debt increases in the run up to a crisis. But in the face of persistent primary deficits, debt service tends to rise … abruptly-particularly in emerging markets-and a fiscal crisis ensues. There is also evidence that a large part of the debt …

We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … million of public spending in infrastructure create 3-7 jobs in advanced economies, 10-17 jobs in emerging market economies …-11 jobs in R and D in OECD countries. Green investment and investment with a larger R and D component deliver higher …

specific language like 'fear', 'risk', 'hedging', 'opinion', and, 'crisis', as well as 'positive' and 'negative' sentiments, in …

We analyze the impact of trade policy uncertainty on investment in the euro area. Our identification strategy assumes … that countries that are relatively more dependent on global trade networks exhibit a higher sensitivity of investment with … respect to trade uncertainty. We find that the investment-to-GDP ratio is on average 0.8 percentage points lower for five …