; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints. We conclude that private ownership and …

, endogenous entry and cumulative investments make positive effects of competition on investment more likely. Imperfect upstream … competition weakens the effects of competition on investment. …Using a general two-stage framework, this paper gives sufficient conditions for increasing competition to have negative …

The paper studies the impact of market integration on investment incentives in non-competitive industries. It … distinguishes between investment in transportation and production cost-reducing technologies. Each domestic firm is controlled by a … investment in cost-reducing technology compared to autarky. This is in contrast with the systematic underinvestment problem …

We model educational investment, wages and employment status (full-time, part-time or non-participation) in a … the degree to which there might be under-employment and distortions in human capital investment, and we then show how …

We develop a model that examines the capital structure and investment decisions of regulated firms in a setting that …

us to reject this view. In fact, a net capital inflow made possible to meet the demand for investment boosting economic …

This Paper documents four basic facts about investment goods and investment prices. First, investment has a very …, and transportation) are much less important for investment than for consumption. Third, the import content of investment …