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Irish macroeconomic performance under different exchange rate regimes
Kavanagh, Ella - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) January, pp. 10-42
Reveals that Ireland has experienced six major changes in exchange rate regimes over the period 1797 to today. Provides … being government policy, which has altered the exchange rate options open to Ireland. Notes however, that continued labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003235
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Structural change in Ireland: The contribution of sectoral employment distribution to labour productivity convergence between Ireland and the EU: 1970-1990
Doyle, Eleanor - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) January, pp. 59-71
production. Estimates the contribution of changes in Ireland’s sectoral employment structure to labour productivity convergence … between Ireland and the EU average from 1970-1990. Identifies the variation in Irish sectoral employment distribution over … time as a significant source of labour productivity convergence. Ireland’s labour productivity convergence was 0.3 per cent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003275
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The convergence performance of Ireland among EU countries: 1960 to 1990
Eoin O’Leary - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) January, pp. 43-58
Uses a specially constructed data set to present new evidence on the convergence performance of Ireland among European … convergence occurred among the EU 12 over the period. Ireland did exhibit catch-up on the EU average. However, Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003297
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Measuring Irish housing quality
Shinnick, Edward - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) January, pp. 95-119
Reviews the development of Irish housing policy from the eighteenth century to the present. Emphasizes the importance of measuring quality in housing, where housing may be described by a vector of measured characteristics. Undertakes a detailed price determination of these various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003343
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Public capital and private sector productivity in Ireland, 1958-1990
Kavanagh, Catherine - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) January, pp. 72-94
Academic research in the USA and more recently in the UK and Sweden, has highlighted public capital as a significant growth determinant. Public capital, it is argued, has a positive effect on private sector output, productivity and capital formation. However, controversy surrounds the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003352
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Irish macroeconomic performance under different exchange rate regimes
Kavanagh, Ella - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) 1/2, pp. 10-42
Reveals that Ireland has experienced six major changes in exchange rate regimes over the period 1797 to today. Provides … being government policy, which has altered the exchange rate options open to Ireland. Notes however, that continued labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863500
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The convergence performance of Ireland among EU countries: 1960 to 1990
O’Leary, Eoin - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) 1/2, pp. 43-58
Uses a specially constructed data set to present new evidence on the convergence performance of Ireland among European … convergence occurred among the EU 12 over the period. Ireland did exhibit catch‐up on the EU average. However, Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863501
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Structural change in Ireland
Doyle, Eleanor - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) 1/2, pp. 59-71
production. Estimates the contribution of changes in Ireland’s sectoral employment structure to labour productivity convergence … between Ireland and the EU average from 1970‐1990. Identifies the variation in Irish sectoral employment distribution over … time as a significant source of labour productivity convergence. Ireland’s labour productivity convergence was 0.3 per cent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863502
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Public capital and private sector productivity in Ireland, 1958‐1990
Kavanagh, Catherine - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) 1/2, pp. 72-94
Academic research in the USA and more recently in the UK and Sweden, has highlighted public capital as a significant growth determinant. Public capital, it is argued, has a positive effect on private sector output, productivity and capital formation. However, controversy surrounds the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863503
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Measuring Irish housing quality
Shinnick, Edward - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) 1/2, pp. 95-119
Reviews the development of Irish housing policy from the eighteenth century to the present. Emphasizes the importance of measuring quality in housing, where housing may be described by a vector of measured characteristics. Undertakes a detailed price determination of these various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863504