Sharing is a norm in many societies. We present a theoretical model on the trade-off between sharing and investment … patterns: entrepreneurs following an 'insurance regime' comply with sharing norms, are insured but reduce investment in their … firm, whereas entrepreneurs in the 'growth regime' are not insured but take undistorted investment decisions. The choice of …

loans on production and investment decisions, input use, and yields. Using a multiple treatment methodology, it explores the … important as lack of funding for new investment in capital for rural producers in Mexico. Producers benefit from easing their …

employers' decision to invest in employee training. We combine survey data on investment activities with administrative data on … investment in training as a share of fixed assets by 2.9 to 4.5 percent and investment in training per employee by 1.8 to 2 ….5 percent. We document that lower investment in training reduces productivity, and show that firms facing tighter financing …

firm's investment is comparatively more sensitive to cash flow, but this sensitivity is negatively and significantly … related with corporate efficiency. These results point to the fact that high investment sensitivity to cash flow may not be … solely driven by measurement error in investment opportunity, but may still be interpreted as a consequence of imperfect …

This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital … stronger in firms with lower levels of internal resources. We find that, on average, EPL reduces investment per worker, capital …

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

firms to cut investment, employment, and borrowing. We conclude that financial market fluctuations affect even private firms …