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In this note we compare the laissez-faire steady-state solution in the Howitt and Aghion (1998) model to the social optimum. The analysis offers several new insights in comparison to the welfare analysis in Aghion and Howitt (1992). We find various new distortions between private and optimal...
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-varying uncertainty, highlighted in the literature. -- Ss model ; RBC model ; lumpy investment ; countercyclical risk ; aggregate shocks …
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effect of time-varying uncertainty, highlighted in the literature. -- Ss model ; RBC model ; lumpy investment …
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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 …
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-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 …
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In this note we compare the laissez-faire steady-state solution in the Howitt and Aghion (1998) model to the social optimum. The analysis offers several new insights in comparison to the welfare analysis in Aghion and Howitt (1992). We find various new distortions between private and optimal...
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associated with better firm performance. Our analysis demonstrates that policy support that aims at stimulating investment only … investment bottlenecks arising from market imperfections, while remaining non-discriminatory with a view at what sort of capital …
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Capacity utilization has been a valuable indicator of inflationary pressure. Yet recent technological changes have made relationships between inputs and outputs more flexible, possibly eroding the predictive value of the utilization rate. This paper shows that, conceptually, technological change...
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question. The studies presented in this volume take an important first step in quantifying the effect of investment incentives … on business decisions related to production and investment. In addition, they suggest the consequences of such incentives … most fundamental of these questions is: Do taxes matter for investment? Related questions include: - What have been the …
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volume, but also the composition of firm investment, by disproportionally decreasing investments in innovation. This …&D spending in total investment, suggesting a shift in the composition of investment that is specific to recessions following …
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