Arbeitspapier

Booms, recessions and financial turmoil : a fresh look at investment decisions under cyclical uncertainty

The paper studies the interaction between cyclical uncertainty and investment in a stochastic real option framework where demand shifts stochastically between three different states, each with different rates of drift and volatility. In our setting the shifts are governed by a three-state Markov switching model with constant transition probabilities. The magnitude of the link between cyclical uncertainty and investment is quantified using simulations of the model. The chief implication of the model is that recessions and financial turmoil are important catalysts for waiting. In other words, our model shows that macroeconomic risk acts as an important deterrent to investments.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2759

Classification
Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Subject
business cycles
real options
investment
Markov switching
Tobin's q
uncertainty
Investition
Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit
Realoption
Tobin's Q
Konjunktur
Finanzmarktkrise
Markovscher Prozess
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Chen, Yu-Fu
Funke, Michael
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2009

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Chen, Yu-Fu
  • Funke, Michael
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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