Irreversibilities in fixed capital adjustment: Evidence from Mexican and Colombian plants

Economics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-89

  Gaston Gelos, R ^a   Isgut, Alberto ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; E22; Investment; Irreversibilities; O16; Plant level evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042367502     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00510-9     Document Type: Article

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