Screen LibraryInvestment : the study of an economic aggregate /
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North-Holland,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1971] ©1971 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Advanced textbooks in economics ; volume 13 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444851383 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 167 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160). |
| ISBN: |
9781483256900 1483256901 |
| Index Number: | HG4539 |
| CLC: | F830.59 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Investment: The Study of an Economic Aggregate; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Types of investment; 1.2 Investment in the United Kingdom, 1900-67; 1.3 Investment in the United States, 1929-67; 1.4 Fixed investment and economic growth; CHAPTER 2. THEORIES OF AGGREGATE INVESTMENT ; 2.1 The level of aggregation; 2.2 Innovation and autonomous investment; 2.3 The neoclassical theory of capital accumulation; 2.4 Criticisms of the neoclassical theories; 2.5 Sources of funds; 2.6 The acceleration principle; 2.7 Replacement investment. 2.8 Expectations about the future2.9 Capital stock adjustment models; 2.10 Tax incentives and disincentives to investment; 2.11 Time lags; CHAPTER 3. STATISTICAL AND QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES; 3.1 Statistical studies; 3.2 Interview and questionnaire studies; CHAPTER 4. ESTIMATION OF LAG DISTRIBUTIONS; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Geometrically declining lag distributions; 4.3 Pascal and rational distributions; 4.4 Other stable lag distributions; 4.5 Variable lag distributions; 4.6 First-in first-out method; CHAPTER 5. ECONOMETRIC STUDIES ; 5.1 United Kingdom studies; 5.2 United States studies. 5.3 Two-stage studies of investment5.4 Guidelines for future research; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index. |