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Title:	Will the Euro be beneficial on firm's investment behaviour?
Authors:	Atella, Vincenzo Atzeni, Gianfranco Belvisi, Pierluigi
Keywords:	exchange rate firm heterogeneity investment uncertainty
Issue Date:	Nov-2002
Publisher:	CEIS
Series/Report no.:	Quaderni CEIS; 180
Abstract:	The literature on the relationship between exchange rate and investment mainly focus on the devaluation argument, which evidences that a devaluation may affect positively investment spending. The goal of this paper is to extend the analysis to how exchange rate variability can influence firm’s innovation process. Employing a large panel of Italian firms we estimate the impact of exchange rate on investment. Combining an ECM model specification with a model of signal extraction we find that exchange rate volatility reduces investment, with a decreasing sensitivity the greater is firm market power. A stable exchange rate is then an incentive to investment as it allows more reliable estimation of its marginal productivity. To this extent, an economic system may benefit from a stable exchange rate in terms of investment and profit, provided it is able to strengthen its firm market power.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2108/283
Appears in Collections:	Quaderni

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