In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since … investment research. For example, not including factor prices in investment models may seriously affect the model outco! mes … can explain to a large extent why empirical estimates of the investment-uncertainty relationship differ. …

order to reduce the adjustment costs, there will be over-investment compared to the welfare-maximizing levels …

The impact of uncertainty on firms' investment outlays is subject to an ongoing debate. Theory identifies several … investment likely. On the other hand, the ability of firms to adapt after uncertainty is resolved can make a risky strategy more …'s investment outlays using the database of the Deutsche Bundesbank's corporate balance sheet statistics. Our database represents …

We estimate the effect of demand and price uncertainty on firms' investment decisions from a panel of manufacturing … investment, while price uncertainty is insignificant. This is consistent with the behavior of monopolistic firms with … irreversible capital (Caballero, 1991). Further, firms revise their investment plans very little. They may do so in response to new …