Recent Submissions

  • Symposium on traffic congestion in Dublin: policy options 

    Keegan, Owen (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
    This paper presents background information on traffic and the transportation needs of Dublin, reviews the positive developments in transportation policy in Dublin in recent years, and offers reflections on the Platform ...
  • Competitiveness implications for Ireland of EU enlargement 

    Barry, Frank; Hannon, Aoife; Hudson, Elaine; KEARNEY, COLM (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
    Subject to ratification, a further ten states, primarily from Central and Eastern Europe will accede to the EU in May 2004. Another two, and possibly three, CEE states are likely to join in 2007. The present paper assesses ...
  • Redistributive forces of the Irish tax-benefit system 

    O'Donoghue, Cathal (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
    This paper charts the main changes in structure of the Irish system of tax and social benefits over the period 1955-2002. It analyses the evolution of the redistributive forces in the system over the period and considers ...
  • Sources of regional divergence in the Celtic Tiger: policy responses 

    O'Leary, Eoin (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
    This paper presents new evidence on the sources of living standards divergence among Irish regional authority areas during the ?Celtic Tiger? boom period of the 1990s, which has been associated with unbalanced ...
  • Is equating market share to market power a sound economic principle? 

    Whelan, Ciara (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
    There is a long history of mapping market structure into market power in economic analysis. This paper addresses the validity of this principle for both homogenous and differentiated products industries. While mapping ...

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