Browsing by Subject "Economic development"
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A comparison of the economic position and trend in Eire and Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)This paper is an abridged version of a thesis presented for the degree of M.Econ.Sc, in the National University of Ireland. In its statistical design the paper consists principally of a comparison of the figures which Dr. ... -
The dilemma of Irish economic development: perspectives on the evolution of Ireland's public finances and economy from the early-1960's to the mid 1980's
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)In this paper we take a broad retrospective look at aspects of the evolution of the Irish public finances and the economy over the last 25 years or so. In particular, we attempt to rationalise that evolution in terms ... -
Estimation of capital stock in Irish industry, 1953-1968
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1972)This paper is confined to discussion of methods of estimating Capital Stock, with a review of numerical results already available and a summary of new results calculated by the writer. Illustrations of the uses to ... -
Fabricating 'Economic development'
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)Much of the literature, regardless of academic discipline, presents the publication of Economic Development in 1958 as analogous to a ?big bang? event in the creation of modern Ireland. However, such a ?big bang? perspective ... -
Fixed capital stock estimation: an empirical exercise using Irish data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1975)The present paper arose from the need to obtain estimates of the stock of fixed capital (excluding dwellings and roads) in the Irish economy during the period 1953 to 1972. The two existing estimates (based on capital ... -
From developmental Ireland to migration nation: immigration and shifting rules of belonging in the Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)This paper considers how post-1950s Irish developmentalism fostered the economic, social and political acceptance of large-scale immigration following EU enlargement in 2004. It argues that economic imperatives alone ... -
Hirschman and Irish industrial policy
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)In this article we examine the origins of Whitaker?s export oriented industrial policy and the political management of its implementation. Whitaker appointed academic economic advisors, including Louden Ryan, to a Capital ... -
Investment criteria in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1962)In planning economic development, projects must be arranged in an order of priority. During the past ten years or so, increasing attention has been paid to the criteria by whose help this ordering might be done. In this ... -
Land tenure and economic development, a study of the economic consequences of land registration in Kenya's smallholder areas
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1971)This paper presents some of the findings from a research project for the Queen's University of Belfast which aimed at examining the interrelationship between land tenure reform and economic change with reference to ... -
Mr Whitaker and industry: setting the record straight ? a reply to Barry and Daly
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)The turnaround in economic policy from the late 1950s was remarkable. Protectionism was abandoned and exporting incentivised. As Barry and Daly (2011) admit, 'Conventional wisdom accords the bulk of the credit for ... -
Mr. Whitaker and industry: setting the record straight
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)After 16 years of unbroken Fianna Fail rule, the first four of the five general elections of the period 1948-1963 saw sitting governments unseated. Economic policy pivoted: protectionism was abandoned; foreign direct ... -
On some economic conditions of industrial development with special reference to the case of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)The improvement and expansion of the industrial powers of a country are naturally objects of considerable interest to all its inhabitants, but there does not appear to be any definite idea as to the laws which govern the ... -
Organising for growth: Irish state administration 1958-2008
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)This paper analyses some key features of Irish public administration as it has developed since the foundation of the state, paying particular attention to the period from the late 1950s onward. During these decades, ... -
The political economy of development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1958)This Society was founded in 1847, twelve years after the British Association for the Advancement of Science had first met in Dublin. Its foundation reflected the contemporary interest in Political Economy; while its early ... -
The political economy of development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1958)This Society was founded in 1847, twelve years after the British Association for the Advancement of Science had first met in Dublin. Its foundation reflected the contemporary interest in Political Economy; while its early ... -
Politics and fiscal policy under Lemass: a theoretical appraisal
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2009)Lemass rejected Whitaker?s recommendations that direct taxes be reduced and public investment shifted from social to productive areas. This was arguably done for political reasons and because Lemass believed that it might ... -
The re-afforesting of Ireland?the advantages and disadvantages
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1883)The re afforesting of Ireland being at present before the public as one of the grand schemes for the regeneration of Ireland, I propose bringing this subject before you to-night, and pointing out what seem to me to be, ... -
Reappraising Irish developmentalism: Editorial
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)On 12 March 2009 the Institute for British-Irish Studies in the School of Politics and International Relations hosted a conference to mark the contribution of Professor Tom Garvin to Social Science, University College ... -
A study of optimal resources allocation models for the Northern Ireland economy
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1974)To aid the development of plans for Northern Ireland, economists have been concerned with the formulation of various types of models. A significant contribution in this respect is the recent construction of input-output ... -
Symposium on economic development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1959)I must, at the outset, congratulate Mr. Whitaker on succeeding, where others have failed, in arousing the authorities, both Governmental and Departmental, to the urgent necessity for a systematic programme of economic ...
