Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition …, it is important to assess how domestic investment responds to such outflows. This study empirically examines the effects … of outward FDI on domestic investment in developing countries. Using data from 121 developing and transition economies …

This study looks at firms' investment spending in fixed and intangible assets around three types of national elections … investments decrease by 4.36% in parliamentary election years. Moreover, investment responses to electoral shocks differ markedly … within political systems and countries' institutional settings. Investment levels shift significantly downward in pre- and …

-being of residents. A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aimed to spur private investment in low-income areas called … Opportunity Zones (OZs). We evaluate the impact of OZs on investment using data on the near-universe of commercial retail, office … estimates of the effect of OZ eligibility on census tract-level investment. Additional data from MasterCard show no robust …

billion investment. The project is expected to bring about flood of opportunities not only for the two main players but other … nations which are found to be interested in making investment. The benefits seem to be game changer and expected to raise …

What drives a firm's investment decisions in China? While most literature focuses on the role of financial factors … fundamentals. Empirical results show that private firms cherish investment opportunities more in China. State-owned enterprises … respond more to the investment opportunities from the supply side, but much less so to demand-side shocks. These findings …

What drives a firm's investment decisions in China? While most literature focuses on the role of financial factors … fundamentals. Empirical results show that private firms cherish investment opportunities more in China. State-owned enterprises … respond more to the investment opportunities from the supply side, but much less so to demand-side shocks. These findings …

Greece’s investment rate plunged following the Sovereign Debt Crisis (SDC) and remained one of the lowest in the world … in 2019. This paper explores recent investment dynamics and compares them against estimated benchmarks. Our results … suggest that Greece has been under-investing since the SDC, with private investment notably lagging behind. The estimated …

While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …

A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP - adjusted investment rates …) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these … countries have lower TFP in the investment - good producing sectors, or because they are subject to greater investment …

Has financial liberalization improved the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated to competing uses? In … index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to which extent, investment funds are going to … investment funds are allocated. This conclusion holds after a series of robustness checks and is consistent with firm level …