In January‐August 2012 investments in fixed assets made Rb 6206.8bn, having increased by 8.8% versus the corresponding period of the previous year. In July the increase in the investments in fixed assets decreased to 3.8% in annual terms, and in August – to 2.3%. Under the existing dynamics...

In May 2015, investments in capital assets amounted to 92.4%, while in January-May 2015, to 95.2% as compared to respective indices of 2014. A drop in investments which continues for six quarters running has been determined by a decline of business activities since H2 2012 and made worse by the...

In January–March 2016, fixed capital investment stood at 95.2% in real terms, including in the segment of large and medium enterprises to the tune of 98.5% against the corresponding period of the previous year. The share of own capital posted an upward trend in the structure of sources, which...

The Russian economy entered a period of investment pause in 2013. In terms of financial resources available for the investment process, it is characterized by substantial increase in enterprise self-financing for investment projects with cutbacks in financing through external borrowing. The...

We quantify the impact of barriers to international investment, using a novel multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous investors and imperfect capital mobility. Our model yields a gravity equation for bilateral foreign asset positions. We estimate this gravity equation...

Introduction -- Part I: Globalizing the Pacific Northwest through national defense -- Washington: the national security state within a state -- The evolving politics of defense and national security in Oregon -- Mark Hatfield and the new national security -- Part II: Globalizing the Pacific...

States often bargain over objects that affect their future bargaining power. A large territory, for example, is not only valuable in itself, but also as a source of raw material, population and defense. As a result, states not only try to maximize their benefits when they negotiate over the...

Until 2009, the legal regime of international investments in the EU was characterised by its very high degree of fragmentation due to the complex division of competences between the EU and its member states. While the former has mainly intervened to promote greater liberalisation of capital...

The paper studies the drivers of productivity at country and sectoral levels over the period 2000-2017 with the focus on the impact of capital accumulation and structure. The analysis confirms an especially important role of ICT and intangible digital capital for productivity growth,...