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Fostering Long-term Investment and Economic Growth: A Long-term Investor's View

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  • Olivier Mareuse

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Active long-term investors are needed for well-functioning financial markets. Long-term investors are also essential for economic growth, as they finance infrastructure and are more likely to become engaged as active shareholders. Since long-term investments are likely to provide higher returns for pensions and long-term savings, they should be able to attract capital from pensions and other long-term savings funds, which are ample due to high savings rates in Europe. But long-term investment should also be encouraged via the regulatory framework and through fiscal incentives. Furthermore, the development of innovative financial instruments will be necessary to foster long-term investment. Finally, co-operation among long-term investors should also help to develop a new “investment culture”.

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  • Olivier Mareuse, 2011. "Fostering Long-term Investment and Economic Growth: A Long-term Investor's View," OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends, OECD Publishing, vol. 2011(1), pages 83-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:dafkad:5kg55qw1r6r6
    DOI: 10.1787/fmt-2011-5kg55qw1r6r6
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    1. Wouter Thierie & Lieven Moor, 2016. "The characteristics of infrastructure as an investment class," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Springer;Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, vol. 30(3), pages 277-297, August.

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