Investment gestation lags: The difference between time-to-build and delivery lags

Peeters, Marga (1996): Investment gestation lags: The difference between time-to-build and delivery lags. Published in: Applied Economics No. 28 : pp. 203-208.

Abstract

The timing of investment and capital stock accumulation can differ as a result of time-to-build or delivery lags. In this study calibration methods are used to illustrate the difference in these sources of gestation lags.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: investment; time-to-build; delivery lags; gestation; business cycle
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; D - Microeconomics > D9 - Intertemporal Choice > D92 - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing

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