This paper explores the impact of EU membership on foreign direct investment (FDI). It analyses empirically how the … leads FDI into the host economy to be about 60% higher for investment from outside the EU, and around 50% higher for intra …

The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability …. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank … impact of changes in the interest rate on macroeconomic investment under certainty and under uncertainty to investigate …

Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour … additional dividends. The yearly charge counts for at least 4% of their value added. -- Eurozone ; competitiveness ; non …

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of … capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While … private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the evidence is quite fragile for public and private investment flows …

-level data and compare the behavior of employment, production and investment after two big real exchange rate shocks: the first … exporting firms exhibited higher growth rates of employment, sales, and investment vis-á-vis non-exporters. We confirm our …

Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … overspending on public wages, and create environment conducive for investment. …