-level investment is procyclical. We show that a heterogeneous-firm RBC model with quantitatively realistic countercyclically disperse … state investment rate distribution, produces investment dispersion that positively comoves with the cycle, with a …-sectional firm dynamics ; lumpy investment ; countercyclical risk ; aggregate shocks ; idiosyncratic shocks ; heterogeneous firms …

question in the context of a heterogeneous-firm RBC model with persistent firm-level productivity shocks and lumpy capital …-varying uncertainty, highlighted in the literature. -- Ss model ; RBC model ; lumpy investment ; countercyclical risk ; aggregate shocks …

question in the context of a heterogeneousfirm RBC model with persistent firm-level productivity shocks and lumpy capital … effect of time-varying uncertainty, highlighted in the literature. -- Ss model ; RBC model ; lumpy investment …

of firm-level investment is procyclical. We show that a heterogeneousfirm RBC model with quantitatively realistic … of the steady state investment rate distribution, produces investment dispersion that positively comoves with the cycle … ; cross-sectional firm dynamics ; lumpy investment ; countercyclical risk ; aggregate shocks ; idiosyncratic shocks …

This paper explores the importance of investment-specific technology changes in anticipated TFP fluctuations. To this … shocks to the relative price of investment. We show in a model with IST diffusion and spillover that the correlation of these … productivity of the rest of the economy …

indivisible investment and predetermined goods prices. The model features no aggregate exogenous shocks, and the fluctuation is … driven by idiosyncratic productivity shocks. Numerical simulations show that the model generates aggregate fluctuations …

-2000 sample, the initial response of investment to a productivity shock with responses in the top quartile is 60% higher than the … shock. Conversely, a slowdown after a boom can lead to a long lasting investment slump, which is unresponsive to policy … smoothing in the investment response to aggregate shocks. The remaining 40% is explained by general equilibrium forces. The …

-specific productivity, and nonconvex adjustment costs lead them to pursue generalized (S,s) investment rules. They allow persistent …The authors study a model of lumpy investment wherein establishments face persistent shocks to common and plant … heterogeneity in both capital and total factor productivity alongside low-level investments exempt from adjustment costs to develop …

investment-specific technology shock, affects the transformation of consumption into investment goods and is identified with the … relative price of investment. The second shock affects the production of installed capital from investment goods or, more …We estimate a New-Neoclassical Synthesis model of the business cycle with two investment shocks. The first, an …

co-moves with GDP and the response of investment to a positive investment shock is attenuated. In the model with …Various papers have identified shocks to investment as major drivers of output, investment, hours, and interest rates …. These investment shocks have been linked to financial frictions because financial markets are instrumental in transforming …