Executive Summary Special Article: Irish Government Debt and Implied Debt Dynamics: 2011-2015, by John FitzGerald Special Article: User Cost and Irish House Prices, by David Duffy Research Bulletin 20110301: Selling State Assets: Three Options Research Bulletin 20110302: Parents, Children and...

Research Bulletin 2011/2/1: The Macro-economic Impact of Changing the Rate of Corporation Tax, by Thomas Conefrey and John Fitz Gerald Research Bulletin 2011/2/2: The Banking Sector and Recovery in the EU Economy, by Ray Barrell, Tatiana Fic, John FitzGerald, Ali Orazgani and Rachel Whitworth...

Contents Foreword - Frances Ruane Chapter 1: Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, David Miles Chapter 2: The Stability and Growth Pact: A Fiscal Framework Whose Time Has Come?, Jim O'Leary Chapter 3: Fiscal Policy: Some Lessons from Crises of the Past, Joe Durkan Chapter 4: Restructuring...

This paper considers the move to protectionism in Ireland with the advent of the new government in 1932. Using material from an unpublished paper by Lemass the paper shows the logical basis of the protectionist policy adopted: designed as a means of increasing employment and possible...