Investment Gestation Lags: The Difference between Time-to-Build and Delivery Lags

6 Pages Posted: 30 May 2011 Last revised: 22 Aug 2011

Date Written: May 30, 1996

Abstract

The timing of investment and capital stock accumulation can differ as a result of time-to-build or delivery lags. In this study calibration methods are used to illustrate the difference in these sources of gestation lags.

Keywords: investment, time-to-build, delivery lags, gestation

JEL Classification: E32, D92

Suggested Citation

Peeters, Marga, Investment Gestation Lags: The Difference between Time-to-Build and Delivery Lags (May 30, 1996). Applied Economics, Vol. 28, No. 2, 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1855490

Marga Peeters (Contact Author)

De Nederlandsche Bank ( email )

PO Box 98
1000 AB Amsterdam
Amsterdam, 1000 AB
Netherlands