Browsing by Author "McCarthy, Thomas G."
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Irish migration: the search for the efficiency and equity basis of a European regional policy
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)In the US and Canada a federal system of government is used, i.e., there exist a number of tiers of government with different functions assigned to each level. Government intervention in these countries, as in many other ... -
On and off the frontier: the impact of taxes on growth
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1996)In the context of explaining inter-country growth rates, empirical work to date finds a negligible role for the parameters of a country's taxation system. In our opinion, part of the explanation for this result is that ... -
On the use of structural funds
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1993)Recent efforts to secure EC funding by Irish governments, and in particular Irish officials, have been a resounding success. A priori one might expect that the richest country would be the largest net contributor in GDP ... -
Regional income differentials and the issue of regional equalisation in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1999)The policy perspective we will argue for in this paper has three broad aspects. First, we will argue that policies of redistribution that have an explicit regional emphasis are unlikely to be justified in Ireland's unitary ...
