Publications - Monographs and Scientific Edited Books
The Slovak Economy: Ten Years in the European Union. Selected Topics and Issues.
Ing. Ivana Šikulová, PhD.
Team
Ing. Jaroslav Vokoun, Ing. Ivana Šikulová, PhD., Ing. Eduard Nežinský, PhD., doc. Ing. Karol Morvay, PhD., doc. Ing. Martin Lábaj, PhD., Ing. Tomáš Jeck, PhD., Ing. Veronika Hvozdíková, PhD., Ing. Martin Hudcovský, PhD., Ing. Michal Habrman, Ing. Herta Gabrielová, CSc., Ing. Karol Frank, PhD., doc. Ing. Daniel Dujava, PhD.
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 242
- ISBN 978-80-7144-229-5
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The external economic environment, including the European Union (EU) and in particular the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), has important effects on the Slovak economy and its economic policy. Already since preparations of the Slovak Republic for integration into the EU (and later eurozone), the national economic policy has been strongly influenced by the European integration. Thus, the intention to integrate into both the EU and EMU has become a key factor accelerating the economic reforms.
On May 1, 2014, the Slovak Republic commemorated 10-year anniversary of the entry into the EU and on January 1 of the same year 5-year anniversary of the euro adoption. The both anniversaries belong to important milestones of the independent Slovak Republic and offers opportunities to assess the economic developments in Slovakia and the effects of the EU membership. Therefore, this monograph as a final publication of the research project VEGA Nr. 2/0103/12, titled Assessment and prediction of changes in the real economy and economic policy of Slovakia within the European Union, focuses on development tendencies on the European level as well as on the developments of the Slovak economy since the EU accession.
The individual chapters of the publication deal with various effects of the EU membership on the economic policy and real economy including the area of macroeconomic stability, changes in performance and structure of the economy, factors of knowledge economy, labour market developments, public finance and assessment of the economic policy efficiency in Slovakia compared to other EU Member States. Every chapter contains analytical view on the investigated issues as well as comparisons with selected countries and critical assessment of the developments in the respective area.
The authors' ambition was to mention the key and interesting economic issues and trends in the last decade, not to cover all the issues related to such a complex topic as is integration of a country into the EU. Hence, ample room remains for further discussion on various aspects of the economic integration of Slovakia, which will still be (given the perspectives of the European integration) one of the key issues within (not only) the Slovak society.