scarcity of saving in LATAM, thereby increasing investment and growth. Yet, the data and several case studies suggest that the … saving and investment rates tends to be a time consuming process. This also suggests that greater political instability and … polarization would induce consumers to be more cautious in increasing their saving and investment rates following a reform. Hence …

and investment, we are able to capture many of the key empirical properties of Germany and Japan's postwar transitions … capital-output ratio, rising rates of investment and employment, and moderate rates of return to capital …

temporary bubble in 2002-03. (2) Why did productivity growth accelerate after 2000 when the ICT investment boom was collapsing …) What does the collapse of the investment boom imply about the future of innovation? First-rate inventions in the 1990s …

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

rates Africa would have enjoyed if these key determinants had taken OECD rather than African values. Expensive investment …

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 …

Chinese economy, including its unusually low labor share and unusually high saving and investment rates. Interestingly, the …