The adoption of the Euro by Slovakia from January 2009 and the current world economic crises revived a debate on the … timing of the adoption of the Euro in the Czech Republic and other CEECs. The purpose of the paper is to contribute to a … discussion on the process of joining the Eurozone by the Czech Republic and other candidate countries. The paper provides an …

present diverse arguments and, where possible, explore the incipient empirical literature focussing on the euro area. Our …

This paper addresses the effects of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) since the introduction of the euro … -- on economic and financial structures, institutions and performance. What type of changes is the euro fostering? What … forces is it setting in motion that were not there before? Six years after the launch of the euro, was an appropriate time to …

The paper provides an analysis of the euro area money and bond markets and their infrastructure since the introduction … of the euro. Significant development in terms of integration took place in both markets in general to a various degree … but apply more generally to euro securities infrastructure, identifies fields where further action is required. This …

. It finds that political mishandling has increased uncertainty, which has contributed to a tendency for the euro to become …

on 1 May 2004 into the euro area. Most NMS have undergone a rapid and deep transformation in all areas with considerable … the euro area in the process of labour market and institutional reform (their labour market structures are more flexible … than those of the euro area countries). There is also some evidence that a few NMS have a significant degree of business …

The destructive potential of the sovereign debt crisis of the euro area has been slowly abating since last summer, but … euro area, and the other being an erosion of trust in the viability of the euro area itself. Such concerns have led to talk … the crisis or the future of the euro area. While the crisis is a traumatic wake-up call, it is also a catalyst for change …