On the Nature of Capital Adjustment Costs

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 2006
Volume: 73
Issue: 3
Pages: 611-633

Authors (2)

Russell W. Cooper (not in RePEc) John C. Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)

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Abstract

This paper studies the nature of capital adjustment at the plant level. We use an indirect inference procedure to estimate the structural parameters of a rich specification of capital adjustment costs. In effect, the parameters are optimally chosen to reproduce a set of moments that capture the non-linear relationship between investment and profitability found in plant-level data. Our findings indicate that a model, which mixes both convex and non-convex adjustment costs, fits the data best. Copyright 2006, Wiley-Blackwell.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:73:y:2006:i:3:p:611-633
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25