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 …

This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign … direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than …

This paper summarizes the theory and empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign direct investment. These … explanations of foreign direct investment receive some empirical support, there is not sufficient favorable evidence on any one of …

This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …

results from the requirement that non-traded inputs are used in the investment process. In the short-run, though, the effects …

The incentives for domestic investment in debtor countries are influenced by the terms of their external obligations … debt contracts could be altered to improve the incentives for investment but this has proven difficult to accomplish …