This paper analyzes the effects of several policy and other macro-economic variables on the ratio of private investment … econometric evidence indicates that the rate of private investment is positively related to the real growth rate of GDP, public … sector investment, and to a lesser extent the level of per capita GDP, while it is negatively related to domestic inflation …

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 …

cointegration approach. It finds that labor flows, and notably flows from outside the labor market, are important determinants of …

. While strengthening the management of the public sector and governance, the GoL is increasing public investment to develop … physical and social infrastructure and promote human resources. The promotion of the private sector is receiving greater …

uncertainty, and by improvements in infrastructure that raise the returns to private investment. …. While some countries need to raise consumption, several need to raise investment or reorient it from tradable to nontradable … sectors. These changes in investment could be facilitated by financial reforms that enhance domestically oriented firmsâ …

direct investment. Supporting structural measures focus on tax reform, the control of public enterprise borrowing, and the …

This Selected Issues paper evaluates Hungary’s growth and current account performance by using a simple empirical model … Hungary suggests that its current account deficit has been larger than would be expected based on the income convergence …

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Hungary’s economy achieved valuable gains in 2004 with GDP growth … recovering to 4 percent. The growth was supported by strong investment and robust export growth. Consumption slowed in response …

This report presents update on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data and Fiscal Transparency Modules for Hungary …. Hungary continues to observe the Special Data Dissemination Standards’ specifications for the coverage, periodicity, and …