, which enables increased leverage and investment. In the absence of frictions in the securitization process, we show that the … be constrained inefficient due to the existence of a pecuniary externality that can result in over or under-investment …. We examine policies to correct over-investment and find that a leverage ratio restriction generates a Pareto improvement …

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

neoclassical growth model. Investment rates and total factor productivity start out low and rise over time. These model dynamics …