further investment in knowledge-based capital in Ireland. …This paper reviews the international evidence on measuring investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) and its impact … on productivity. On this evidence basis, it provides a conceptual framework to analyse Ireland's performance in this area …

Multinational companies from the United States of America are important sources of foreign investment in Ireland. The … of this paper is to present for the first time data on the fiscal impact of US companies in Ireland. The results show … one third of the annual corporation tax revenue collected in Ireland. US companies also make large payments of value added …

both social and physical infrastructure. A legacy of the post GFC crash has been a fall-off in investment rates in the … scenarios related to population growth and rates of investment. The paper finds that increasing investment rates, even to rates …