business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax … control group, we address the question if and to what extent these investment tax incentives boosted investment. In line with … were cut back in 1997. Moreover, there was a significant reduction in building investment in the year after the expiration …

technologies. We show that Germany neither increased its investment into research and education, nor did it embrace ICT technology … dynamics of investment into research, education and information technology during the nineties were the slowest of all EU … countries, and according to a quantitative indicator of "total investment into the future" Germany ranked second to last …

financing in buyout transactions, their investment rates are both lower and more sensitive to cash flows. In addition, I analyze … obtain equity financing from PE investors, while investment levels do not seem to be affected after a buyout However …