This paper examines capital adjustment patterns using two large and largely novel data sets from the manufacturing sectors of Colombia and Mexico. The findings show that investment patterns in these countries resemble those reported for the United States to a surprising extent. Capital...

Using two largely novel datasets, we examine how Colombian and Mexican plants invest in response to imbalances between actual and "desired" capital stock levels. Nonparametric estimates of the average adjustment function support the presence of irreversibilities, but not of nonconvexities

This paper examines capital adjustment patterns using two large and largely novel data sets from the manufacturing sectors of Colombia and Mexico. The findings show that investment patterns in these countries resemble those reported for the United States to a surprising extent. Capital...