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Crafts, Nicholas; Toniolo, Gianni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

-ante returns on investment. …

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Fiddling with Value: Violins as an Investment?

Graddy, Kathryn; Margolis, Philip - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper measures the returns to investing in violins using two different datasets. One dataset includes 75 observations on repeat sales of the same violins at auction starting in the mid-19th century and another dataset includes over 2000 observations on individual violin sales at auction...

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Convergence Empirics Across Economies with (Some) Capital Mobility

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

experiences across countries. Conditioning on physical capital investment, secondary school enrolment, and a dummy for the African …

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Banks and Securities Markets: Corporate Financing in Germany and the UK

Alexander, Ian; Mayer, Colin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

This paper compares corporate financing in the German bank-based and UK market-based systems. Large German firms pay out a lower proportion of their profits as dividends and finance a larger proportion of their investments from retentions. German banks extend more long-term finance to...

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What is the irrigation potential for Africa?

You, Liangzhi; Ringler, Claudia; Nelson, Gerald; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

planned projects. This paper analyzes large, dam-based and small-scale irrigation investment needs in Africa based on …

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The elasticity of substitution: evidence from a UK firm-level data set

Barnes, Sebastian; Price, Simon; Sebastia Barriel, Maria - Bank of England - 2008

between capital and other factors of production, the (negative of the) elasticity of capital and investment with respect to …

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Investing in Turbulent Times: The Investment Behavior of Polish Firms in the Early Transition

Brada, Josef; King, Arthur; Ma, Chia-Ying - In: Transition Studies Review 17 (2010) 1, pp. 1-21

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Savings–Investment Correlation and Capital Outflow: The Case of Pakistan

Shahbaz, Muhammad; Ahmad, Nadeem; Wahid, Abu - In: Transition Studies Review 17 (2010) 1, pp. 80-97

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Role of Governance in Explaining Domestic Investment in Nigeria

Akanbi, Olusegun A. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and … - 2010

This study empirically examines the pattern of domestic investment that is consistent with a neoclassical supply … level of financial development are significant determinants of domestic investment in Nigeria. The distinctive feature of … the study is the significant role played by governance in explaining the longterm pattern of domestic investment in …

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Saving, Investment, and Current Account Surplus in Developing Asia

Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

saving. The central objective of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the saving and investment rate of Asian … countries can be explained by the underlying fundamental determinants of saving and investment such as gross domestic product … promoting consumption rather than investment. …

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