Recent Submissions

  • "Ireland's economy in the 1980s: Stagnation and recovery": A Comment 

    McCarthy, F. Desmond (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    During much of the 1980s the Irish national debt/GDP ratio reached 130 per cent, the current account deficit was over 15 per cent, while the government deficit remained persistently large. Since then the debt/GDP ratio has ...
  • Social consensus and incomes policy 

    Durkan, Joe (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    This paper argues that centralised bargaining as practised in Ireland added to wage inflationary pressure as: the focus of centralised bargaining was the preservation of good industrial relations; the process of wage ...
  • "Fiscal adjustment in Ireland in the 1980s": a comment 

    Martin, John P. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    The Irish experience with fiscal adjustment is interesting, not just for a domestic audience but also for an international one. If one confines the comparison to the OECD countries, the Irish experience can be seen as part ...
  • "Distributional aspects of Ireland's fiscal adjustment": a comment 

    O'Hagan, John (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    There is little, if anything, I can add to the fine paper by Tim Callan and Brian Nolan in the way of statistical data or direct comment. Their treatment of the topic has been comprehensive, impartial and professional. The ...
  • "Fiscal policies, devaluations and exchange rate regimes": a comment 

    McAleese, Dermot; Alogoskoufis, George S. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    A characteristic of many small countries is their propensity to compare domestic performance with that of the outside world. The Irish are much given to this practice. Different comparators are taken depending on the nature ...
  • Fiscal policies, devaluations and exchange rate regimes: the stabilisation programmes of Ireland and Greece 

    Alogoskoufis, George S. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    This paper contrasts the stabilisation programmes of Ireland and Greece in the 1980s and draws out lessons for the design of such programmes in small open economies. Programmes relying on government revenue increases are ...
  • "Crowding out effects of government spending": a comment 

    Fagan, Gabriel; Barry, Frank; Devereux, Michael B. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
    This paper presents a review of the current state of macroeconomic theory concerning the impact of Government spending on economic activity. The models presented reflect the current approach in theoretical analysis of ...