Investment : theories and analysis /
M.C. Baddeley ; foreword by G.C. Harcourt.
- xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.
Foreword / Overview -- Introduction -- An overview of concepts and approaches -- Theoretical Issues -- Intellectual ancestors: Irving Fisher and Maynard Keynes -- Accelerator theory -- Jorgenson's model of investment -- The limitations of Jorgenson's model -- Putty-clay models of investment -- Adjustment costs and q theory -- Uncertainty and investment -- Post Keynesian analyses of investment -- Testing the Theories -- Comparing Jorgenson's model and accelerator theory: evidence from the UK -- Uncertainty in competing models of investment: evidence from the USA -- Empirical Applications of Investment Principles -- Computing investment in the New Economy: US evidence -- Investment and development: a cross-sectional analysis -- Residential investment: bubbles and crashes in the UK housing market, 1980-99 -- Conclusion -- Concluding remarks -- Statistical appendix: some basic econometric techniques. G. C. Harcourt -- Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pt. III. 11. 12. Pt. IV. 13. 14. 15. Pt. V. 16.
"Investment provides an examination of the key macroeconomic theories which underpin fixed asset investment. It would make ideal reading for an intermediate level macroeconomics course or a module on fixed asset investment taking an applied macroeconomic perspective."--Publisher description.