Functional equivalence between intertemporal and multisectoral investment adjustment costs

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Abstract

Two types of adjustment cost specifications coexist in macroeconomic models with investment: intertemporal adjustment costs which involve a nonlinear substitution between capital and investment in capital accumulation, and multisectoral costs which are captured by a nonlinear transformation between consumption and investment. This paper demonstrates a functional equivalence between these two specifications. One surprising result is that an increase in multisectoral adjustment costs can be equivalent to a decrease in intertemporal adjustment costs, depending upon the size of the intertemporal costs. We then observe that the functional equivalence implies a problem in identifying the two types of adjustment costs and show ways to solve the problem.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)533-549
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Feb
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Functional equivalence
  • Identification
  • Intertemporal adjustment costs
  • Investment adjustment costs
  • Multisectoral adjustment costs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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