The standard version of "q" theory, in which investment is positively related to marginal "q", breaks down in the presence of fixed costs of adjustment. With fixed costs, q is a non-monotonic function of investment. Therefore its inverse, which is the traditional investment function, does not...

We analyze the impact of labor demand and labor market regulations on the corporate structure of firms. We find that higher wages are associated with lower monitoring, irrespective of whether these high wages are caused by labor market regulatio ns, unions or higher labor demand. These...