Combining in-house research and work by leading academics, this report assesses how the crisis has impacted investment across the non-financial sector, in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in infrastructure, and in R&D and innovation. It explains why and where investment has declined,...

Europe faces a twofold economic challenge. Post crisis, Europe still suffers from weak confidence, with would-be investors across Europe sitting on ample liquidity but afraid to invest, while deleveraging goes on in both the public and private sector. From a structural point of view Europe faces...

Der Bericht gibt aus makroökonomischer und mikroökonomischer Sicht Aufschluss über die Entwicklung der Investitionstätigkeit und die Finanzierung von Investitionsvorhaben in den Ländern Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropas in den letzten zwanzig Jahren. Wir behandeln insbesondere die Fragen,...