The paper reviews the economic performance of the Republic of Ireland since 1945. Its focus is comparative; Ireland's record is assessed against the evidence in OECD and Penn Mark V data sets for a 'convergence club' of ...
Walsh, Brendan M.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1996-03)
This paper examines the Irish macroeconomic adjustment over the period since 1979
with particular reference to the interaction of the real exchange rate with the balance between national saving and investment. The transition ...
Barry, Frank(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1994-08)
This paper analyzes the effects of exchange rate shocks in a small open economy whose labor market exhibits hysteresis. The model is used to highlight deficiencies in the response of the Irish authorities to exchange rate ...