Investment, capacity, and uncertainty: A putty-clay approach

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Gilchrist, Simon ^a,b   Williams, John C ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity utilization; Irreversibility; Productivity; Vintage capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844278511     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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