Investment, Expectations and Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence on the Relevance of Firm Size

Mark J. Koetse (), Arno van der Vlist and Henri L.F. de Groot ()
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Mark J. Koetse: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

No 03-025/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of uncertainty on investment spending. We analyse twotypes of investment, i.e. aggregate investment and investment in energy saving technologies,using subjective evaluations of expectations and uncertainty of Dutch firms in 1997. Weestimate several models distinguishing between small and large firms. The results suggest thatinvestments in energy saving technologies in small firms are largely cost driven, whereas inlarge firms they are an integral part of general investment spending. Furthermore, expectationsand uncertainty have important although different effects on investment spending in small andlarge firms. We find evidence, at least for small firms, that there are important differencesbetween the effects of uncertainty around input and output variables.

Keywords: Investment; Expectations; Uncertainty; Firm size. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 L25 Q21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-fin, nep-ind and nep-mac
Date: 2003-03-19
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