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The Motivation of the Federal Republic of Germany behind the Introduction of the Euro
Hadravová, Tereza ; Dvořák, Pavel (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the time period between 1988 and 1990, when the future Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was formed in the European Community (EC). As an introduction into the topic the author outlines the development of monetary integration in the EC until the establishment of the European Monetary System (EMS). The aim of this thesis is to discuss the main motivation actors, that could have lead Germany, the strongest economy of the EC, to support the project of monetary integration. Possible factors are divided into two main groups - political and economic. Each factor is described and accompanied by an analysis, if and how the factor played a role in Germany's motivation. The part concerning the political background of Germany's motivation begins with the fact, that it was the foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher who introduced the topic of monetary union. The text further deals with the unsustainability of the Bundesbank's dominant status in the EMS and the strong as well as symbolic position of the D-mark. The part about political motives is concluded with a subchapter about Germany's reunification, which too place during the time when the EMU was intensively discussed. Within the economic motivation the author analyses four different economic points of view. The first one...
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Czech national bank, legal status and content of activity
Semecký, Petr ; Bakeš, Milan (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee) ; Karfík, Zdeněk (referee)
disertační práce Petr Semecký Česká národní banka, právní postavení a náplň činnosti 5 Abstract A. Objectives The main goal of the dissertation "The Czech National Bank, legal status and content of activity" is to quantify, qualify and draw as exact as possible conclusions about some aspects of the development, status and activities of the Czech National Bank in the future. To solve this task, the author has used in the introduction of this work three following key questions: 1. What are the implications for the Czech National Bank of the new bodies supervising the financial markets at european level? 2. What are the benefits and negatives of adopting the euro for the Czech Republic and should the Czech Republic actually join the European Monetary Union? 3. What impact will have the amendment of the Capital Adequacy Directive (the "Basel II") on the activities of the Czech National Bank? B. Methods By creating this work was used a wide range of research methods to ensure that there will be drawn conclusions with the best possible informative value. It is possible to mention particularly the method of recherche, abstraction, comparison and synthesis. C. Sources As the most important sources used by creating the work can be mentioned ecpecially, scientific publications, monographs, articles published...
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The theory of optimal currency areas: regional aspects
Ubry, Michael ; Šíma, Ondřej (advisor) ; Pour, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the theory of optimal currency areas which was used to analyse regions in Czech Republic. This analysis is based on three criteria: mobility of production factors, economic openness and diversification of production. The main goal of this thesis was to find out whether there are regions of the Czech Republic which are prepared for monetary integration concerning the acceptance of the euro and whether they can create an optimal currency area with other regions. Results of analysis show that Czech Republic is not an optimal currency area. However, it is still beneficial to have one single currency in this territory because of the lower transaction costs and sovereignty of a country. Assuming only economic and theoretical view, existence of regional currencies would bring more costs than benefits for certain regions. Results of thesis also indicate that not every single region will be an appropriate candidate for joining Eurozone.
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Should common economic policy be implemented in the eurozone?
Vávrová, Monika ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
This work tries to answer the question whether there should be a common economic policy within the euro area. The work is divided into four chapters. Development of the European Union is mentioned in the first chapter, the second chapter describes the establishment of the monetary union, and the third one is about reactions of the European Union to the global crisis. The last chapter deals with the reasons for/against the establishment of common economic policy.
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European monetary union - development and theory
Čajka, Radek ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Taušer, Josef (referee) ; Záklasník, Martin (referee)
Doctoral dissertation thesis deals with the issue of monetary integration within Europe. There are three main parts of it: the first one describes historical, political and also economic aspects of gradual monetary union formation, the second one analyses the impact of financial and economic crisis on the symmetry of Euro area development, and the last one deals with present debt crisis (and EU reaction on it). There are also involved possible future developments, when fiscal policy councils gained the most attention.
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Monetary Integration and Intensity of Mutual Trade of the Eurozone - Empirical Evidence
Špinar, Petr ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Bluhm, Marcel (referee)
The present dissertation focuses on the impact of the adoption of common European currency on trade of the eurozone countries. There have been several studies published on the subject of the possible euro's pro-trade impact on economies of the first eurozone participants, most of those studies use sample periods prior to 2003. This thesis contributes to the literature by adding six more years of eurozone data to 2011, capturing two further enlargements of the European Union and four eurozone expansions. The results of the models estimate the effect of common currency on trade to be insignificant. On the other hand, membership in the European Union proved to have significant and important trade enhancing effect of 13 % - 25 %.
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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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Perceived Inflation - The New Phenomenon After The Euro Changeover
Smrčková, Gabriela ; Šaroch, Stanislav (advisor) ; Arlt, Josef (referee) ; Lacina, Lubor (referee) ; Čech, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis focuses on theoretical and empirical analysis of the deterioration of price perception among European consumers after the introduction of the euro banknotes and coins. The aim of the thesis is to find out the major factors which provoked a rapid increase of the indicator of perceived inflation after 2002, while inflation in euro zone continued developing moderately, and to derive some conclusions for economic policy of candidate countries to euro introduction. There are at least four reasons why it matters to analyse the distortion of the indicator of perceived inflation from the HICP index which measures the inflation in the euro zone. Firstly, from the political and economical perspective there is a risk of weak support for the European monetary integration. Secondly, the distortion of price perception can deteriorate the belief in the official statistics. Thirdly, the inaccurate price perception can lead to wrong consumer decisions having an impact on a volume or a structure of national consumption. Last but not least, there is a risk of a negative impact on price expectations. In order to meet its goals, the thesis stases several hypotheses which analyse the problem from two perspectives. Firstly, from a mere review of detailed prices in the period of the introduction of the euro banknotes and coins (Hypotheses: (i) the consumers are more sensitive towards some price movements, therefore the deterioration of the indicator of perceived inflation can be explained by the abnormal evolution of some prices in the critical period of the euro introduction, (ii) convergence of the new euro prices towards round prices lead to frequent price movements having an impact on price perception) Secondly, from the point of view of limited perception of prices by consumers (Hypothesis: (iii) consumers does not behave rationally when deciding about prices therefore they are not able to perceive all price movements). The thesis is organized in three chapters. The first chapter is mainly theoretical and introduces the problem of perceived inflation. It is followed by two chapters which combine empirical and theoretical analysis of the drivers of perceived inflation after the euro introduction. Within its conclusions, the thesis identifies a combination of several factors that caused a rapid increase of the indicator of perceived inflation after the changeover which have their origins in a changed monetary environment. The effects coming from using rounded conversion rates instead of the official ones in mental conversions of the new euro prices to the old prices in national currencies, limited the possibility for consumers to perceive correctly the price movements. Moreover, higher sensitivity towards price increases in comparison to price decreases and a higher inflation in some areas led to blaming the new currency for high inflation. The irrational behaviour of consumers in relation to prices was strengthened by the effects of the new currency. The thesis also states that while the increase of the indicator of perceived inflation had no negative impact on inflation expectations, the deterioration of inflation perception might negatively influence consumption.
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Monetary Integration in East Asia: The Emergence and the Outlook
Tůma, Jan ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Jelínek, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis deals with the state of monetary integration in East Asia and the preconditions for its further deepening. It gives an overview of the most important initiatives for monetary and financial cooperation in the region and describes their role in this process. It also analyzes the suitability of East Asia for a common currency following the optimum currency area theory and its criteria. The impact of monetary integration on East Asian economies is discussed from theoretical as well as practical point of view. Based on all these findings, the thesis attempts to describe the possible future way towards the creation of an Asian Monetary Union.
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Actual questions of the Czech Republic's preparations for entering the euro area
Furch, Tomáš ; Kalínská, Emílie (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
This bachelor's thesis primarily deals with the current economic situation of the Czech Republic concerning the ability to adopt the single European currency called euro. The thesis consists of five chapters, which describe not only the euro link to the Czech economy, but also other aspects of the euro both in terms of historical evolution of this currency and the present problems in different EU countries. In the last chapter Euro is also regarded as a part of the world economy and the possible future processes connected with this currency are mentioned.
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