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This study provides some perspective on analyzing the effects of corporate taxation on capital formation. Our framework translates tax policy legislation into real outcomes, and identifies three parameters that play a central role in determining the impact on policy. The remainder of the paper...
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firms in making their investment decisions. We use a revealed preference approach that relies on the pattern of investment … spending - combined with investment theory - to estimate the discount rates used by managers. The standard story predicts that … firms with high stock prices and good investment opportunities should have discount rates that do not differ systematically …
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frictions, relative prices, and adjustment costs in accounting for the MPK differential and document that adjustment costs …
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This paper studies the marginal product of private capital (MPK) with new data and a new framework to obtain a better understanding of international capital allocations and the Lucas Paradox (LP). Our point of departure is three influential studies of MPK's and, based on the most recently...
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The transmission channels through which monetary policy affects business investment remain opaque. This paper examines … the importance of the interest rate and credit channels on business fixed investment in Germany. We have at our disposal …
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