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The Mobility of Capital

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Mobility of capital in traditional economic theory, 496. — Much capital consists of goods having a relatively short life and of staple inventories, 498. — Mobility of capital also depends upon degree of specialization, 500. — A large proportion of fixed capital only superficially specialized, 501. — Actual mobility facilitated by the diffusing of capital and manufacturing burdens, 503. — This practice reduces the deterrent influence of risk, 504. — Early growth of the automobile industry largely financed by indirect diversion of capital, 504. — The rôle of profits in guiding investment not limited to the direct attraction of capital, 506. — Mobility facilitated by presence of idle utilities in existing equipment and by technological advances, 507. — Diversion of the products and services an important factor, 508.

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  • Lawrence H. Seltzer, 1932. "The Mobility of Capital," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 46(3), pages 496-508.
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    1. Lambie, Neil Ross, 2009. "The role of real options analysis in the design of a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme," 2009 Conference (53rd), February 11-13, 2009, Cairns, Australia 47626, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

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