This paper investigates the effect of uncertainty on FDI flows into the Mexican manufacturing sector during the period … affect all manufacturing subsectors in general) uncertainty measures as explicative variables. We also perform some … simulations to quantify the effect of uncertainty on FDI flows. The main results show that uncertainty discourages FDI flows into …

In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since … can explain to a large extent why empirical estimates of the investment-uncertainty relationship differ. …

uncertainty on firms' decisions and market outcomes. We construct alternative measures of uncertainty based on survey of … index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment and the … generally non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on firms' decisions …

This contribution argues that uncertainty is integrated into the modern economic systems; however its autochthonously … increasing feature is puzzling and should be addressed in a more dedicated way. Behind the curtain of increasing uncertainty, we … are contributing to the deepening global distribution of uncertainty in the advanced world by establishing a vicious …

This paper analyses the formation of international environmental agreements (IEAs) under uncertainty, focusing on the … of IEA formation when countries are risk neutral and another that explores the implications of uncertainty and risk …

We examine several measures of uncertainty to make five points. First, equity market traders and executives at … nonfinancial firms have shared similar assessments about one-year-ahead uncertainty since the pandemic struck. Both the one …-year VIX and our survey-based measure of firm-level uncertainty at a one-year forecast horizon doubled at the onset of the …

Uncertainty shapes the trajectory of business cycles and remains a central research topic in Macroeconomics. When … studying the impact of uncertainty on the economy, economists use different uncertainty measures. While all indicators … approximate uncertainty along some certain dimension, none of the indicators directly captures Knightian Uncertainty. According to …

introduce relevant dynamic elements to the general problem of decisions under uncertainty. We analyze actions that may have … essential to establish the direction of the bias. We also use Epstein's framework to look at issues such as uncertainty about … cost of restoration and uncertainty about irreversibility. All of the results to this point are for models with just two …