Title: The Romanian strategy on the road to adopt the euro: lessons from Hungary and Slovenia

Authors: Alina Mihaela Dima, Dumitru Miron, Cristian Paun

Addresses: The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania. ' The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania. ' The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract: The monetary union undoubtedly brings about economic benefits to its members and fosters harmonious and powerful exchange partnerships, but there is, of course, a tradeoff for all these. Thus, the adoption of the euro poses some challenges that do not outweigh the benefits stemming from it, but certainly make the timing of taking this step towards the absolute economic and monetary union an essential issue. This paper presents the benefits and challenges that come along with the adoption of the euro, underlining that each country has to take advantage of its derogation clause and make sure that giving up their national currency for the stable and powerful euro does not lure them into a painful economic trap. The Maastricht requirements are analysed by emphasising the aspects related to the Romanian economy. The comparative analysis between the Hungarian and Slovenian cases may serve as guidelines in the economic preparation of Romania for European Monetary Union (EMU) accession.

Keywords: European Monetary Union; EMU accession; euro adoption; derogation clause; Maastricht criteria; Romania; Hungary; Slovenia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSE.2009.023988

International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 2009 Vol.2 No.2, pp.194 - 207

Published online: 22 Mar 2009 *

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