This paper examines the behavior of business fixed investment in the United States in the 1980s. A background … discussion of the long-term behavior of the components of business fixed investment is provided, setting the context for the … empirical analysis. A standard neoclassical model of business fixed investment is specified and estimated, with output and the …

profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated. The revenue performance of all banks, and …

or may not improve economic efficiency …

-run economic growth (G-20, 2014).2 However, the economic and social impact of public investment crucially depends on its efficiency … empirical studies of the determinants of public investment efficiency. This paper explores the link between public investment … management (PIM) institutions and the efficiency of public investment for the G-20 countries. Based on the analysis from a recent …

investment critically depends on its efficiency. Comparing the value of public capital (input) and measures of infrastructure …Public investment supports the delivery of key public services, connects citizens and firms to economic opportunities …, and can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. After three decades of decline, public investment has begun to …

to remain in large surplus, albeit at declining levels owing to the high import intensity of the planned investment …

contractions in 2009–10. Stress in the financial sector and slower-than-expected development of major capital investment projects … vulnerabilities and the initial progress in implementing it. They have supported preemptive action to minimize costs and risks and …

, production of principal export commodities, timber, public investment program, consumer price index, consumer price inflation …