Feldstein and Horioka (1980) argued that the correlation of saving and investment in a cross-section of countries may … investment should be cointegrated over time. Simulations show that the cross-section regressions used in the literature will …

This paper provides empirical support for the view that enhanced economic security fosters private investment and … improved since the mid-1980s; that private investment is mostly influenced by the risk of expropriation, the degree of civil …

We analyze the impact of trade policy uncertainty on investment in the euro area. Our identification strategy assumes … that countries that are relatively more dependent on global trade networks exhibit a higher sensitivity of investment with … respect to trade uncertainty. We find that the investment-to-GDP ratio is on average 0.8 percentage points lower for five …

This paper documents the recent slowdown in investment in India and explores its underlying causes. The sharp … investment deceleration has sparked an intense debate about the role of interest rates, as well as business confidence and … economic policy uncertainty. Our results suggest that while explaining aggregate investment activity better than nominal …

buffers. They also expanded abroad while the pace of corporate investment moderated. Regarding the latter, model estimates on … aggregate corporate investment over the post bubble period show that expectation about future profitability, in particular …

investment, and fiscal balances, from an empirical perspective. Based on empirical findings-particularly regarding inflation …