, and the effects of different investment profiles on total factor productivity growth on Dutch firm-level data. We estimate … an integrated model of investment profile adoption and total factor productivity growth. We find that the three … investment decisions are complementary, in the sense that investing in one increases the probability of investing in another one …

decrease their Ramp;D spending (our main proxy for long-term investment) more than Japanese firms. We find no evidence that …

We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …) firm growth independent of firm size, as stated in the so-called Gibrat's law, and (iii) R&D investment proportional to …

This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax …. Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R&D -- even for the firms that lobbied for the tax …

This paper extends previous research on the effect of investment on labor productivity at the country level by … accounting for investment in R&D, as well as for investment in fixed and human capital. Privately-funded R&D investment is found … social (national) rate of return to private R&D investment is about seven times as large as the return to investment in …