The Real Effects of the Euro: Evidence from Corporate Investments

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Arturo Bris

IMD International; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Yale University - International Center for Finance

Yrjo Koskinen

Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Mattias Nilsson

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Date Written: May 2005

Abstract

We study how the adoption of the euro as the common currency in Europe has affected firms' investment rates. Using corporate data from the eleven countries that adopted the euro in January 1999, as well as from a control sample of five other European countries, our paper shows that: (i) the euro has increased investments for firms from countries that previously had weak currencies, (ii) the euro has had a positive impact on financially constrained firms' investments, and (iii) the euro has decreased investments for financially unconstrained firms from countries that previously had strong currencies.

Keywords: EMU, the euro, investments, currency union, financial constraints

JEL Classification: F33, F36, G32

Suggested Citation

Bris, Arturo and Koskinen, Yrjo J and Nilsson, Mattias, The Real Effects of the Euro: Evidence from Corporate Investments (May 2005). EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 4652, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=559941 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.559941

Arturo Bris

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Mattias Nilsson

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( email )

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