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variable capital investment is reinforced by the irreversibility constraint. Finally, the interaction between the two … irreversibility constraints. The financing constraint implies that firms cannot borrow unless the debt is secured by collateral; the … irreversibility constraint that they can only sell their fixed capital by selling their business. We use this model to examine the …
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variable capital investment is reinforced by the irreversibility constraint. Finally, the interaction between the two … irreversibility constraints. The financing constraint implies that firms cannot borrow unless the debt is secured by collateral; the … irreversibility constraint that they can only sell their fixed capital by selling their business. We use this model to examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772462
Focusing on a panel of unlisted firms from transition economies, we observe that only firms facing low irreversibility … exhibit high and significant investment-cash flow sensitivities. Our findings provide a new explanation for why some …
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This paper analyses the impact of exchange rate uncertainty upon the pattern of investment in different exchange rate … exchange rate regimes indicates that currency volatility exerts only a small influence upon the level of investment spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400788
Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on this question by … induced policy uncertainty have revised their investment plans differently from those that did not perceive an increase in … uncertainty. We find strong evidence that an increase in policy uncertainty does lead firms to reduce their investment plans. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458466
Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on this question by … induced policy uncertainty have revised their investment plans differently from those that did not perceive an increase in … uncertainty. We find strong evidence that an increase in policy uncertainty does lead firms to reduce their investment plans. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472000
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349194
neoclassical investment model with time to build. This model also serves as the base for the empirical work, where an error … irreversibility constraints. …
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In this paper we investigate corporate investment behavior using a large panel of Hungarian firms between 1993 and 2002 …, the effect of user cost changes on investment is significant and robust across several specifications providing strong … evidence against simple sales-accelerator models of investment. Firms' cash-flow proved to be a significant determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322436
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325340