability as a project manager. Two factors determine...

Because society responds to increases in reliability by becoming less resilient to interruptions of critical infrastructures like electricity and information and communication technology (the vulnerability paradox), sometimes people conclude that investments in reliability have decreasing...

We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive on average, controlling for country...

We analyze the optimal investment strategy of a monopolist which has subscribed a concession contract to provide a public utility, i.e. water service. We present a strategic model in which a monopolist chooses both the timing of the investment and the capacity. We focus not only on the value of...