Globalisation is one of the primary accused culprits of growing income inequality in the developed world. In particular, outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) is often associated with general “skill upgrading" in the ...
This paper summarises the findings of a study to evaluate the use in Ireland of the different flood estimation methodologies that can be applied to urban or urbanising catchments. The study, undertaken as part of the Office ...
Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2005-08)
This paper reviews the theory of foreign direct investment (FDI), focusing on an apparent conict between theory and recent trends in the globalized world. The bulk of FDI is horizontal rather than vertical, but
horizontal ...
The current approach to stormwater management in Ireland requires that outflows from
new developments are restricted to greenfield values that would have occurred prior to
development. This typically involved the use of ...