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2017 | 2 | 19-28

Article title

The Euro Influence on Companies’ Export Activity

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Wpływ euro na działalność eksportową przedsiębiorstw

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Głównym celem artykułu jest przedstawienie mechanizmów oddziaływania euro na decyzje eksportowe firm. Zgodnie z literaturą możemy wyróżnić następujące potencjalne kanały takiego wpływu. Kanał nowych eksporterów, w ramach którego nowe firmy decydują się na rozpoczęcie działalności eksportowej zachęcone obniżką kosztów transakcyjnych i zmniejszeniem ryzyka kursowego. Kanał nowych rynków, co oznacza, że istniejący eksporterzy rozszerzają swoją działalność na nowe rynki geograficzne. Kanał nowych produktów, co oznacza, że eksporterzy wprowadzają nowe lub zmodyfikowane produkty. Mimo zidentyfikowanych wyżej mechanizmów (ogólnie określanych jako extensive margin), główny kanał, który wpływał na handel po wprowadzeniu euro, był związany z intensyfikacją eksportu na dotychczasowych rynkach (intensive margin). Powyższym dostosowaniom przedsiębiorstw towarzyszyły również inne procesy. Jednym z nich był kanał presji cenowej, w ramach którego eksporterzy mieli mniej bodźców do różnicowania cen na poszczególnych rynkach (więc ceny mogły być niższe oraz bardziej wyrównane w krajach strefy euro). Kanał konkurencyjności (restrukturyzacji), w ramach którego bardziej konkurencyjne środowisko zmuszało przedsiębiorstwa do dostosowań wewnątrz organizacji i zwiększenia wydajności. Kanał niższego kosztu finansowania, w ramach którego firmy uzyskiwały łatwiejszy dostęp do tańszego pieniądza. Powyższe efekty były niejednorodne co do skali i zakresu występowania między przedsiębiorstwami, sektorami i krajami.
EN
The primary aim of the paper is to outline the main mechanisms through which the euro can influence companies’ export decisions. According to the theoretical and empirical literature to date, we can distinguish the following potential channels. The new exporters channel, what means that new companies decide to start export activities, encouraged by lower transaction costs and reduced exchange rate risk. The new markets channel, where existing exporters expand their activities to new geographical markets. The new products channel, where exporters introduce new or modified products. Despite the above identified mechanisms (generally called extensive margin), the main channel, which influenced exports volumes after the euro introduction, was its intensification on current markets (intensive margin). The above processes were accompanied by other phenomena. The price discrimination channel, where exporters have fewer incentives to differentiate prices in various markets, so prices become lower and more converged among the euro area countries. The competitiveness channel, where more competitive environment forces companies to restructure their production and increase productivity. The lower costs of financing channel, where companies have more access to cheaper capital. The described effects are heterogeneous across companies, sectors and countries.

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2

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19-28

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2017-03-2017-04

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  • University of Warsaw, Warsaw

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2084-2694

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