The investment theory, in which the expected return varies cross-sectionally with investment, expected profitability …

The purpose of this paper is to survey what is known about the investment policy of pension funds. Pension fund … investment policy depends critically on the type of plan: defined contribution versus defined benefit. For defined contribution … plans investment policy is not much different than it is for an individual deciding how to invest the money in an Individual …

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 …

the majority of the value of gold is due to its role as an investment asset …

contrast to what we find for investment in the stock market, contribution rates have been stable over time and across cohorts …

shareholders and managers in which managers have private benefits or private costs of investment. Managers overinvest when they … compensation, investment, and firm performance for both cases. The relationship between firm performance and managerial incentives …, in isolation, is insufficient to identify whether managers have private benefits or private costs of investment. In order …

interdependence with investment decisions. The approach is based on the view that the flow of undepreciated capital is an output to be …. Often this problem is ignored in the theory of investment, not only because depreciation is exogenous, but also due to the …

, scope, and investment decisions, and we outline their connection to recent macroeconomic and financial trends in the US …