lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …

This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence … that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … consumption has on average become more dependent on investment (rather than vice versa) and the impact is relatively short …

implementation of the infrastructure investment program, higher domestic saving, and structural reforms. …

reallocated from the private to the public sectors, reducing investment and deepening the recessions even further. To account for …. This implies that domestic debt purchases displace productive investment. The model shows that these purchases reduce …

directly or indirectly through investment. In contrast to earlier studies, we conclude that there is some evidence of positive …-eligible countries to reach higher growth, but it remains unclear whether this is through higher investment or another channel. Also, the …

-sustaining growth based on private consumption and investment. This paper finds that Japanese nonfinancial firms have accumulated cash … at the expense of investment and dividends, hampering this transition. The evidence suggests that cash accumulation is … plays only a limited role. These firms have cash holdings available for investment of about 5 percent of GDP. Policy options …

around 3¼ percent, but growth could reach 4-5 percent with strong pro-active policies including (i) improving investment and … savings rates; (ii) improving the efficiency of social spending and public enterprise reforms; (iii) investment in education …