This book presents an up-to-date overview of the theory as well as the empirics of the relationship between investment … investment theory, professionals in the financial sector and students of macroeconomics and finance. Investment, Capital Market …, the authors discuss both traditional investment models with uncertainty and the more modern option based models. They …

This book provides coherent theoretical and empirical analysis of firms' investment and financing decisions. It … results confirm theoretical precedents. Some firms are indeed financially constrained, for fixed investment as well as for R … in closely controlled companies. In accordance with the real option theory, the results suggest that uncertainty leads …

economic models -- 4. Investment : liquid real capital versus liquid assets -- 5. Why liquidity preference? -- 6. Financial … markets, liquidity and fast exits -- 7. Planned investment, planned savings, liquidity and economic growth -- 8. Complicating …

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives …pt. 1. Incentives to work -- pt. 2. Factors affecting labour force participation -- pt. 3. New forms of employment …

This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on … barriers of the Kyoto Protocol for industry; and the incentives for firms to undertake climate-related R&D and investments. As … of the Kyoto protocol : costs, benefits and incentives to ratification and new international regimes …

Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers …