Investment Dispersion and the Business Cycle

The cross-sectional dispersion of firm-level investment rates is procyclical. This makes investment rates different from productivity, output, and employment growth, which have countercyclical dispersions. A calibrated heterogeneous-firm business cycle model with nonconvex capital adjustment costs a...

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Published in:The American economic review 2014-04, Vol.104 (4), p.1392-1416
Main Authors: Bachmann, Rüdiger, Bayer, Christian
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Business cycles
Business forecasts
Business structures
Capital costs
Capital investments
Correlation
Costs
Countercyclicality
Economic fluctuations
Economic theory
Employment
Financial investments
Income distribution
Investment
Investment policy
Investment rates
Investment risk
Investments
Macroeconomics
Manufacturing
Procyclicality
Productivity
Risk
Shorter Papers
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Business cycles
Business forecasts
Business structures
Capital costs
Capital investments
Correlation
Costs
Countercyclicality
Economic fluctuations
Economic theory
Employment
Financial investments
Income distribution
Investment
Investment policy
Investment rates
Investment risk
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Macroeconomics
Manufacturing
Procyclicality
Productivity
Risk
Shorter Papers
Studies
U.S.A
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