This paper investigates the relation between corporate political connections and government investment. We study … unconnected firms. Overall, we show that connections between firms and regulators are associated with distortions in investment …

The study analyses the relationships between capital dynamics, productivity, global value chains and foreign direct … investment using panel data techniques. Among other results, we confirm the high importance of tangible and intangible ICT … capital for productivity and GVC integration. We examine the extent of underinvestment in ICT in the EU relative to other …