Firm investment in imperfect capital markets: A structural estimation

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-545

  Pratap, Sangeeta ^a   Rendon, Sílvio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimation of dynamic structural models; Financial accelerator; Investment; Liquidity constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037673653     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-2025(03)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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