capitalist economies (ECEs) - Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey - during the periods 2000 …

early 1990s, are analysed with respect to their potential medium- to long-run effects on investment and growth. A comparison … investment activity. …

with an investment function very close to Kalecki's original writings. The effects of interest rate variations on the short … endogenously determined equilibrium values of the model do not only depend on the parameter values in the saving and investment … growth with respect to the specification of the investment function. …

, as well as on the effects of increasing "shareholder value orientation" of management's investment decisions. An isolated … increase in the "shareholder value orientation" of management's investment decisions has a uniquely negative effect on capacity … investment and the saving function of the models. "Profits without investment", the "intermediate" case in both models, is a …