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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2013
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
School of Economics Discussion Papers No. 1308
Verlag: 
University of Kent, School of Economics, Canterbury
Zusammenfassung: 
We study the implications of a stockout constraint in a dynamic general equilibrium model, which can explain both RBC and inventory facts well. Under the stockout constraint, inventories and demand are complements in generating sales, and hence the optimal level of inventories increases in expected demand. We also show that the inventory to sales ratio is both persistent and countercyclical because the cost of carrying inventories is mainly determined by the interest rate. We use this model to disentangle output and sales, by matching the key inventory moments, and find that preference and productivity shocks are equally important in data. Finally, we assess whether improvements in inventory management can explain the Great Moderation. We find that, although improvements in inventory management can reduce the need for inventory holdings, which decreases output volatility relative to sales volatility, lower levels of inventories actually increases sales volatility. Because these two effects offset each other, a change in inventory management does not change output volatility to any great extent.
Schlagwörter: 
Inventory investment
Inventory cycles
Stockout constraint
Great Moderation
JEL: 
E12
E20
E32
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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