This paper analyses the effect of uncertainty on investment spending. We analyse twotypes of investment, i.e. aggregate investment and investment in energy saving technologies,using subjective evaluations of expectations and uncertainty of Dutch firms in 1997. Weestimate several models...

The effects of perceived expectations and uncertaintyon firm investment decisions are analyzed. After a review of the literature onthe relationship between investment and uncertainty, data from a 1998 survey of135 plants in the Netherlands are used to estimate a model of the impact ofperceived...