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Development of competitiveness in Germany and Italy in the context of the monetary union membership
Kabelka, Petr ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Hnát, Pavel (referee)
The master thesis examines the development of competitiveness in Germany and Italy in the context of common currency and outlines the implications of this development. The theoretical part focuses on the perception of competitiveness on national level and the impact of the Economic and Monetary Union membership on the economies and their competitiveness in general. Subsequently, the most commonly observed indicators concerning national competitiveness from a narrower and broader point of view are introduced. In the practical part, broader economic and historical context is presented, followed by an assessment of the competitiveness of both economies on the basis of selected indicators: unit labour costs, the labour market situation, productivity, export performance and structure, nominal and real exchange rate developments and current account developments. The final part analyses the development of competitiveness according to the multi-criteria assessments of the World Economic Forum and the International Institute for Management Development.
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Analysis of the Maastricht criteria, Czech republic since 1998
Křivánek, Matěj ; Dočkal, Dalibor (advisor) ; Štěpánek, Pavel (referee)
The convergent criteria and its implementation across countries is a very actual and discussed issue of the past few years with regard to the increasing number of countries striving for joining the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It has also become a part of the policies of the particular central banks having a significant impact on its performance. The beginning of this work is intent on the theory of the Optimal Currency Area (OCA) as developed by Robert A. Mundell in the sixties, which gave rise to the Maastricht criteria, subsequently the findings will be applied to the environment of the Czech Republic. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the evolution of the monetary policy of the Czech Republic with regard to the fact that the Czech Republic also commited itself to adopting the common European currency. And what about the impact of a fact, that the Czech Republic represents a small open economy strongly reliant on the development of Euro, especially the German economy? Furthermore I will also evaluate the policy of the central bank which must be performed in order to meet the determined Maastricht criteria. One of the other aims of this thesis is to assess the benefits and risks associated with the entry to the monetary union, such as depreciation of Czech National Bank (CNB), primarily the loss of using the exchange rates representing the important means to stabilize the economy.
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The Impact of the Economic Governance Reform of the EU on the Position of the European Commission
Lukášková, Sára ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Cihelková, Eva (referee)
The need to improve the economic governance of the EU occurred during the financial crisis when many member states experienced recession. The fact that each member state was influenced differently shows us the two main weaknesses of the EMU: economic heterogeneity of the member states and deep public debt. Existing fiscal rules were proved to be ineffective and unenforceable. The topic of this master thesis is the analysis of the impact of the economic governance reform on the position of the European Commission. The thesis deals only with one aspect of the reform- the budgetary surveillance framework. The thesis explains that this reform was necessary for improving of the EMU and it deals with the impact of this reform on the position of the European Commission. The analysis is based on the comparison of legal acts concerning the budgetary surveillance framework before and after the reform.
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The Stability and Growth Pact EU
Vlček, Jakub ; Adámková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
The thesis describes Stability and Growth Pact and his development in time. At the beginning is followed development of Economy and Monetary Union, to clarify the historical background of the gradual process accessing Stability and Grow Pact. Development is described from Article 104c of the Treaty establishing the European Community over the German's proposal for the Stability Pact to a final agreement on Stability and Growth Pact, which was a compromise between the German's and French's proposal. The emphasis is placed on noncompliance with the rules of the Pact of Stability and Growth by Germany and France that led to its reform.
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Development of the common European currency and its comparison with US dollar
Jeníčková, Radka ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Nováková, Jana (referee)
The thesis is based on the historical background of realisation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe which has led to the introduction of a single currency: the euro. Subsequent comparison of the euro-dollar deals with their particular roles in selected segments of the global economy and tries to put these facts into context. The aim of this thesis is to provide an overview of the current tendency and predict possible future development of the position of the world currency.
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The Economic and Monetary Union and its implications for the Czech Republic and Poland
Smičková, Pavla ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Jeníček, Vladimír (referee)
The thesis deals with the Economic and Monetary Union and its implications for the Czech Republic and Poland. It defines the main terms, outlines the development of monetary integration in Europe and specifies the conditions necessary for introducing the euro. The main objective of the thesis is, based on an analysis of strategic documents of the Czech Republic and Poland, to assess their readiness to join the Economic and Monetary Union and to describe contributions and risks related to introducing the euro.
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Convergence of the Czech republic to the EMU
Kymlička, Michal ; Blahová, Naděžda (advisor)
The study is focused on analysing of the process of convergence of the Czech republic to the European Economic and Monetary Union. There are three main topics: real convergence, nominal convergence and the Maastricht convergence criteria. The status of convergence of the Czech republic is analysed at the end of the year 2008.
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From Slovak crown to euro
Papcunová, Ivana ; Plchová, Božena (advisor) ; Nigrinová, Lenka (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on Slovak republic joining the European economic and monetary union and on the process of the adoption of the common currency, the Euro in Slovakia. First chapter concerns with the historic development of the economic and monetary union and important steps leading to its creation. Second chapter deals with Maastricht convergent criteria and their fulfilling by Slovak republic. The last chapter focuses on advantages and disadvantages of accepting the common currency and on its possible impacts on Slovak economy. The end of this chapter deals with feelings of Slovak population of adoption of the Euro in Slovakia.
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