Giovanazzi, Carmen; Victor, Vincent; Putscher, Dorothee - 2024
We examine the dynamics of corporate investment in Germany during the 2000s, a period marked by stagnant macroeconomic … investment spending. Employing a mixed-methods approach, we explore investment trends across national accounts data, firm …-level financials, and responses from financial executives through our financial strategy survey. We show that while tangible investment …