Aggregate Investment

No 6264, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: The 90s have witnessed a revival in economists' interest and hope of explaining" aggregate and microeconomic investment behavior. New theories, better econometric" procedures, and more detailed panel data sets are behind this movement. Much of the progress" has occurred at the level of microeconomic theories and evidence; however aggregation and general equilibrium aspects of the investment problem also has been significant. " The concept of sunk costs is at the center of modern theories. The implications of these costs for" investment go well beyond the neoclassical response to the irreversible-technological friction" they represent, for they can also lead to first order inefficiencies when interacting with" informational and contractual problems.

JEL-codes: D9 E2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-11
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Published as Handbook of Macroeconomics, Taylor, J.B. and M. Woodford, eds., North Holland, 1999.

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