CZY ŹRÓDŁA FINANSOWANIA WPŁYWAJĄ NA EFEKTYWNOŚĆ INWESTYCJI W ŚRODKI TRWAŁE i B+R?
DOES THE FINANCE SOURCES INFLUENCE EFFECTIVENESS OF INVESTMENT IN FIXED ASSETS AND R&D?

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to identify the impact of financing the investments in fixed assets and research and developmental works mainly with savings or by external lenders on effectiveness of such investments use. The analysis was conducted based on unbalanced panel data of individual companies, employing at least 10 workers, contained in the annual reports of Central Statistics Office F-02 for the years 1995-2012. System Generalized Method of Moments (robust) was used for the estimations. The research findings determined that the more indebted companies achieve lower effectiveness of investments use. Companies finance investments from its own funds choose riskier projects, but also more effective in research and development (R&D), for which it would be difficult for them to find external financing. It follows that more saving business and finance investments to a greater extent from its own funds, due to the higher effectiveness of the investments in fixed assets and R&D, accelerate economic growth.

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