TY - BOOK AU - Baddeley,Michelle TI - Investment: theories and analysis SN - 0333915690 AV - HG4521 .B3428 2003 U1 - 339.43 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Investments N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index; Foreword; G. C. Harcourt --; Pt. I; Overview --; 1; Introduction --; 2; An overview of concepts and approaches --; Pt. II; Theoretical Issues --; 3; Intellectual ancestors: Irving Fisher and Maynard Keynes --; 4; Accelerator theory --; 5; Jorgenson's model of investment --; 6; The limitations of Jorgenson's model --; 7; Putty-clay models of investment --; 8; Adjustment costs and q theory --; 9; Uncertainty and investment --; 10; Post Keynesian analyses of investment --; Pt. III; Testing the Theories --; 11; Comparing Jorgenson's model and accelerator theory: evidence from the UK --; 12; Uncertainty in competing models of investment: evidence from the USA --; Pt. IV; Empirical Applications of Investment Principles --; 13; Computing investment in the New Economy: US evidence --; 14; Investment and development: a cross-sectional analysis --; 15; Residential investment: bubbles and crashes in the UK housing market, 1980-99 --; Pt. V; Conclusion --; 16; Concluding remarks --; Statistical appendix: some basic econometric techniques N2 - "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 ER -