Using firm-level data, we provide evidence that, although monetary policy affects real investment, the effect operates …

commensurate with their risk aversion; more risk-averse individuals pick lower-volatility stocks. The investors' portfolio …The preferred risk habitat hypothesis, introduced here, is that individual investors select stocks with volatilities … consistent with the predictions of the hypothesis: the portfolios contain highly similar stocks in terms of volatility, when …

both create and share the risk associated with exchange rate volatility. In such circumstances, monetary policy can be used … of noise traders alters the composition of the market and generates excess exchange rate volatility, since noise traders … to lower exchange rate volatility without altering macroeconomic fundamentals. …

Which investment model best fits firm-level data? To answer this question we estimate alternative models using … implication, that Q is a sufficient statistic for determining a firm's investment decision, has been often rejected because cash …-flow and lagged-investment effects are present in investment regressions. However, we find that these regression results are …

-interpretation of steady-state conditions. The main difference is its focus on investment, which is after all, the heart of growth …

The best predictor of current investment at the firm level is lagged investment. This lagged-investment effect is … empirically more important than the cash-flow and Q effects combined. We show that the specification of investment adjustment … costs proposed by Christiano, Eichenbaum and Evans (2005) predicts the presence of a lagged-investment effect and that a …

Euro Area. We find that an increase in capital investment risk shock, results in a considerably deeper recession when …We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to study bank risk and sovereign risk interdependence in the … sovereign risk is also present. This result has three policy implications. First, Euro Area policies dealing with failing banks …

and investment. When the share of output that accrues to the owners of natural resources rises, the demand for capital … allocation of capital may, however, enhance the quantity as well as the quality of new investment and sustain growth. Empirical … thereby inhibiting economic growth. The results also suggest that abundant natural resources may hurt saving and investment …

country risk. Increased political instability increases the equilibrium loan size in the first regime and decreases it in the …