This paper uses a yearly dataset of plant-level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007 to assess … significant correlation is found between the boom observed in investment and the adoption of the tax policy. However, the … tests. Overall, it is concluded that the tax stimulus analyzed was ineffective in promoting investment in Colombia. …

We use a yearly dataset of plant level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007, to assess the … statistically significant correlation between the boom observed in investment and the adoption of the tax policy. However the … conclude that the analyzed tax stimulus was ineffective to promote investment in Colombia …

-tradables sectors, and for the aggregate level of private fixed investment. The results help to reconcile the contradictory conclusions …

investment through wide-ranging structural reforms. Areas that require reforms include the regulation of product and labour … institutions are particularly relevant, would stimulate private investment, facilitating the creation of new firms and jobs, and …

investment equation splitting up the sample between exporters and non-exporters. Using three alternative econometric models … literature, exporting firms are the ones facing larger financial constraints on investment. We propose an explanation for this …, particularly in Argentina, which triggers a profit squeeze phenomenon for exportable firms, reducing their investment capacity. …

This paper uses a yearly dataset of plant-level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007 to assess … significant correlation is found between the boom observed in investment and the adoption of the tax policy. However, the … tests. Overall, it is concluded that the tax stimulus analyzed was ineffective in promoting investment in Colombia. …

prospects and poorly developed financial markets because it primarily reduces the investment of financially constrained firms …, investment that has marginal product greater than the after-tax market real interest rate. Contrarily, taxes on distributed … profits or capital gains primarily reduce the investment of financially unconstrained firms. Chile experienced a banking …

investment from China to Latin America affect opinions on China within 18 Latin American countries over the 2002-2013 period. We … investment proxied by China's market penetration of developing countries outside Latin America. In contrast to the widespread …