This paper analyzes the strategic role of investment from a debtor country’s perspective. The framework is one in which … this framework, the paper shows that productive investment may increase or decrease the bargaining power of the debtor …

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 …

There is increasing emphasis on the importance of efficient financial markets for sustained real investment and …''s investment decisions. The purpose of this paper is to model the impact of financial reforms on borrowing constraints faced by … firms and to test the impact of financial reforms on the investment decisions of firms in Turkey. To do so, the paper builds …

Since the global financial crisis, corporate investment has been weak in India. Sluggish corporate investment would not …, this paper analyzes the reasons for the slowdown and discusses how India can boost corporate investment, using both macro … investment but that they do not appear to account fully for recent weak performance, suggesting a key role of the business …

institutions as well as deepening capital markets in developing countries to improve financing conditions and investment outcomes …