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This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy on firms' investment behaviour. The analysis relies on a …. First, we estimate a reduced-form investment equation derived from the neo-classical model, augmented by cash flow. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506540
This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy on firms' investment behaviour. The analysis relies on a …. First, we estimate a reduced-form investment equation derived from the neo-classical model, augmented by cash flow. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604153
In this paper we investigate corporate investment behavior using a large panel of Hungarian firms between 1993 and 2002 …, the effect of user cost changes on investment is significant and robust across several specifications providing strong … evidence against simple sales-accelerator models of investment. Firms' cash-flow proved to be a significant determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322436
This paper analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by euro area banks to loans and deposits during the 1994-2004 period, using a novel measure of competition called the Boone indicator. We find evidence that stronger competition implies significantly lower...
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firms' investment ratio. Changes in user costs are significantly affected by changes in the monetary policy indicator. In … addition, firm specific balance sheet characteristics, such as the lagged cash stock to capital ratio influence the investment …
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their investment decisions. Moreover, financial con-straints become more severe in times of restrictive monetary policy. …
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In 1867, the "Compromise" between Austria and Hungary laid the foundation of a single currency system with a common central bank. As in today's euroland, each part of the monarchy remained sovereign in fiscal matters. Moreover, the borrowing needs of both parts of the monarchy were quite large,...
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We estimate the effect of demand and price uncertainty on firms' investment decisions from a panel of manufacturing … investment, while price uncertainty is insignificant. This is consistent with the behavior of monopolistic firms with … irreversible capital (Caballero, 1991). Further, firms revise their investment plans very little. They may do so in response to new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506567
We estimate the effect of demand and price uncertainty on firms’ investment decisions from a panel of manufacturing … investment, while price uncertainty is insignificant. This is consistent with the behavior of monopolistic firms with … irreversible capital (Caballero, 1991). Further, firms revise their investment plans very little. They may do so in response to new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604393
Using a unique 3-digit firm level data set of all medium and large sized manufacturing enterprises in Bulgaria covering the years 1997/1998, we investigate how wage detfirmination is related to ownership status. Building on a slightly modified version of the Right-To-Manage Model, our pooled...
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