QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

Question 17.1

1. In the neoclassical model of business fixed investment, under what conditions will firms find it profitable to add to their capital stock?

Question 17.2

2. What is Tobin’s q, and what does it have to do with investment?

Question 17.3

3. Explain why an increase in the interest rate reduces the amount of residential investment.

Question 17.4

4. List four reasons firms might hold inventories.