Real Versus Financial Frictions to Capital Investment

49 Pages Posted: 29 Dec 2005

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Nihal Bayraktar

Pennsylvania State University - School of Business Administration; World Bank

Plutarchos Sakellaris

Athens University of Economics and Business

Philip Vermeulen

European Central Bank (ECB)

Date Written: December 2005

Abstract

We formulate and estimate a structural model of firm investment behavior that specifies the exact channel through which financial frictions bite. The model also allows for the existence of both convex and non-convex costs to adjusting capital. Essentially, we move beyond simply testing and rejecting a neoclassical model without frictions. Our quantitative estimates show that both real and financial frictions have an important effect on firm investment dynamics.

Keywords: investment, adjustment costs, financing constraints

JEL Classification: E22

Suggested Citation

Bayraktar, Nihal and Sakellaris, Plutarchos and Vermeulen, Philip, Real Versus Financial Frictions to Capital Investment (December 2005). ECB Working Paper No. 566, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=868439 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.868439

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