corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits … investment analysis, the results suggest that corporate taxes reduce investment through an increase in the user cost of capital …

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

This paper analyses how different tax policies can affect investment and productivity. To address this question the … differently by taxation. Investment is shown to respond negatively to an increase in the corporate tax rate and a decrease in …

In several OECD countries, investment rates in the business sector grew strongly in the second half of the 1990s. In … some cases, the strength of private investment relative to output growth had raised concerns about the risk of capital … overhang and the prospect of a prolonged period of slow capital formation in order to bring investment levels back to more …

Investment growth in the OECD area has been higher in the second half of the 1980s than in the 1970s. However, the … ratio of net investment to GDP has remained low by past cyclical standards. This paper first reviews the evolution of … business-sector fixed investment and addresses measurement issues related to computers and intangible investment. It then …

econometric model. Theoretical and empirical aspects of housing investment behaviour are discussed in a model context. Estimation … aggregate determination of aggregate residential investment ... …