The interest rate is generally considered as an important driver of macroeconomic investment. As an innovation, this … paper derives the exact shape of the "hysteretic" impact of changes in the interest rate on macroeconomic investment under … capital stock and, explicitly, of stochastic changes on the interest rate-investment hysteresis. Starting with hysteresis …

distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded …

region. In terms of sheer magnitudes, China's national savings and current account surpluses dominate the region's saving-investment … growth. Investment growth has dominated GDP growth in China during this decade but is also important in the cases of India … and Vietnam. To examine the global implications of domestic growth patterns in Asia, I analyze saving-investment balances …

The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability …. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank … impact of changes in the interest rate on macroeconomic investment under certainty and under uncertainty to investigate …

This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings … and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the … home- and host country may also be related to future return plans. Thus, comparing savings and assets between immigrants …

characteristic are correlated with more job opportunities. Policy simulations ten suggest that the risk pooling and savings component …