scholarly journals Economic policy uncertainty and investment in Spain

SERIEs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dejuan-Bitria ◽  
Corinna Ghirelli
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Corporate Investment ◽  
Precautionary Savings ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
High Uncertainty

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of economic policy uncertainty on firms’ investment decisions. We focus on Spain for the period 1998–2014. To measure policy-related uncertainty, we borrow the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indicator available for this country. We find strong evidence that uncertainty reduces corporate investment. This relationship appears to be nonlinear, being the marginal effect of uncertainty attenuated toward zero during periods of high uncertainty levels. Furthermore, the heterogeneous results suggest that the adverse effect of uncertainty is particularly relevant for highly vulnerable firms. Overall, these results are consistent with the hypotheses that economic policy-related uncertainty reduces corporate investment through increases in precautionary savings or to worsening of credit conditions.

INVESTMENT DECISIONS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE UNDER ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Quddus ◽  
Drahomíra Pavelková ◽  
Sarfraz Hussain ◽  
Tien Phat Pham ◽  
Arif Ibne Asad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty

scholarly journals The Sensitivity of Firms’ Investment to Uncertainty and Cash Flow: Evidence From Listed State-Owned Enterprises and Non-State-Owned Enterprises in China

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402090343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Khan ◽  
Xuezhi Qin ◽  
Khalil Jebran ◽  
Abdul Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Corporate Investment ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Positive Effects

This study examines the association between various uncertainties and corporate investment and further investigates this association between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs). Moreover, this study analyzes the indirect effects of uncertainty on corporate investment through cash flow. The current research uses an unbalanced panel data of Chinese nonfinancial listed firms for the period 1999–2016. To control endogeneity issues, this study applies a robust two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) technique to estimate the model. Empirical findings indicate that market-based and firm-specific uncertainties have positive effects, whereas economic policy and CAPM-based uncertainties have negative effects on corporate investment. Furthermore, results indicate that the effects of market-based, CAPM-based, and firm-specific uncertainties (economic policy uncertainty) were less (more) prominent for SOEs. Additional analyses show that cash flow stimulates the effect of firm-specific uncertainty on SOEs’ investment, whereas it weakens the influence of CAPM-based uncertainty (economic policy uncertainty) on investment of non-SOEs (SOEs). Moreover, cash flow attenuates the market uncertainty effect on investment.

scholarly journals Impact of US Economic Policy Uncertainty on Geopolitical Risk. Evidence from BRIC Economies

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-496
Author(s):  
Imtiaz Arif ◽  
Amna Sohail Rawat ◽  
Muhammad Shahbaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Estimation Technique ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Bric Countries ◽  
The Us ◽  
Asymmetric Relation ◽  
The Relationship

This paper estimates the relationship between US economic policy uncertainty and geopolitical risk in the BRIC economies.1 Due to the assumption of a non-linear and asymmetric relation between US economic policy uncertainty and geopolitical risk of BRIC countries, a nonparametric estimation technique, Quantile on Quantile approach has been used for empirical analysis. The empirical results revealed that the relationship between the US economic policy uncertainty and geopolitical risk of BRIC economies is heterogeneous in nature. We noted that economic policy uncertainty in the US is negatively related to geopolitical risk in Chinese and Russian economies. However, for Indian and Brazilian economies US economic policy uncertainty is positively related to geopolitical risk. The outcomes of the study will be helpful for the investors and financial market players for taking investment decisions. It will also benefit the legislators and policymakers in making policies that could make their respective economies insulated from foreign policy risks.

scholarly journals A Principal Component-Guided Sparse Regression Approach for the Determination of Bitcoin Returns

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore Panagiotidis ◽  
Thanasis Stengos ◽  
Orestis Vravosinos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Market Volatility ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Stock Market Volatility ◽  
Sparse Regression ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Regression Approach

We examine the significance of fourty-one potential covariates of bitcoin returns for the period 2010–2018 (2872 daily observations). The recently introduced principal component-guided sparse regression is employed. We reveal that economic policy uncertainty and stock market volatility are among the most important variables for bitcoin. We also trace strong evidence of bubbly bitcoin behavior in the 2017–2018 period.

Economic policy uncertainty and corporate investment: Evidence from the U.S. hospitality industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 104019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sagi Akron ◽  
Ender Demir ◽  
José María Díez-Esteban ◽  
Conrado Diego García-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Corporate Investment ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The U.S
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