Założenia teorii optymalnego obszaru walutowego - wnioski dla Unii Europejskiej

The intention of this article are being presented the fundamental proposals on the theory of optimum currency area formulated by Robert Mundell and the growing interest of the ideas in the coming years as well. In this article the attention was directed to the fact that the research being made in the last years are concentrated on the adjustment mechanism and the absorption of the external asymmetric shocks. There is the theoretical attempt for the verification of the practical effects in monetary integration in EU.