We study the effects of federal purchases on firm investment using a novel panel dataset that combines federal … firms’ capital investment by 10 to 13 cents. In line with the financial accelerator model, our findings indicate that the …-level analysis suggests that that the increase in investment at the firm level translates into an industry-wide effect without …

In this paper, we use firm-level survey data to explore the determinants of SME investment activity and the extent to … which observed investment is in line with that suggested by economic fundamentals. In contrast to previous literature which … has focused on whether investment gaps exist at a more aggregate level, we find evidence that for SMEs actual investment …