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"FDI and Trade : The Irish Host-Country Experience".

Barry, F; Bradley, J - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

In Irish manufacturing, the foreign sector accounts for about one half of employment and some 60 per cent of gross … in Ireland. We also consider some possible adverse effects that may be associated with such strong reliance on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783292

Road Infrastructure and Productivity in Irish Manufacturing 1951-1994.

Denny, K; Guiomard, C - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

This paper presents and discusses new estimates of the manufacturing and public capital components of the Irish gross … manufacturing in the period 1951-1994, in order to examine the impact of public infrastructure on productivity in the manufacturing … sector. The results suggest a positive relationhip between the level of manufacturing output and the stock of public capital …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005672073

Estimating the Welfare Cost of Taxation in a Labour Market with Unemployment and Non-Participation.

Hogan, V. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1999

The standard public finance analysis of the welfare cost of labour income taxation is based on the estimation of labour …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005672057

Taxation, Debt and the Public Finances.

Madden, D. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2000

This paper examines the broad features of taxation and public expenditure in Ireland. It reviews the rationale for … taxation and examines the desirable features of a tax system. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005672085

The Kids are Alright? An Analysis of Child Benefit using Irish Data.

Madden, D. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1999

Child benefit is a universal payment to all households with children in Ireland. Unlike other transfers however it is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783299

The EU Dimension to Recent Irish Growth: The Single Market and the Structural Funds

Barry, F.; Hannan, A.; Bradley, J. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1998

There are a number of factors that are generally agreed to have a role to play in the story of Ireland's recent success …

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Two Islands - Two Monies: the Effect of Breaking the Sterling Link on Anglo-Irish Trade.

Walsh, B. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2000

This paper studies the effect on Anglo-Irish trade breaking the link between the Irish pound and sterling in 1979. A gravity model is used to explore this issue. No evidence is found of a structural break following the dismantling of the currency union. Nor did the resultant exchange rate...

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Monetary Data and Proxy GDP Estimates : Ireland 1840-1921.

O'Rourke, K - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

The paper collects the available Irish banking statistics from 1840 to 1921, and uses these to speculate about trends in living standards during the period. In particular, it estimates a velocity function for five countries using annual data from 1876 to 1913. It then uses this function to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487126

Dangers for Ireland of and EMU without the UK : Some Calibration Results.

Barry, F - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

This paper presents a small-open-economy model calibrated to Irish data. The model can be used for many purposes. It is applied here to the EMU debate. I comes close to replicating the employment eeffects of sterling weakness reported in the recent ESRI study.

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Was Ireland Better Off in 1994 than in 1987?.

Madden, D. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2000

This paper examines the change in welfare in IReland over the 1987-1994 period by investigating whether Lorenz and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487132