. I use a dynamic general equilibrium closed economy model to compute the dynamic Laffer Curves for Portugal, Ireland …

net external debt levels. In Spain and Portugal, cost competitiveness relative to the rest of the euro area would need to … structurels à des balances compatibles avec des niveaux durables de dette extérieure nette. L’Espagne et le Portugal …

presents a brief empirical analysis quantifying this phenomenon and compares it with developments in Ireland and Portugal …, although stronger than in Ireland or Portugal. This quantification appears to be robust to various specification changes of the …'Irlande et le Portugal<BR>Les incertitudes auxquelles sont confrontés les ménages et les entreprises affectent l …

participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland, also neutral but democratic, was not able to converge to the developed world …. Since 1973, with petroleum crashes, the process of growth has slowed down in Europe, but it was only after 1985 that Ireland …

of ‘cohesion’ countries. Ireland and Portugal stand out as the two extreme examples, as Ireland caught-up to the … forerunners very rapidly after the launching of EMU, in 1992, whereas Portugal lost ground. This paper looks at structural shifts … in order to explain the different performances of the two economies. We conclude that Portugal’s labour productivity lag …

Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (AICEP) emerges as an organization without any clear component of intentionality, being … more concerned with internal matters rather than with actions directed at the market. In contrast, Enterprise Ireland (EI …