Introduction The context for this year's Budget differs sharply from most of those in the past decade and a half. The global economy has been buffeted by crises in financial markets. Oil prices, even after recent falls, are at very high levels. Furthermore, the sharp decline in housing activity...

The Macroeconomic Context and Appropriate Fiscal Stance for Budget 2002: The changing macroeconomic background in which Budget 2002 must be framed is set out. The appropriate stance for budgetary policy as the economy moves towards lower growth rates are assessed including consideration of the...

CONTENTS Opening Address B Whelan Chapter 1 Budget 2000: A Macroeconomic Perspective D Duffy 2 Income Tax and Social Welfare Policies T Callan, B Nolan, J Walsh, R Nestor 3 The Role of Budgetary Policy in Social Consensus J Durkan 4 Current Perspectives on Corporate Taxation T McCarthy 5...

CONTENTS: 1 SIMULATING TRANSFER PROGRAMMES AND LABOUR SUPPLY Robert A Moffitt 2 BEHAVIOURAL MICROSIMULATION METHODS FOR POLICY ANALYSIS John Creedy and Alan Duncan 3 FAMILY LABOUR SUPPLY AND PROPOSED TAX REFORMS IN THE NETHERLANDS Arthur van Soest and Marcel Das 4 TAXES, TRANSFERS AND LABOUR...

FOREWORD Frances Ruane CHAPTER 1: TAX, WELFARE AND WORK INCENTIVES Tim Callan, Niamh Crilly, Claire Keane, John R. Walsh and Áine Ní Shúilleabháin CHAPTER 2: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE IRISH HEALTH SYSTEM IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Michael Borowitz, Valerie Moran, Mark Pearson CHAPTER 3: THE...