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This paper develops a static model of endogenous task-based technical progress to study how factor scarcity induces technological progress and changes in factor prices. The equilibrium technology is multi-dimensional and not strongly factor-saving in the sense of Acemoglu (2010). Nevertheless,...
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An analytical framework is developed to study the repercussions between endogenous capital- and labor-saving technical change and population aging. Following an intuition often attributed to Hicks (1932), I ask whether and how population aging affects the relative scarcity of factors of...
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We investigate the empirical linkages between sales uncertainty and firms’ inventory investment behavior while … higher sales uncertainty leads to larger stocks of inventories. We also identify an indirect effect of sales uncertainty on … the adverse effects of uncertainty. …
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We investigate the empirical linkages between sales uncertainty and firms' inventory investment behavior while … higher sales uncertainty leads to larger stocks of inventories. We also identify an indirect effect of sales uncertainty on … the adverse effects of uncertainty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838924
and Pindyck, 1994) an investment plan under uncertainty is derived. In contrast to static models firms postpone their …-concentration trade-of concept. Additionally firms have the possibility to postpone their investment decision which gives them the … investment decision although positive returns can be achieved. For specific risk values the model predicts, in the presence of a …
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Numerous studies have tried to provide a better understanding of firm-level investment behaviour using econometric … approach, focuses on irreversibility and uncertainty in perfect capital markets; of particular interest is the range of …
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The objective of this paper is to combine a real options framework with portfolio optimization techniques and to apply … adoption decision of particular technologies under uncertainty. These technologies are coal-fired power plants, biomassfired … optimization, where the measure of risk is the Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR). …
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and centers the impact of uncertainty. The results of a panel study using aggregates of 5379 German entries to 22 … countries suggest that uncertainty has a U-shaped influence on the probability of entry and a negative effect on the amount of …
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and Pindyck, 1994) an investment plan under uncertainty is derived. In contrast to static models firms postpone their …-concentration trade-of concept. Additionally firms have the possibility to postpone their investment decision which gives them the … investment decision although positive returns can be achieved. For specific risk values the model predicts, in the presence of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301792
We investigate the effect of uncertainty on investment. We employ a unique dataset of 25000 Greek firms' balance sheets … uncertainty. The investment performance of 14 sectors is examined within a dynamic investment model. Robust GMM estimates of the … investment rate model reveal a high degree of heterogeneity among these sectors. Overall uncertainty affects negatively …
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