E22 - Capital; Investment; Capacity

• A Forecasting Model for Inventory Investments in Canada

  Staff Working Paper 2004-39 Marwan Chacra, Maral Kichian

  The authors present an empirical model to forecast short-run inventory investment behaviour for Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Domestic demand and components, Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C5, C53, E, E2, E22, E6, E62

• Finance Constraints and Inventory Investment: Empirical Tests with Panel Data

  Staff Working Paper 2004-38 Rose Cunningham

  The author empirically tests two aspects of the interaction between financial variables and inventory investment: negative cash flow and finance constraints due to asymmetric information.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Financial institutions JEL Code(s): E, E2, E22, G, G1, G14

• Financial Market Imperfection, Overinvestment, and Speculative Precaution

  Staff Working Paper 2004-27 Christian Calmès

  The author uses panel data to assess the sensitivity of investment to cash flow in non-financial firms, taking into account the role their financial health plays in investment decisions.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): D, D9, D92, E, E2, E22, E4, E44, G, G3, G33