02015cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006382 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451982626 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Belhocine, Nazim. The Embodiment of Intangible Investment Goods : A Q-Theory Approach / Nazim Belhocine. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper extends the q-theory of investment to model explicitly the decision of firms to invest in intangibles and measures the contribution of intangible goods to the overall capital stock in the U.S. The model highlights the embodiment of intangible goods in tangibles and the role of relative price movements in the measurement of the contribution of each type of investment to the overall capital stock. The downward trend in the aggregate investment deflator series reported by national accounts is found to have a significant downward bias in the 90s. The model also shows that the growth in the overall capital stock from the late-80s until 2000 was driven mainly by an increase in the contribution of intangibles. However, the contribution of intangibles fell consistently after 2000. These results underscore the importance of accounting for the movements in the price of intangibles rather than focusing only on their rising share in overall investment. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/086 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/086/001.2010.issue-086-en.xml IMF e-Library