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Uncertainty, Investment, and Industry EvolutionRicardo J. CaballeroMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Robert S. PindyckMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) September 1996 NBER Working Paper No. w4160 Abstract: We study the effects of aggregate and idiosyncratic uncertainty on the entry of firms, total investment, and prices in a competitive industry with irreversible investment. We first use standard dynamic programming methods to determine firms' entry decisions, and we describe the resulting industry equilibrium and its characteristics, emphasizing the effects of different sources of uncertainty. We then show how the conditional distribution of prices can be used as an alternative means of determining and understanding the behavior of firms and the resulting industry equilibrium. Finally, we use four-digit U.S. manufacturing data to examine some implications of the model.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 31 working papers seriesDate posted: November 16, 2001Suggested CitationContact Information
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