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Intangibles and Endogenous Firm Volatility over the Business Cycle

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  • Hernan Moscoso Boedo

    (University of Virginia)

  • Pablo D'Erasmo

    (University of Maryland)

Abstract

This is a theory of endogenous volatility over the business cycle based on firm-level intangible expenditures. We propose a firm dynamics model with endogenous market participation. Firms that incur higher intangible expenses are able to serve more markets and diversify market-specific demand risk. The model is driven only by TFP shocks and captures the business cycle properties of firm-level volatility and intangibles expenditures. We empirically document that firm-level volatility is counter-cyclical and that intangible expenses are pro-cyclical. Consistent with our model, using data from the Kauffman Firm Survey and Compustat, we find that firm-level idiosyncratic volatility is negatively correlated with intangible expenditures.

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  • Hernan Moscoso Boedo & Pablo D'Erasmo, 2013. "Intangibles and Endogenous Firm Volatility over the Business Cycle," 2013 Meeting Papers 97, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:sed013:97
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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