Editing Euro (section)

====Investment====
Physical investment seems to have increased by 5% in the eurozone due to the introduction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eu-financial-system.org/fileadmin/content/Dokumente_Events/second_conference/Dvorak.pdf |title=The Impact of the Euro on Investment: Sectoral Evidence |access-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831043539/http://www.eu-financial-system.org/fileadmin/content/Dokumente_Events/second_conference/Dvorak.pdf |archive-date=31 August 2013 }}</ref> Regarding foreign direct investment, a study found that the intra-eurozone FDI stocks have increased by about 20% during the first four years of the EMU.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afse.fr/docs/congres_2005/docs2005/Sousa.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210053621/http://www.afse.fr/docs/congres_2005/docs2005/Sousa.pdf |archive-date=10 December 2006 |title=Does the single currency affect FDI? |publisher=AFSE.fr |access-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Concerning the effect on corporate investment, there is evidence that the introduction of the euro has resulted in an increase in investment rates and that it has made it easier for firms to access financing in Europe. The euro has most specifically stimulated investment in companies that come from countries that previously had weak currencies. A study found that the introduction of the euro accounts for 22% of the investment rate after 1998 in countries that previously had a weak currency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.wu-wien.ac.at/rof/papers/pdf/Bris-Koskinen-Nilsson_Euro%20Effects.pdf |title=The Real Effects of the Euro: Evidence from Corporate Investments |access-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706085845/http://www2.wu-wien.ac.at/rof/papers/pdf/Bris-Koskinen-Nilsson_Euro%20Effects.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>