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Taxing Financial Transactions; Issues and Evidence

Matheson, Thornton - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

In reaction to the recent financial crisis, increased attention has recently been given to financial transaction taxes (FTTs) as a means of (1) raising revenue for a variety of possible purposes and/or (2) helping to curb financial market excesses. This paper reviews existing theory and evidence...

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A Survey of Explanations for the Celtic Tiger Boom

O'Malley, Eoin - Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), … - 2012

This paper surveys the literature that attempts to explain what caused the Celtic Tiger boom. The suggested explanations that are covered include fiscal stabilisation, tax cuts, delayed convergence, privatisation and deregulation, strong growth in export markets, supply of labour, education, the...

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The Rise and Fall of the Jumbo Breakfast Roll: How a Sandwich Survived the Decline of the Irish Economy

Share, Perry - In: Sociological Research Online 16 (2011) 2, pp. 2-2

This paper examines a specific food item - the Jumbo Breakfast Roll [JBR] - through a sociological lens, in order to trace the factors that contributed to its rise to prominence in Irish food culture in the 'Celtic Tiger' period of the late 20th/early 21st century. It also examines the...

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Third-level education, foreign direct investment and economic boom in Ireland

Barry, Frank - 2005

Ireland’s dramatic economic boom of the 1990s has been referred to as “the era of the Celtic Tiger”. In a little over a …-level educational system that had been developed in Ireland over recent decades. …

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Third-Level Education, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Boom in Ireland

Barry, Frank - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2005

Ireland’s dramatic economic boom of the 1990s has been referred to as “the era of the Celtic Tiger”. In a little over a …- level educational system that had been developed in Ireland over recent decades. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685995

The Celtic Tiger and home leaving among Irish young adults

Wiemers, Emily E. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 15 (2017) 1, pp. 199-222

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Ireland's Long Economic Boom : The Celtic Tiger Economy, 1986-2007

O'Malley, Eoin J. - 2024

This Open Access book examines the long economic boom experienced in Ireland between the late 1980s and 2007, analysing … why this boom occurred. The book situates Ireland as a relative latecomer to economic development, with specific …, exploring how in Ireland’s case the rapidly growing economy required active, interventionist and imaginative policy measures …