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The literature on the investment technology of foreign versus domestic investors has inconclusive results. This paper … that foreign investors in India do remarkably poorly at security selection. …
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This paper documents the recent slowdown in investment in India and explores its underlying causes. The sharp … investment deceleration has sparked an intense debate about the role of interest rates, as well as business confidence and … economic policy uncertainty. Our results suggest that while explaining aggregate investment activity better than nominal …
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lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …
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The East African Community (EAC) has been among the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade or so. Nonetheless, the recent growth path will not be enough to achieve middle-income status and substantial poverty reduction by the end of the decade—the ambition of...
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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 …
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implementation of the infrastructure investment program, higher domestic saving, and structural reforms. …
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This selected issues paper on Indonesia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on August 21, 2012. The views expressed...
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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 …
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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 …
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