dc.contributor.author | GUISO, Luigi | |
dc.contributor.author | LAI, Chaoqun | |
dc.contributor.author | NIREI, Makoto | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-11T09:57:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-11T09:57:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1725-6704 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/18095 | |
dc.description.abstract | By using an extensive panel data set of Italian firms, we show empirically that the fraction of firms that engage in a lumpy investment follows a non-normal, double-exponential distribution across region-year. We propose a simple sectoral model that generates the double-exponential distribution that arises from the complementarity of the firms’ lumpy investments within a region. We calibrate the degree of complementarity by estimating an individual firm’s behavior with the firm-level data. Simulations show that the degree of complementarity estimated at the firm level is consistent with the double-exponential fluctuations observed at the aggregate level. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI ECO | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2011/25 | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Interaction models | en |
dc.subject | strategic complementarity | en |
dc.subject | propagation effect | en |
dc.subject | non-Gaussian fluctuations | en |
dc.subject | double-exponential distribution | en |
dc.subject | L16 | en |
dc.subject | E22 | en |
dc.title | Detecting propagation effects by observing aggregate distributions : the case of lumpy investments | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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