Sökning: "Fixed investment"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden Fixed investment.

  1. 1. Essays on Firm Turnover, Growth, and Investment Behavior in Ethiopian Manufacturing

    Författare :Mulu G Gebreeyesus; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; firm turnover; productivity; firm growth; investment; adjustment cost; irreversibility; manufacturing; Africa; Ethiopia.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the dynamics and investment behavior of Ethiopian manufacturing firms in post-reform period using establishment level industrial census panel data from 1996 to 2003. Three related topics such as firm turnover and productivity differentials, determinants of firm growth, and the effect of adjustment cost and irreversibility on firm investment decisions are investigated empirically. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Firms' Financing and Investment Decisions

    Författare :Valeriia Dzhamalova; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capital structure; Banks; R D Investment; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Bank Debt; Bank Risk; Borrowers;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses how the capital structures of financial and non-financial firms affect each other and how shocks in the financial sector affect investments in non-financial firms. The thesis consists of three self-contained essays. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Dynamic Behavior of Prices and Investment: Financial Constraints and Customer Markets

    Författare :Magnus Lundin; Nils Gottfries; Robert Chirinko; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Customer Markets; Financial Constraints; Price Equation; Investment Equation; User Cost of Capital; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Chapter II (with Nils Gottfries and Charlotte Bucht) explores the interaction between prices and investment. We construct a dynamic model of a financially constrained firm making pricing and investment decisions. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Worms, Farms and Schools : Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda

    Författare :Benedetta Lerva; Konrad Burchardi; Jakob Svensson; Jonathan de Quidt; Karen Macours; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; field experiments; randomized evaluations; agriculture; education; externalities; technology adoption; financial aid; cash transfers; school inputs; moral hazard; sharecropping; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Quantifying Externalities in Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan FarmersI investigate how positive externalities contribute to underadoption of agricultural technology among sub-Saharan African farmers. I focus on the adoption of pest-control technologies. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on international trade and foreign direct investment

    Författare :Ignat Stepanok; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The availability of firm level data in international trade started a very quickly developing theoretical literature that focused on the micro evidence and understanding its implications for aggregate productivity and welfare. The new models were dealing with individual firm characteristics determining entry and exit from foreign markets and the different ways in which firms chose to enter. LÄS MER