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Contents Introduction Frances Ruane Chapter 1. Tax Reform: Selected Issues Tim Callan, Claire Keane, John R. Walsh 2. The Recession, Budgets, Competition, and Regulation: Should the State Supply Bespoke Protection? Paul K. Gorecki 3. The Future of the EU Budget: Irish Perspectives Alan Matthews

Using data from a large-scale survey of employees in Ireland, we estimate the extent to which people who have emigrated from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad. In so doing, we test the hypothesis that migration can be part of a process of...

CONTENTS: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND 2 A THEORY OF LAND PRICES, LAND USAGE AND SUBSIDIES 3 AGRICULTURAL LAND PRICE SERIES 4 FORESTRY LAND PRICES 5 ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES ON LAND PRICES AND AFFORESTATION 6 CONCLUSION APPENDICES REFERENCES