consequences of this substantial policy uncertainty shock on firms' private fixed investment and employment plans. We find that … those firms that believe that potential growth in Switzerland will deteriorate and those that report that investment … uncertainty has increased are also the ones that see a significant reduction in their future investment activities and their …

Combining in-house research and work by leading academics, this report assesses how the crisis has impacted investment …. It explains why and where investment has declined, looking at the impact of structural imbalances, policy uncertainty …

savings and investment, credit and housing booms in some countries and the allocation of resources towards less productive … to be reduced, which, in turn, is weakening investment and therefore weighing on growth prospects and growth potential …

effects will generated by Metsä Fibre’s investment into their new bioproduct factory in Äänekoski, Finland. The calculations … significance of the investment will only become evident in the production phase, since not all investments of equal scale produce …

corresponding rate with the investments. For this reason, the investment rate of companies is currently almost at the same level as … in the years 2000–2008. However, after the financial crisis the development of investment volume has been weaker in … capital in clearly better in Finland than in most other European countries. The investment rate in Finland is reduced …

This report focuses on investment in eight EU Member States and their lagging regions. Additionally, the analysis … assesses the regional development strategies of the eight Member States and evaluates the main investment needs and …. The first step identifies the investment needs of the lagging regions from the countries' own as well as from a European …