investment equation splitting up the sample between exporters and non-exporters. Using three alternative econometric models … literature, exporting firms are the ones facing larger financial constraints on investment. We propose an explanation for this …, particularly in Argentina, which triggers a profit squeeze phenomenon for exportable firms, reducing their investment capacity. …

investment or disinvestment and/or mergers and acquisitions (M&As). We show theoretically how the choice of adjustment strategy …

corporate net lending determinants. We disentangle the effects of the profit share on corporate saving and investment and …

highlights the fact that investment in technical progress is an authentic type of competition which benefits the consumers rather … firms through investment, is high enough. Competition is, in fact, made up of two components: A static one which is known as …

In this paper, we design a theoretical model to analyze the impact of the number of firms on investment in the wireless … communications industry. Our model extends the Salop’s framework by introducing investment in quality that either reduces the … their incentives to invest in quality. The impact on the aggregate industry investment can be non-monotone. These …

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a …, I find that technical progress, which increases the impact of investment on cost reduction, decreases the level of … competition that maximizes investment of the industry. This feature holds also for consumer surplus and Welfare. In the model …

This paper empirically assesses the impact of the intensity of competition on investment in new technologies within the …-U relationship between competition intensity and investment. The intermediate level of competition intensity that maximizes … investment stands at 62 percent, whereby competition intensity is measured by 1-Lerner index at the firm level. This means that …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …