This paper looks at economic growth and its fundamental determinants in Russia over the last decades. It starts by … Putin. Furthermore, regular models of growth are relevant to Russia and other transition countries over the last two decades … also key for Russia’s strategy to modernize and diversify its economy away from oil, gas and minerals extraction. However …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is often seen as a means to boost domestic investment and, hence, capital accumulation …. Yet, the empirical support for such a positive investment effect of FDI is inconclusive. A possible reason is that FDI is … often directed towards the financial sector, where capital investment tends to be low. In this paper, we first explore the …

This paper uses a yearly dataset of plant-level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007 to assess … significant correlation is found between the boom observed in investment and the adoption of the tax policy. However, the … tests. Overall, it is concluded that the tax stimulus analyzed was ineffective in promoting investment in Colombia. …

foreign direct investment is not robustly detected when the data is purged from the effects of special purpose entities and …

This paper analyzes the effects of a land rent tax on capital formation and foreign investment in a life-cycle small … out foreign investment and pulls up national wealth and consumption when consumers are lump-sum compensated for the tax …

and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts … rebalance growth towards relying more on consumption and less on exports and investment, banking sector reforms and financial …

This paper describes the share of investment in fixed capital and working capital financed by retained earnings using a …, particularly by smaller firms located in countries with less developed financial markets. Investment in fixed assets represents …

in terms of Chinese foreign direct investment in, or portfolio flows to, Russia. Meanwhile, Europe remains Russia …China's economic ties with Russia are deepening, particularly in terms of trade and cross-border lending, but less so … become more of a competitor to the European Union on Russia's market. Increasing competition between European and Chinese …