uncertainty and levels of private investment across countries. This result raises the question what institutions might help reduce … respect to investors. Some have argued that governments might benefit from joining a multilateral investment agreement, but …

, and (iii) gradualism may generate a higher investment response because of a lower option value of waiting than a big …

This paper provides empirical support for the view that enhanced economic security fosters private investment and … improved since the mid-1980s; that private investment is mostly influenced by the risk of expropriation, the degree of civil …

From a theoretical point of view, uncertainty may have an impact on investment by different channels and in different … paper analyzes the relation between macroeconomic uncertainty and total investment in Romania over the period 2000-2008. As … conditional heteroskedastic (GARCH) models. These measures are introduced as a linear and a quadratic term in the investment …