Tan, W (1988) GNP, interest rate and construction investment: Empirical evidence from U.S. data. Construction Management and Economics, 6(3), pp. 185-193. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
Economic theory suggests that construction investment varies directly with business profits and future expectation of profits and inversely with the interest rate. Time series studies using spectral analysis on US data reveal that future expectation and business profits have a greater impact on investment decisions than the interest rate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction investment; gnp; interest rate; spectral analysis |
| Index terms: | investment decision, spectral analysis, profit, interest rate, economic theory, time series, evidence |
| Subjects: | engineering analysis, evaluation and assessment methods, data science, economic analysis |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Design Practice, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 CTA |
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