Investment in Emerging Markets We Are Not in Kansas Anymore ... Or Are We? /

We document that (i) although private investment growth in emerging markets has decelerated in recent years, it came down from cyclical highs and remains close to pre-crisis trends; and (ii) investment-to-output ratios generally remain close to or above historical averages. We show that investment i...

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Autor Principal: Magud, Nicolas
Outros autores: Sosa, Sebastian
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/077
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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