Author

Contributions

  • National Bureau of Economic Research. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

8,750 words, Guess

Page Count

35 pages

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Description

"This paper shows that interest rate reductions do not necessarily stimulate investment in an environment with uncertainty and adjustment costs. When firms making lumpy investment decisions can acquire information about profitability by delaying, aggregate investment demand is always a backward-bending function of the interest rate. An interest rate increase is more likely to stimulate investment when the potential to learn is larger and in the short run rather than the long run. The average observed profit rate is also a backward-bending function of the interest rate when firms learn over time"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • NBER working paper series -- no. 10354.
  • Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 10354.

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Other Editions

  • Interest rates and backward-bending investmentNational Bureau of Economic Research2004-01-01

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