Theory suggests that firms confront a hold-up problem in dealing with workplace unionism: unions will appropriate a portion of the quasi rents stemming from long-lived capital. As a result, firms may be expected to limit their exposure to rent seeking by reducing investments, among other things....

Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Dynamik des Investitionsverhaltens in der niedersächsischen Industrie auf Basis eines Panels mit Informationen mit Angaben für mehr als 6.000 Betriebe. Die Auswertung der Daten für sieben Zwei-Jahres-Zeiträume zwischen 1995/96 und 2001/02 zeigt, dass eine...

Investment is crucial to the development of a nation`s economy and welfare. In contrast to the situation in the United States, investment activity in Europe has been quite modest over the past few years. This volume gathers together a number of papers by prominent researchers in the field of...