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European Monetary Union and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

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  • Pantelis Pantelidis

    (University of Piraeus, Department of Economics, Piraeus, Greece)

  • Dimitrios Kyrkilis

    (University of Macedonia, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Efthymios Nikolopoulos

    (University of Macedonia, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to construct and test a model explaining the inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) position of various members of European Monetary Union (EMU), on the basis of their location advantages during 1980-2010 period. The model focuses on the impact of EMU on FDI inflows and indicates that the monetary union has differentiated impact on FDI inflows across individual member countries. Euro zone membership is statistically significant but a negative determinant in the cases of Greece, Portugal, France, Belgium and Spain. Furthermore, for both Germany and Ireland the Euro area membership is a negative but statistically insignificant FDI inflow factor, while in the cases of Netherlands and Finland it is positive but also statistically insignificant. The results imply that countries with low competitiveness have not gained from the entrance in European Monetary Union, in terms of Foreign Direct Investment inflows.

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  • Pantelis Pantelidis & Dimitrios Kyrkilis & Efthymios Nikolopoulos, 2012. "European Monetary Union and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows," SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, University of Piraeus, vol. 62(1-2), pages 47-55, January -.
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    Keywords

    FDI; EMU; euro;
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    JEL classification:

    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General

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