We examine how the policies of Chinese regional governments affect the investment location decisions of firms. Using a dataset compiled from the reports on the investment decisions of 498 listed Chinese companies headquartered in the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang, we...

This paper examines whether foreign institutional investors’ investment horizon affects investment efficiency across 17 emerging markets. Using a sample of 10,360 firms, we find that long-term foreign institutional investors are associated with an enhancement in investment efficiency,...

This paper studies how corporate tax hikes transmit across countries through multinationals' internal networks of subsidiaries. We build a parsimonious multicountry model to underscore two opposing spillover effects: While tax competition between countries generates positive investment...

This work investigates the role of local public investment in stimulating private investment and in providing support to growth and development. The analysis is based on a combination of datasets, allowing to build an unbalanced panel for 98 NUTS2 European regions in 13 member states, and for...

Investments in both public and private are essential to Pakistan's economy. Public investment is crucial for any nation's economic development, but private investment serves as a catalyst for the creation of jobs and income. The primary purpose of this study is to empirically examine the...

Green startups are a major driver of eco-innovation and as such a major contributor to climate change mitigation and green growth. However, they often lack sufficient funding from investors. Our study focuses on the factors that determine venture capital investors to invest in green startups. In...

The fund allocation in agricultural sector in India is heavily tilted toward input subsidies provision; however, researchers seem to favor investment expenditure instead. The present paper seeks to compare the usefulness of input subsidies as compared to investment with regard to agricultural...