Greece's investment rate plunged following the Sovereign Debt Crisis (SDC) and remained one of the lowest in the world … in 2019. This paper explores recent investment dynamics and compares them against estimated benchmarks. Our results … suggest that Greece has been under-investing since the SDC, with private investment notably lagging behind. The estimated …

This paper assesses empirically the role of public policies in stimulating private savings and investment in sub … effective in stimulating private savings and investment include those that keep the rate of inflation low, reduce macroeconomic … reduce the budget deficit (without lowering government investment) help to raise private investment; and (iii) declines in …

The apparent slowdown in U.S. investment and productivity growth in recent years has led to a number of proposals to … stimulate investment through the adoption of tax incentives. This paper describes the incentives that were contained in the … changes on investment in the United States is reviewed, and the likely effect of the Budget’s proposals on investment and …

the impact of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on private firm investment in Ukraine-a large transition economy. Controlling …

The recovery of private investment in Italy has lagged its euro area peers over the past decade. This paper examines … capacity to invest. Empirical analysis provides evidence for the impact of wages on investment at the sectoral and firm levels …. Sectoral wage growth seems unrelated to sectoral productivity growth, but is negatively associated with investment. Firm …

In this paper I apply firm-level analysis to examine how the Brexit process has affected business investment in the UK … had a considerable and statistically significant negative impact on firm investment in the UK after the referendum. At the … same time, the post-referendum sterling depreciation has likely contributed positively to investment expenditure by more …

irreversible investment are more exposed to policy uncertainty. In sectors with large irreversible investment EPU has a greater … effect on growth, investment, and leverage. The results are robust to different definitions of investment irreversibility …

This paper investigates whether balance-sheet conditions of firms and their main banks matter for firm investment … facing liquidity constraints; these firms’ balance-sheet conditions (the debt asset ratios) affected their investment from …-sheet conditions constrained these firms’ investment from about 1993. These findings highlight the potential macroeconomic impact and …