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This section includes work on factors that influence company investment and financial behaviour. We look at the effects of financing constraints and demand uncertainty on company investment. There is also work on the relationship between share prices and investment, and the effects of share ownership structures on both investment and dividend payout ratios.
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Paul Geroski and Rachel Griffith
Steve Bond, J. Elston, J. Mairesse and B. Mulkay
John Cable, Andrew Henley and Kevin Holland
This paper argues that there is no case for easing the regulatory stance in the industry on grounds that the winners paid too much.
Robert Chote and Carl Emmerson
The Chancellor is hoping for a rebound in financial company profits to restore the health of public finances and to avoid further tax increases to pay for his long-term spending plans.
Michael Keen and John King
This paper discusses the experience of Croatia in applying, from 1994 to the beginning of 2001, a profit tax that was charged only on equity income in excess of an imputed normal return.
Steve Bond
What are the connections between stock market valuations of firms and business investment? Stephen R. Bond, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Nuffield College, Oxford, investigates.
Nicholas Bloom, Steve Bond and John Van Reenen
Nick Bloom and Steve Bond
This note examines the evidential basis for claims that UK investment is rising, and the broader picture on investment in the UK in recent years.
Nicholas Bloom
This paper shows that, contrary to common beliefs, the real options effect of uncertainty plays no role in the long run rate of investment.
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