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ECG 784 - Topics in Macroeconomics

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    List of articles to choose from, with a brief description of each.

Links to the articles in pdf format:

    (1) Abel & Eberly: "The Effects of Irreversibility and Uncertainty on Capital Accumulation."

    (2) Abel & Eberly: "The Mix and Scale of Factors with Irreversibility and Fixed Costs of Investment."

    (3) Bernanke: "Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and Cyclical Investment."

    (4) Bloom, Bond, & Reenen: "Uncertainty and Investment Dynamics."

    (5) Bulan, Mayer, & Somerville: "Irreversible Investment, Real Options, and Competition: Evidence from Real Estate Development."

    (6) Decamps, Mariotti, & Villeneuve: "Irreversible Investment in Alternative Projects."

    (7) Dixit: "Entry and Exit Decisions under Uncertainty."
             Unpublished Appendix to "Entry and Exit Decisions under Uncertainty."

    (8) Dixit: "The Art of Smooth Pasting."

    (9) Dixit: "Irreversible Investment with Uncertainty and Scale Economies."

    (10) Eaton & Gersovitz: "Debt with Potential Repudiation: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis"

    (11) Fackler & Sengupta: "Optimal Switching Models with Exogenous Switching."

(12) Ingersoll & Ross: "Waiting to Invest: Investment and Uncertainty"

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