Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 Japanese post-war economic miracle and real investment
1.2 Post-bubble period and financial crisis in Japan
1.3 A survey to traditional investment theory
1.4 Intents and outlines
2 Investment under Uncertainty
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical model
2.3 Empirical analysis
2.4 Conclusion
3 Non-linearity and Investment
3.1 Introduction
3.2 STAR model
3.3 Empirical analysis on Japanese investment behavior
3.4 Conclusion
4 Investment under Borrowing Constraints
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The model
4.3 Empirical analysis
4.4 Conclusions
4.5 Appendix I : Data construction
5 Investment and Leverage
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Model
5.3 Results
5.4 Conclusions
5.5 Appendix II. Within 3SLS
6 Conclusions
References
Acknowledgments