Vyhodnocení přínosnosti přijetí eura na Slovensku a ve Slovinsku

The goal of this bachelor's thesis is to assess whether adopting the euro was beneficial to Slovenia and Slovakia or not and to analyse the impacts it had on the economies of these countries. The first chapter deals with the historical development of monetary integration that led to the founding of the Economic and Monetary Union. The second chapter contains convergence criteria whose fulfilment is a condition for joining the euro area, fulfilment of these criteria by Slovakia and Slovenia and the process of adopting the euro in these countries. The third chapter focuses on the direct benefits and disadvantages coming from joining the euro area and contains an analysis of the impact of the euro adoption on development of foreign trade, foreign direct investment, economic growth, inflation, job market, household income and public debt. The last chapter contains an economic forecast for Slovakia and Slovenia.