Why Do U.S. Firms Invest Less Over Time?

The ratio of capital expenditure to total assets of U.S. firms decreases by more than half from 1980 to 2012. The decline in capital investment is pervasive; it has occurred for firms in most industries and is robust to firms of different sizes, investment opportunities, profitability, accesses to e...

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Main Authors: FU, Fangjian, HUANG, Sheng, WANG, Rong
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4246
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5245/viewcontent/paper_773.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English