Investment is crucial to the development of a nation`s economy and welfare. In contrast to the situation in the United … States, investment activity in Europe has been quite modest over the past few years. This volume gathers together a number of … papers by prominent researchers in the field of investment. It provides an overview of recent developments in this area and …

Gegebenheiten des Marktes werden vor allem die Finanzierungsbedingungen sowie das Investitionsverhalten einzelner … werden deutliche Veränderungen der strukturellen Merkmale, wie auch im Investitionsverhalten einzelner …

This paper investigates the role of patent protection in the global investment decisions of multinational firms. Using … influence the extensive and intensive margin of foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions. We isolate the effect of patent …