A time for change -- The N. Ireland economy since the Belfast agreement -- The limited progress towards an all-Ireland economy -- Brexit and the Belfast agreement: fragmenting a fragile political bargain -- Brexit, the withdrawal agreement and the northern Ireland protocol -- The economics of...

This paper sets out to explain the factors behind Ireland's exceptional period of economic growth from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. It suggests that an unbending commitment to economic openness and an on-going effort to establish quality domestic institutions were the main drivers of the...