Investment across the euro area remains below its pre-crisis level. Its performance has been weaker than in most …, corporate leverage, and uncertainty. There is a considerable cross country heterogeneity in terms of both investment dymanics … and its determinants. Based on the findings of this paper, investment is expected to pick up as the recovery strengthens …

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

covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income … investment and income distribution is weak. …

Over the past decade, China’s growth model has become more reliant on investment and its footprint in global imports … has widened substantially. Several economies within China’s supply chain are increasingly exposed to its investment …-led growth and face growing risks from a deceleration in investment in China. This note quantifies potential global spillovers …

We document that (i) although private investment growth in emerging markets has decelerated in recent years, it came … down from cyclical highs and remains close to pre-crisis trends; and (ii) investment-to-output ratios generally remain … close to or above historical averages. We show that investment is positively related to expect future profitability, cash …

) the level of countries portfolio investment concentration (those who invest evenly among counterparties versus those who … invest more heavily in some counterparties); (2) the share of total portfolio investment assets invested at the destination …; and (3) pre- and during the crisis periods. We find that portfolio investment positions respond differently to …