The “euro effect” and outward foreign direct investment

The “euro effect” is an important phenomenon in the debate on monetary integration results in Europe. While in the existing literature the impact of the euro adoption is usually studied on trade data, the main goal of the paper is to examine whether the “euro effect” can be detected in Outward Forei...

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Autores: Brzozowski, Michał, Tchorek, Grzegorz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/13730
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13730
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Euro effect
Foreign direct investment
Gravity equation
Efecto euro
Inversiones extranjeras directas salientes
Modelo gravitacional
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Sumario:The “euro effect” is an important phenomenon in the debate on monetary integration results in Europe. While in the existing literature the impact of the euro adoption is usually studied on trade data, the main goal of the paper is to examine whether the “euro effect” can be detected in Outward Foreign Direct Investment flows from the OECD countries. Using the difference-in-differences method and the gravity equation corrected for the sample selection and firm-heterogeneity biases, we investigate the trends of the strength of the impact of the euro over the 1985-2012 period. Our results suggest that the influence is positive, is not time invariant and does not display a clear trend. It was the strongest in the years 2003-2005 and 2010-2011. The impact faded in the years 2006-2007, and the euro was insignificant shortly after its introduction and during the global financial crisis.