A set of leading indicators for investment in machinery and equipment, in residential and in non … linkage to the investment process. The systematic relationship between indicators and investment is investigated by means of …

. Moreover, micro-founded variables are scarcely employed in macroeconomic forecasting of real investment. We fill this gap by … considering a battery of univariate and multivariate time-series models to forecast investment of non-financial corporations in … Italy, an interesting case study due to its steep downturn during the two afore-mentioned crises. We find that a vector …

Business investment is a very important variable for short- and medium-term economic analysis, but it is volatile and … sample allows us to match exactly investment plans and investment realisations for each firm and so estimate a panel data … model linking individual investment realisations to investment intentions. The model generates a one-year-ahead forecast of …