set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990’s. There is evidence that banking development affects … the probability of process innovation, particularly for small firms and for firms in high(er) tech sectors and in sectors … more dependent upon external finance. The evidence for product innovation is weaker. There is also some evidence that …

stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non …

as an instrument for investment in cattle. We find average returns in the order of -2% at the mean, but they vary across …

positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective. …

dynamics as investment conditions are similar. Our results are consistent with this hypothesis. Furthermore, there is no …

in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and … investment and, subsequently, lower employment and productivity growth. There is little evidence that unionization leads to …

(favorable) impact on investment. …

We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker … coefficients. They are robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The evidence that investment has a long-run effect on …