This paper focuses on the determinants of aggregate investment spending in the UK for the industrial and commercial companies (ICC) sector. It complements recent work by Cuthbertson and Gasparro, who study an augmented Tobin's q model of investment in the manufacturing sector. Important focal...

CARRUTH A., GIBSON H. and TSAKALOTOS E. (1999) Are aggregate consumption relationships similar across the European Union?, Reg. Studies 33 , 17-26. The answer to the question posed in the title of the paper may have some bearing on whether consumer spending will respond in similar ways to common...

The answer to the question posed in the title of the paper may have some bearing on whether consumer spending will respond in similar ways to common shocks across the European Union. The DHSY model is implemented, its robustness and its commonality assessed for the 15 EU countries. The model...