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February 2004
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The role of public policy in promoting investment
Type: Public Economics Lectures
Authors: Murtaza Syed

This lecture focuses on whether and in what cases public policy has a role in promoting investment.

The key issues addressed are:

  • Does the investment rate matter?
  • Should the government be concerned with the level of investment?
  • If so, does the UK invest too much or too little?
  • What should the government attempt to do about it?
  • Does it have any appropriate policy tools at its disposal to address these problems?
Relevant for core papers, IO and public economics

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