Při hodnocení vstupu ČR do Eurozóny práce vychází z teorie optimálních měnových oblastí a z konceptu přínosů a nákladů. Samotný vstup je posuzován ze dvou hledisek. První je hledisko Eurozóny, je tedy analyzováno plnění maastrichtských kritérií. Cílem je nalézt odpověď na otázku, kdy bude možné do Eurozóny vstoupit. Na druhou stranu je také třeba posoudit přijetí eura z hlediska ekonomických zájmů České republiky, tedy zjistit, kdy bude vhodné vstoupit. Je tedy provedena bilance přínosů a nákladů přijetí eura s přihlédnutím ke zkušenostem členských zemí Eurozóny. Zvláštní pozornost je věnována vhodnosti společné monetární politiky pro ČR, především pravděpodobnosti vzniku asymetrického šoku.

The Thesis Analysis of preparedness of the Czech Republic to adopt the single European currency is focused on integration process of the Czech Republic into the Eurozone. The Thesis is divided into two main parts, the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is focused on the history of monetary cooperation in Europe, the European Central Bank and its instruments and also on the European currency. The practical part is dedicated to fulfilling the Maastricht convergence criteria and to procedures that are strictly related to adoption of the European currency, such as selection of scenarios and legislative preparations for euro adoption.

The diploma thesis deals with the impact of the Global Financial Crisis to the Czech Economy. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the actual implications of the Global Financial Crisis to the Czech economy. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part describes the causes of crisis and the way how the crisis split from the USA to Europe and other countries. The second part deals with the impact of the financial crisis on the Czech Republic. The impact of the financial crisis to the individual areas of the Czech economy is described as well as the reaction of monetary policy and government including the fiscal impact. The third part deals with the possibility of the Czech Republic's entry to the European Monetary Union in the light of current financial crisis.

Představení Hospodářské a měnové unie. Teorie optimálních měnových oblastí a analýza přínosů, nákladů a rizik přistoupení k Eurozóně. Hodnocení připravenosti České republiky na vstup do Eurozóny nejen z hlediska plnění maastrichtských kritérií. Určení kritérií pro minimalizaci rizik přijetí eura.

This thesis will deal with a current issue - euro adoption in the Czech Republic. The three neighboring countries of the Czech Republic have already adopted the euro. The Czech Republic lie under an obligation to adopt the euro and solve the arguments for and against early entry to the Euroarea at this time. The issue will be solved from the perspective of euro adoption in Slovakia. Both of the republics had the "same" default position seventeen years ago. Why is Slovakia the member of the Euroarea and why not the Czech Republic? Advantages and disadvantages of euro adoption in Slovakia will be the basis for the argumentation of the acceptance or rejection of the euro in the Czech Republic. The purpose of the thesis is to demonstrate the Czech readiness to adopt the euro from a purely economic point of view, even though this is a political decision. The adopted methods will be analysis and comparison of macroeconomic indicators, called the magic rectangle (GDP, inflation, balance of payments, unemployment rate). The thesis will evaluate the progress of these indicators in the key periods of the republics. These periods had an impact on the state of both economies and led to euro adoption in Slovakia and the postponement of euro adoption in the Czech Republic indefinitely (separation of both republics, preparations and entry into the European Union, preparations for euro adoption, the advent of financial crises, etc.). The main aim of this thesis is to answer the question "Why is Slovakia adopted the euro earlier than the Czech Republic?" and to confirm or to disprove hypothesis of Czech readiness to adopt the euro according to experience of Slovakia.

The diploma thesis compares euro adoption strategies of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. Theoretical part of the thesis assesses eurozone in terms of optimum currency area criteria, describes benefits and costs of eurozone membership and criteria of nominal and real convergence. Comparative part explores inter alia whether the compared countries have set euro adoption date, whether they fulfill the Maastricht criteria, what's the degree of their real convergence and what's their attitude to euro adoption in general and current European pacts.

Bibliographic citation POLYÁK, Oliver (2012). The impact of Euro Adoption on Competitiveness: The comparison of Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prague, 2012. 71 p. Master thesis (Mgr.) Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies. Master thesis supervisor prof. Ing. Oldřich Dědek, CSc. Abstract The present master's thesis is focused on the impact of introducing the common European currency on competitiveness of a country. There has been a lot written about the possible effects of euro adoption on economies of the first eurozone participants. The contribution of this thesis is that we explore the impact of euro introduction on competitiveness of Slovakia, in comparison to the Czech Republic which still uses its own national currency. Our findings suggest that most of the analyzed competitiveness indicators evolved largely in parallel in both countries. Positive trade effects brought about by the introduction of the euro are rather moderate - up to 5%. Slovak credit development was more favorable during the crisis, reflecting lower interest rates in eurozone. On the other hand, high contributions to European stabilization funds may hamper Slovak economic growth and negatively influence country's competitiveness in future. JEL Classification F14, F15 Keywords...

The main objective of this thesis was to map the logistics system coins and notes circulations in the Czech Republic and design a system of logistics activities in the exchange of cash money, when Czech Republic adopts the single European currency. The secondary aim was to describe the current currency exchange preparation and propose an optimization based on currency conversions in the past and in other states. The important was to get the information by structured interviews with technical staff Czech National Bank in Prague and with former director of the Czech National Bank in the Czech Budejovice. Based on the information was described distribution chain of cash money. Part of this thesis is devoted to the current issue of the introduction of the euro in the Czech Republic. The exchange of cash money is the most visible element of currency change. Also puts the greatest demands on the logistics management. Based on the information about the euro changeover in other states have been proposed recommendations for the Czech Republic.

The thesis addresses the points of interest related to establishing the euro currency in the Czech Republic by 2020. What are the connected costs and benefits? Is euro going to be a contribution to the Czech economy? The theoretical part describes the creation process of European monetary union. The paper then works with advantages and risks associated with euro. The main cost of membership in the eurozone being the loss of independent monetary policy and the loss of the exchange rate mechanism is estimated in range of 0.59 to 2.34 % of GDP. Comparing the direct costs and benefits then leads to a net loss for the Czech Republic. Mutual comparison is conducted between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is shown that the difference in economic progress between these two countries is statistically insignificant. Thus the thesis concludes that establishing the euro in the Czech Republic by 2020 would be of no benefit.

Práce dává základní přehled o vývoji měnové integrace v evropských společenstvích, popisuje teorii optimální měnové oblasti, hodnotí plnění nominálních konvergenčních kritérií Českou republikou a Slovenskem, dále analyzuje jejich míru reálné konvergence a vyhodnocuje zvolené strategie načasování přijetí eura. Práce také poukazuje na výhody a nevýhody plynoucí ze zavedení společné měny.