This article reviews the transformation of the Irish economy since the early 1980s. Credit for the initial stabilisation of the economy is given to the shock therapy of cutting expenditure, favourable exchange rate and ...
This paper analyzes the role of tax policy in the transformation of the Irish economy
from the 1980s to the 1990s. Details are provided of the marked underperformance
of the economy in the 1980s, evidenced by rising ...
This article explores the factors behind the Irish economic renaissance of the 1990s. These include the fiscal correction of the 1980s, the availability of an ample supply of well-educated labour, a competitive exchange ...