Expansionary Investment Activities: Assessing Equipment and Buildings in Productivity
Advances in Efficiency and Productivity AnalysisSpringer Proceedings in Business and Economics(2020)
摘要
We study firm-level expansionary investment activities in both equipment and buildings—the so-called investment spikes. Our identification strategy decomposes firm investment spikes into three streams: a spike in equipment only, buildings only, or a simultaneous spike. Empirically, we find that the timing and size of investment in equipment and buildings are not independent. Firms conducting a simultaneous spike enhance firm scale more than in the case of a spike in equipment or buildings alone. Employment growth occurs when a firm builds structures. Investment in equipment affects the optimal input mix and high productivity in equipment and buildings provides investment timing signals. In low-tech sectors firm production growth depends on investment in buildings. In contrast, a necessary condition for firms in high-tech sectors to grow their production is investment in equipment.
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Investment spikes,Equipment,Buildings,Interrelation,Scale,Productivity,Input mix,Efficiency,Low- and high-tech,Labour intensity
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