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Cummins et al. (2006) construct a new measure of fundamentals, and show that the positive cash flow effects typically found in investment-Q models disappear when traditional Q is replaced with their new measure. Their results are not robust to small changes in their specification or in the...
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The purpose of this paper is to present improved estimates of the intertemporal elasticity of substitution (IES) for Japan assuming a constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility function. The estimates of the IES we obtain range from 0.2 to 0.5 when we use quarterly consumption data and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010835723
We develop a simple analytical framework where the longevity of profit-maximizing firms requires costly resources. We show that a firm's longevity and value are positively related to the firm''s pricing power, cash reserves, honesty, and ratio of equity to debt financing.
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This paper analyzes growth and wealth distribution in a simple AK model in which households are heterogeneous not only in time-preference but in intertemporal substitution. Contrary to the result without long-run growth, the most patient household does not always own the entire capital in an...
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Using regression discontinuity design we study a change in household consumption-related expenditures in Russia and compare it to the change in subjective measure of income adequacy at retirement. We find that both measures decline in response to retirement.
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If the consumer's risk aversion behavior varies intertemporally and if the risk aversion coefficient on future consumption becomes very large, the consumer tends to aim at a fixed future consumption target. A by-product is a reinterpretation of subsistence theories of consumption.
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We develop a simple analytical framework where the longevity of profit-maximizing firms requires costly resources. We show that a firm's longevity and value are positively related to the firm''s pricing power, cash reserves, honesty, and ratio of equity to debt financing.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196461
The impact of combinations of frictions on investment activity is poorly understood. We develop a model of investment under financial frictions and irreversibility. We show that the possibility of encountering financial constraints in future raises irreversible investment today over that arising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196493
Using dynamic programming methodology, the paper analyzes the most general conditions for an additive utility functional to represent time consistent preferences. It challenges the conventional wisdom of the domain, which, following Strotz(1956), assume that only exponential discounting is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563034
The purpose of this paper is to present improved estimates of the intertemporal elasticity of substitution (IES) for Japan assuming a constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility function. The estimates of the IES we obtain range from 0.2 to 0.5 when we use quarterly consumption data and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563119