response of investment to continued demand weakness, leading in turn to a deterioration in potential output via a hysteresis … government investment as a share of GDP has further exacerbated post-crisis weakness in capital stock growth, both directly and … probably indirectly via adverse spillover effects on business investment. Finally, at a time when the use of conventional macro …

through the channel of higher capital intensity. Overall regional investment ratios appear weakly linked to regional … productivity, but the sectoral composition of regions and their type of investment are more important determinants. Each region has …. The type of investment matters: boosting research and development in the manufacturing sector in some lagging regions …

capital stock since the financial crisis can be explained by an accelerator response of investment to continued demand …. In many OECD countries, declining government investment as a share of GDP has further exacerbated post-crisis weakness in … capital stock growth, both directly and probably indirectly via adverse spillover effects on business investment. Finally …

consequence of sustained low multi-factor productivity growth within industries, as well as weak investment. Economic geography is …, removing barriers to fixed capital investment (including taxation), accessing benefits from agglomeration by improving urban … planning and infrastructure provision, enhancing competition and increasing investment in innovation and intangibles. This …