Das Investitionsklima in Deutschland hat sich abgekühlt. Durch die eingetrübten Absatzaussichten der exportorientierten Industrie wird die Investitionsneigung der betroffenen deutschen Unternehmen negativ beeinflusst und durch die seit Jahresanfang 2001 überwiegend verschlechterten...

The current research estimates the accelerator type model of fixed investment using a Russian industrial enterprise dataset. This dataset contains individual firms' accounting data for 1996 and 1997. The sample of firms was divided into three subsamples based on the ownership structure data....

A large empirical literature investigates the link between "openness" and growth. Cross-country observations suggest that (i) "openness" enhances growth by increasing a country's rate of investment, and (ii) variables related to equipment investment are robustly and strongly correlated with...