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Profitability, investment and capital productivity

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Capital accumulation is pivotal to produce goods and services. Common knowledge is that entrepreneurs invest because of potential profit. However, the various theoretical frameworks as well as empirical studies are not providing unequivocal evidence of direct causality between profit and investment decisions. In this document we use Granger symetric causality test as well as asymmetric causality test first proposed by (Hatemi-J, 2012). We examine possible causality between profit and investment, profit and unit labour cost and between investment and productivity.

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  • DiMaria, charles-henri, 2023. "Profitability, investment and capital productivity," MPRA Paper 118640, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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