Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2009
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2 Mayer, Thomas and Chatterji, Monojit, “Political Shocks and Investment: Some Evidence from the 1930s,” this JOURNAL, 45 (12 1985), pp. 913–24. Our view of the investment equation is on p. 917.Google Scholar
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5 We also take this opportunity to correct a transcription error. In table 1 of Mayer and Chatterji, “Political Shocks and Investment,” the entry for S5 for machine tools should be 0.32, not 3.19. Our discussion in the text is based on the correct figure.Google Scholar
6 We did, however, see if lagging the shocks by one quarter makes a difference. It does not.Google Scholar