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2. 1. The Dynamic Behavior of Prices and Investment: Financial Constraints and Customer Markets

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

4. 2. Analysis of Mining Investments in Zimbabwe

   Author : Ronald Chifamba; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Investment; minerals; natural resource; uncertainty; irreversibility; cost function; consumption; return; investment; risk premia; user-cost; capital; Zimbabwe;

   Abstract : The papers in this thesis investigate issues related to investment with particular reference to the mining sector in Zimbabwe. Issues analysed are the levels of risk premia that attract investment in minerals in developing countries, whether firms in the sector manage to reduce operation to optimal levels consistent with theoretical predictions, and the extent to which irreversibility has reduced investment expenditures. READ MORE

5. 3. Empirical Studies in Corporate Finance, Taxation and Investment

   Author : Joakim Jansson; Otto Toivanen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1 extends previous research focusing on firms' discrete external financing decision by adapting an estimation procedure accommodating both fixed effects and a lagged dependent variable. This makes it possible to establish the nature of the dependence. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on finance, taxation and corporate investment

   Author : Sten Hansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay 1 investigates the effects on corporate investment of financial deregulation in Sweden during the 1980s. An Euler investment equation, including adjustment and agency costs, is estimated on a large panel of Swedish firms. READ MORE

7. 5. Factor Demand and Market Power

   Author : Magnus Sjöström; Runar Brännlund; Patrik Söderholm; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; demand and supply; dynamic factor demand; adjustment costs; bootstrap; panel data; market power; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : The objective of Paper [I] is to analyze potential effects on the Swedish forest sector of a continuing rise in the use of forest resources as fuel in energy generation. An increasing use of forest resources as an energy input may have effects outside the energy sector. READ MORE