business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax … control group, we address the question if and to what extent these investment tax incentives boosted investment. In line with … were cut back in 1997. Moreover, there was a significant reduction in building investment in the year after the expiration …

transmission of bank distress to the real economy-in particular, to real investment and labor employment by nonfinancial firms. We … supply downsize their real investment and labor employment significantly. This effect islarger for firms that are unable to …

How important are bank loans for corporate investment? A joint research paper by DIW Berlin, University of Hohenheim … their credit supply. As a consequence, firms have to downsize their investment spending and labor employment. This way, bank … distress spills over to the real economy. However, the reduction in investment is smaller than the reduction in banks' credit …

transmission of bank distress to the real economy - in particular, to real investment and labor employment by nonfinancial firms … supply downsize their real investment and labor employment significantly. This effect is larger for firms that are unable to …

We contribute to the empirical literature on the relationship between corporate taxes and investment. We exploit the … capital spending of Belgian corporations, we focus on the indirect effect of taxes on investment via their impact on free cash …-flow. We use the systematic variation of the cash-flow sensitivity of investment between small and medium versus large firms to …

There is a lack of clear evidence of the ways in which dividend taxation affects dividend distributions and investment …

Using a firm-level panel data set I assess whether dynamic models of investment provide an empirically fruitful … not been considered in previous studies on investment even though most (if not all) panel data sets on firms are … tax rate was partly compensated for by stricter depreciation allowances. Investment dynamics appear to be crucial for the …

not been considered in previous studies on investment even though most (if not all) panel data sets on firms are … corporate income tax rate was partly compensated for by stricter depreciation allowances. Investment dynamics appear to be … crucial for the coefficients of cash flow variables in investment equations. While cash flow effects are present in the (first …