economy: the Irish experience, Reg. Studies 32, 223-234. GDP per capita in Ireland increased from 60% to 90% of the UK average … similar magnitude. Industry of origin comparisons were used to benchmark Ireland/UK labour productivity in 1935, 1968 and 1985 …. Dramatic improvement in manufacturing comparative productivity was the immediate explanation of much of the convergence in GDP …

as Ireland by examining views regarding the determinants of payout levels, the role of taxation and the relevance of … share valuations. However, views regarding this issue – and the role of taxation and signalling theory – vary markedly …

degree of uncertainty. The results are also consistent with previous research in the Central Bank of Ireland which stresses a …

Irish manufacturing plants covering the period 1986-1994. The results show that while domestic plants benefit from local R … in Ireland are recipients of local R&D spillovers. Foreign affiliates do, however, gain from the size of the R&D stock in …

In Ireland the link between real disequilibrium (such as the unemployment gap) and inflation (either price or wage) is …

This new analysis of Ireland’s Balance of International Payments (BOP) shows a surprisingly large net contribution from … tobacco industries, amounted to 32 percent of the total net earnings from primary and manufacturing industries. This is double … contributed close to 30 percent of the net flow of funds into the economy generated by the primary and manufacturing industries is …

This paper examines alternative statistically-based measures of core inflation in Ireland over the period 1976-1999. A …

This paper examines social security increases in Ireland as a case study of the existence of political budget cycles in … European countries. Ireland is an appropriate country to examine, first because it has a system of proportional representation … Ireland in relation to social security expenditure. It draws a number of conclusions as to the existence and incidence of …