Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-8056|15|S3|416-436
ISSN： 1365-1005
Source： Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol.15, Iss.S3, 2011-12, pp. : 416-436
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Abstract
This paper seeks to answer the following questions: Do oil price shocks affect firms' investment decisions? Do oil price shocks affect investment decisions differentially depending on firm-specific uncertainty? Over what time horizon do oil price shocks affect high-uncertainty firms? Is the intensity of the oil price shock important, or just its existence? It is found that oil price shocks depress firms' investment decisions, and do so differentially by depressing investment more for more uncertain firms. Oil shocks affect investment for at least the first and second year after the shock. In the short term, the mere existence of a shock drives most of the effect. In the long term, the intensity of the oil shock is also important. Bloom, Bond, and Van Reenan's result [
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