This paper presents a detailed analysis of the output decline in Kazakhstan in the early years of the transition. The … accounting framework quantifies the productivity slowdown in Kazakhstan and illustrates how excessive capital accumulation under …

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 …

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 …

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 …

macroeconomic stability, political support, and adequate private investment. Macroeconomic stability is defined as fiscal balance …; political feasibility is related to the income gains and losses of different population groups; and private investment is linked … to public “infrastructure” investment. The analysis illustrates that attainment of the multiple requirements for …

Even modest investment rates may achieve satisfactory rates of growth in the reforming economies of Eastern Europe … investment is uncertainty about the reform process, which can potentially rule out all but the most profitable projects. This … form of loans and foreign direct investment …

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 …