We examine the impact of eurozone membership on sovereign creditworthiness over the period 1996-2017. We find that: (a …) the ratings boost was significantly higher in the pre-crisis period (with countries in the periphery of the eurozone being … joining the eurozone, and lowered borrowing costs (as measured by CDS spreads) in line with the ratings boost …

(Euro area) on the efficiency of Slovak banks. We use data envelopment analysis to estimate bank efficiency, and ordinary … least squares and tobit regression to estimate influence of possible bank efficiency determinants. Our analysis shows that … the bank efficiency increases both after the accession of Slovakia to the European Union and the Euro zone. We find that …

inflation convergence with respect to the Maastricht benchmark as well as the European Central Bank's inflation objective; and …) consider adopting fiscal rules. Therefore, the countries with serious fiscal problems should not rush to enter the Eurozone …

Seven remaining states are presently on the Eurozone's enlargement agenda: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic … Germany but also to most of the Eurozone countries (especially, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg … eventual outcome and largely determine their economic prospects within the Eurozone. The Greek experience shows that the …