Globalization and technological innovations create investment opportunities for firms worldwide. In fact, while firms … pursue foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities on a global basis, countries compete to attract these flows. Investment … decisions by firms depend on complex and distinct factors. In particular, in the case of foreign investment one of these factors …

there investment behavior is greatly influenced by the state, through the fiscal policy, especially through a very important …

investment using panel data techniques. Among other results, we confirm the high importance of tangible and intangible ICT … ICT investment, tackling the barriers to ICT adoption and broad-based digitalisation are critical for the EU in order to …

been significant changes in saving and investment patterns across the world and imbalances have narrowed considerably. Does …

Existing empirical studies have focused on determinants of investment. We focus instead on episodes of accelerated … analysis to explore their characteristics. Turning points in investment tend to be preceded by undervalued real exchange rates … capital index. Investment surges appear to be associated with accelerated structural change in the economy. …

We analyze the effects of intangible investment on international output synchronization. Using a dynamic stochastic …

Using firm-level data for 18 major global economies, we find that the exchange rate affects corpo-rate investment … through a financial channel: exchange rate depreciation dampens corporate invest-ment through firm leverage and FX debt. These … findings are consistent with the predictions of a stylised model of credit risk in which exchange rates can affect investment …

provides an exhaustive analysis of casuality between aggregate private investment and financial development. GMM estimation on …

The finding of Feldstein and Horioka (1980) that domestic saving and domestic investment are highly correlated across … and that the Feldstein-Horioka Finding of domestic saving and domestic investment being highly correlated across countries …

Unlike the prediction of a frictionless open economy model, long-term average savings and investment rates are highly … that the calibrated model with both frictions produces a savings-investment correlation and a volume of capital flows close …