TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arató,Krisztina
AU  - Koller,Boglárka
AU  - Pelle,Anita
TI  - The political economy of the Eurozone in Central and Eastern Europe: why in, why out? 
T2  - Europa perspectives on the EU single market
SN  - 9781032034676 (pbk)
AV  - HC244 .P558 2021
U1  - DC 337.14209437 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Europe, Central
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Europe, Eastern
KW  - Eurozone
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "The idea of this volume comes from the enigma that some Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union (EU) member states have been keen to join the Eurozone while others have shown persistent reluctance. Moreover, the attitudes towards joining have seemingly not correlated with either the level of economic development or the time spent as part of the EU, nor with any other rational reason such as the level of integration into the EU real economy, or the level of trust in the EU on the part of the public. Therefore, at first sight, the answer to the question 'why in, why out?' remains rather unclear. The attractiveness of the currency union has nevertheless not disappeared for the CEE countries. Despite the Eurozone crisis of 2010-13, it was during that time that the Baltic states introduced the euro. Then, after a few years of inactivity, Croatia and Bulgaria successfully applied for membership of the exchange rate mechanism in July 2020, amidst the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the three Visegrad countries still using their national currencies - Poland, Czechia and Hungary - no longer have a target date to join the monetary union. This volume aims to discuss these issues from horizontal aspects and through country studies, with contributions from expert authors from, or closely related to, the CEE region"--
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