The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, Summer/Autumn, 2005
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Book review: The politics of high-tech growth: developmental network states in the global economy / by Sean O Riain. Cambridge University Press. 2004.
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)?Sticky places in slippery space? is one of the best-known phrases from the literature on economic geography. The ?slippery space? is the globalised world of highly mobile capital, labour and technology. The ?sticky places? ... -
What?s been happening to concentration in Irish industry 1991-2001
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)This paper estimates concentration in Irish manufacturing industry (1991-2001) by applying the McCloughan and Abounoori technique for calculating the concentration ratio given grouped data. The results suggest high aggregate ... -
Dynamic factor demands in a changing economy: an Irish application
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)In this paper a model of dynamic factor demands is presented for the Irish economy. Total costs, labour and capital are modelled on a two-stage basis. First, a static, long-run cost function is specified which allows for ... -
Mapping the Irish policy space: voter and party spaces in preferential elections
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)In this note we map the Irish policy space, locating both voters and parties on the most salient policy dimensions in Ireland. Estimates of the voter locations are based on the Irish National Election Survey (INES), ... -
House prices in the measurement of inflation: an application using Irish data
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)This paper illustrates the impact on Irish inflation of including a house-price series with the current components of the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP). We construct a dynamic factor index of inflation that ...