We analyze the impact of progressive taxation on irreversible investment under uncertainty. We show that if tax … exemption is lower than sunk cost, higher tax rate will decelerate optimal investment by increasing the optimal investment … investment threshold is a positive function of volatility, but independent of tax rate. For medium volatilities it is independent …

probability of disaster leads to a collapse of investment and a recession, an increase in risk spreads, and a decrease in the … of business cycle dynamics, especially sharp downturns in investment and output such as 2008-IV …

In this paper we study "investment tournaments," a class of decision problems that involve gradual allocation of … investment among several alternatives whose values are subject to exogenous shocks. The decision-maker's payoff is determined by … an early stage of the tournament in a bid to capture a larger share of employer's investment, such as mentoring …