...Shadman Zafar; Md. Tarique Purpose The primary objective of the present study is to figure out the relative effectiveness of alternate public expenditure with regard to agricultural development particularly in the context of input subsidies vis-a-vis investment. Besides, the authors also...

...Giuseppina Autiero; Concetto Paolo Vinci Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the causal link between government regulation of religion and the choice of investing in human and physical capital. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an analytical model with a government setting...

... as an estimate of labor market risk in addition to human capital investment. Then, the variations in Germany and the USA – with diverse labor markets and a considerable difference in terms of social insurance support – are examined. Findings The results suggest that occupational unemployment rate...

...Paresh Kumar Narayan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to construct an econometric model of the determinants of private investment with a particular focus on the impact of democracy on investment. Design/methodology/approach The first step was to econometrically derive the long‐run...

...Abbas Valadkhani Iran's third five‐year development (2000/2001‐2004/2005) has been considered a pivotal role for private investment in creating 700,000‐800,000 jobs per annum to stabilise the rate of unemployment. This paper examines the long‐ and short‐run determinants of the private investment...