and quality of investment raises questions. This study focuses on business investment, as the main driver of physical and … sector will be crucial to upgrade the quality of business investment and to enhance the allocative efficiency of capital …

investment (FDI). The core model is based on knowledge-based gravitational forces that are directly or indirectly linked to a …

This paper explores whether national culture explains the deviation from the optimal investment, as measured by under …- and over-investment compared to the optimal investment level, and the impact of this deviation across cultural dimensions … that assertiveness and gender egalitarianism lead to a greater deviation from the optimal investment whereas institutional …

There have been rising concerns about the sluggish recovery of domestic corporate investment. As one of the factors in … the national account, corporate investment affects the current economic status by creating jobs, increasing income, and … the government, and one of the major policy objectives was to promote Korean corporate investment. However, most economic …

We document that 20% of Compustat firms have above-median investment rates despite having below-median marginal product … features of the cross-section of firms and allows for counterfactual analysis. Hypothetical firm investment policies that … ignore the potential for future jumps reduce MPK and investment dispersion but also lower aggregate productivity …

ownership and capital demand adjustment in host countries. The author estimates a dynamic structural model of investment on a …