The Investment Acceleration Principle Revisited By Means Of A Neural Network, Neural Comp. & Appl. Bookmark and Share

Abstract: The investment acceleration principle is a heuristic for modelling a investment time series out of a consumption time series. The model presented herein develops a disaggregated accelerator equation whose coefficients are the weights of a Kohonen neural net that represents firms decision-making. According to this model, investments take place when managers recognise emerging technological patterns. Furthermore, a technique borrowed from the theory of self-organising systems is used in order to disentangle innovation.