This paper extends the q-theory of investment to model explicitly the decision of firms to invest in intangibles and … investment to the overall capital stock. The downward trend in the aggregate investment deflator series reported by national … in the price of intangibles rather than focusing only on their rising share in overall investment. …

The prolonged investment decline in post-Asian crisis emerging Asia, in contrast to the swift recovery of economic … growth, has remained a puzzle. This paper shows that the post-crisis investment recession has been mainly concentrated in the …

large amounts of foreign investment. The review indicates that sustained efforts to promote political and macroeconomic … analysis underscores the importance of relying on stability and a broad-based reform effort to encourage foreign investment in …

In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the … Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and investigates the main impediments to a more favorable investment climate …. Direct investment inflows have generally been related to natural resource extraction or energy transportation infrastructure …

capital investment using Italian company data. The approach recognizes that firm-level investment spending may, itself, be … aggregated over multiple investment decisions in separate types of capital goods and emphasizes effects of uncertainty on short …-run investment dynamics. Using a survey-based measure of uncertainty related to the assessment of managers responsible for the firms …

Private sector investment has been a key source of growth in Malaysia over the last three decades, but after an …, this paper aims to explain these trends and their implications for Malaysia's investment and growth outlook. Aggregate data … important determinants of the recent decline in private investment. Meanwhile, firm-level data suggest that low profitability …