We study the performance of investments made at different points of an investment cycle. We use a large data set … consistent with information-based herding explanations …

macroeconomic model of investment cycles. The integrated description embodies the qualitative results of the myopic herding model in …This paper combines the recent game theoretic approach of endogenous timing of entry to herding models with a … a medium run investment objective of smoothing the capital stock adjustment process. lt features a completely …

Firm-level investment paths are commonly characterised by periods of low or zero investment punctuated by large … investment ‘spikes’. We document that such spikes are important for understanding firm and aggregate level investment in the UK …. We show that annual variation in aggregate investment is driven by variation in the number of firms undertaking investment …

Macroeconomic and sector-specific shocks exert differential effects on investment in disaggregate sectoral data. The … monotonically. A calibrated model of investment with convex capital adjustment costs and rational inattention explains these … features of the data. The model matches the empirical responses of sectoral investment because learning about shocks generates …

trajectories currently lack disaggregation for a more granular and insightful matching with investment data. Energy performance …

shock. Our estimated model uncovers a central role for investment in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, as high … MPCs amplify the investment response in the data. This force also generates a procyclical response of consumption to … investment shocks, leading our model to infer a central role for these shocks as a source of business cycles. …

form of investment cycles. These quasi-periodic movements can be represented as low order, stochastic, dynamic processes … with complex eigenvalues. Specifically, there is a fixed investment cycle of about 8 years and an inventory cycle of about … adjustment costs both in relation to the capital stock and the rate of investment. By means of parametric resonance it was …

This paper attempts to test whether financial supply-side shifts explain the low-investment climate of private firms in …

We investigate how idiosyncratic lender shocks impact corporate investment. Lenders with recent default experience … write stricter loan contracts, leading to a reduction in real investment for borrowing firms. The decline in investment is … evidence suggests that defaults inform lenders about investment opportunities and their screening ability, and adjustments to …