Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on this question by … induced policy uncertainty have revised their investment plans differently from those that did not perceive an increase in … uncertainty. We find strong evidence that an increase in policy uncertainty does lead firms to reduce their investment plans. As …

levels of uncertainty. The study recommends that to create a good economic climate, to attract investment and boost … businesses use information around them to form judgements about what might happen in the future. The rise in uncertainty might be … measure macroeconomic uncertainty in Zimbabwe, using stock market indices - industrial index and mining index - for the period …

in aggregate demand. As the investor is risk averse, volatility of aggregate demand reduces investment. Government … injects monetary noise to reduce the volatility in aggregate demand and induce higher investment. The monetary noise clouds … consumption spending, the investor increases investment …

Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on this question by … induced policy uncertainty have revised their investment plans differently from those that did not perceive an increase in … uncertainty. We find strong evidence that an increase in policy uncertainty does lead firms to reduce their investment plans. As …

immediate investment and ignoring policy uncertainty …Based on panel data of 214 licenses to construct small hydropower plants, we examine whether uncertainty with respect … real options investment rule, and uncertain climate policy decisions delayed their investment rate; and (2) investors …

This paper explores how changes in macroeconomic uncertainty have affected the decision to reply to the European … Central Bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters (ECB's SPF). The results suggest that higher (lower) aggregate uncertainty … more individual uncertainty seem to have a lower likelihood of replying to the survey. Consequently, measures of …

This paper explores how changes in macroeconomic uncertainty have affected the decision to participate in the European …. First, a time-series analysis explores if changes in measures of uncertainty over time have led to changes in aggregate … response rates. And second, a discrete-choice model for panel data is estimated to test if changes in uncertainty measures have …

This paper explores how changes in macroeconomic uncertainty have affected the decision to reply to the European … Central Bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters (ECB's SPF). The results suggest that higher (lower) aggregate uncertainty … more individual uncertainty seem to have a lower likelihood of replying to the survey. Consequently, measures of …

major choice, with which we estimate the relative importance of earnings and earnings uncertainty on the choice of college …