We investigate the potential for statistical forecasting of aggregate oil and gas investment on the Norwegian … random walk benchmark in an out-of-sample environment. Second, lags of investment growth, crude oil price growth and realized … volatility is found to be adequate predictors for the investment growth. Finally, there is a clear benefit from re-estimating the …

highlights future investment and financing challenges, especially for road transport. The methodology piloted in this study can …

persistent decline in investment. Moreover, the territorial dispute has led to persistent pessimism in these firms' expectations … about future sales, which can explain 60% of the overall decline in investment. …