A central issue for international monetary economics is to establish the impact of different exchange rate regimes on inflation performance. This paper addresses a key aspect of this question, how differences in country size affect inflation performance under alternative exchange rate regimes....

This paper examines the effect of monetary policy uncertainty on the relationship between inflation and its conditional variance. Uncertainty in monetary policy, defined as persistence in the shocks to the growth rate of money, produces real uncertainty in the economy which contributes to...

New evidence is presented on the degree of aggregate and sectoral labour productivity convergence among eleven EU countries between 1970 and 1990.

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the recently constructed survey based input-output table for Cork and Kerry was used to measure the impact of Cork Airport on its catchment area in 1995. The motivation for the paper is to show that survey based regional input-output models are an...

The paper offers a comparative analysis of antitrust or competition law in the European Union and the United States from a public choice perspective. It focuses on how the role of interest groups explains the common features of the two legal systems, although some discussion focuses on the...

Using an original data set, the market for legal services in Ireland and the current regulatory situation is analysed. The extent of competition in this market is examined with particular reference to conveyancing fees. Special attention is given to assessing the impact of the regulatory regime...