Why demand uncertainty curbs investment: Evidence from a panel of Italian manufacturing firms

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-238

  Bontempi, Maria Elena ^a   Golinelli, Roberto ^a   Parigi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Panel estimation; Planned investments; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349096937     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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