Brazil and Mexico. Using vector error-correction models, we find that the U.S. 10-year bond yield was a key driver of long … in Mexico. Our counterfactual analysis suggests that yields in both countries temporarily overshot the values predicted …

While expanding public investment can help filling infrastructure bottlenecks, scaling up too much and too fast often … public investment in a large sample of road construction projects in developing countries. Consistent with the presence of … absorptive capacity constraints, our results show a non-linear U-shaped relationship between public investment and project costs …

There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment …. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA … primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S. business investment since 2017 has grown strongly compared to pre …

U.S. business investment has taken a serious toll during the global financial crisis and also in the recovery phase … investment did not pick up as expected. What is surprising is that the alleged investment slowdown happened at a time of record …, and strong labor markets-factors established in supporting business investment. Applying accelerator models and Bayesian …

In the 1980s, U.S. real investment in high technology equipment has grown rapidly while other components of business … fixed investment have been weak. The surge in real high technology investment has been accompanied by a very sharp decline … investment was extended to cover the period through 1988, the equation for nonresidential structures performed much as before …

The increase in the U.S. public debt over the past twelve years raises questions about its implications for investment …

This paper examines the behavior of business fixed investment in the United States in the 1980s. A background … discussion of the long-term behavior of the components of business fixed investment is provided, setting the context for the … empirical analysis. A standard neoclassical model of business fixed investment is specified and estimated, with output and the …