At the time of Mr. Buffett's investment, shares of G.E. were trading at about $24.50.
For each percentage point increase in the investment share of GDP, unemployment falls by between 0.5 to 1.5 percentage points.
The share of income that households put aside has been broadly stable for years but the investment share in GDP has declined (see chart 3).
Centrica argued that figure included investment shares, which have been counted as part of Laidlaw's salary and bonuses in previous years.
Depending on how much quasi-consumption there is, both China's investment share and its return on investment look worse than they actually are.There is no question that China's financial system is incredibly distorted.
For the past several decades, America's share of the foreign direct investment into the kingdom decisively shaped the country's foreign policy, but today the monarchy is far wiser, luring Europe and Asia to bring their investment shares toward a third each.
America's relatively pro-competitive rules added more than four percentage points, relative to the OECD average, to its IT investment share; regulation pulled the figures for France, Greece, Italy and Portugal down by 2.5 to 3.5 points.
Many analysts are concerned, though, that investment earnings can swing widely from quarter to quarter depending on when a company sells investment shares and how the market is performing.
In those plants, the central receiver is one of the key components, accounting for a large investment share.
Other significant factors found to be significant include population, real gross domestic product (GDP), and investment share of PPP converted GDP per capita.
