Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1997-09-24)
This paper explores the links between international trade theory and the practice of trade and industrial policy in open economies, with special attention to three areas where theoretical lessons have been misunderstood ...
Kelleher, Sinéad(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-09)
Rules of Origin (RoO) are essential components of any preferential trade agreement
(PTA) short of a full customs union. The recent proliferation of PTAs has led to increased
interest in the effects of RoO with empirical ...
Thom, Rodney(University College Dublin. Department of Economics, 1997-01)
In this lecture I will not be concerned with either the timetable or the mechanics of the transition from national currencies to full monetary union. Rather, I propose to deal with three topics - the economic rationale for ...
Buckley, Anthony D.(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2010)
Ulster Protestant attitudes to, for example, history, religion or territory, have been
portrayed by scholars as full of animosity towards Catholics. In fact, Protestant culture, like any other, is enabling, giving people ...
Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1998-01)
This paper argues that trade unions have a number of distinct and possibly conflicting effects on wages. This contrasts with the vast bulk of the literature which focuses on estimating a simgl measure of the union differential ...
REDEFINING UNIONISM : A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
The main unionist political demand in the years immediately after 1972 was for the return of the Northern Ireland parliament based on the principle of majority rule. ...