We use firm-level panel data to explore the extent to which fixed investment responds to tax reforms in 14 OECD … countries. Previous studies have often found that investment does not respond to changes in the marginal cost of investment. We … of them. In so doing, we find evidence of statistically and economically significant investment responses to tax changes …

We evaluate differences in investment behavior between stock market listed and privately held firms in the U.S. using a … rich new data source on private firms. Listed firms invest less and are less responsive to changes in investment … firms, how we measure investment opportunities, lifecycle differences, or our matching criteria. We suggest that the …

we have calculated in real terms across countries and over time indicate that US investment ratios have been rising over …

product market, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The implications of our … analysis are clear: regulatory reforms, especially those that liberalize entry, are very likely to spur investment …

This paper is a contribution to the small but growing literature that compares the investment and R&D behavior of … of a simple error-corrected investment model for both ordinary investment and for R&D investment, a model that … incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …

We investigate how labor and investment demand at the firm level (gross as well as net and replacement investment … for the important changes and differences in labor and investment demand between the two subperiods and across the three …

since the 1950s. Growth accelerations tend to be correlated with increases in investment and trade, and with real exchange …