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What is the Impact of Currency Unions on FDI Flows? Evidence from Eurozone Countries

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  • Kyriacos Aristotelous

    (Otterbein College, USA)

  • Stilianos Fountas

    (University of Macedonia, Greece)

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This paper investigates the effect of EMU on inward FDI flows to the Eurozone using panel data from 22 OECD countries for the period 1973-2006. The empirical findings suggest that the EMU led to a statistically significant overall increase in inward FDI flows to countries that adopted the euro as their national currency. They also show that the EMU effect on inward FDI flows differs substantially across member countries.

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  • Kyriacos Aristotelous & Stilianos Fountas, 2012. "What is the Impact of Currency Unions on FDI Flows? Evidence from Eurozone Countries," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 10(2), pages 87-98.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:10:y:2012:i:2:p:87-98
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    Keywords

    Currency Unions; Euro; EMU; FDI;
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    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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