Investment is crucial to the development of a nation`s economy and welfare. In contrast to the situation in the United … States, investment activity in Europe has been quite modest over the past few years. This volume gathers together a number of … papers by prominent researchers in the field of investment. It provides an overview of recent developments in this area and …

consists of two major parts. In the first part, we aim at measuring investment in intangibles at the sector level. We shed … light on differences across sectors but also compare these figures with investment in physical capital and with investment … intangible capital from 1995-2006 by 30%. Furthermore, results reveal differences in the investment patterns among the UK and …