Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter, 2009 by Date of Publication
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Modelling credit in the Irish mortgage market
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)The sharp decline in the performance of international property markets has been central to the financial distress experienced globally. The Irish housing market experienced particularly strong rates of price increases and ... -
Politics and fiscal policy under Lemass: a theoretical appraisal
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)Lemass rejected Whitaker?s recommendations that direct taxes be reduced and public investment shifted from social to productive areas. This was arguably done for political reasons and because Lemass believed that it might ... -
The impact of fiscal shocks on the Irish economy
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)We study the short-run effects of shocks to government spending on Ireland?s output and its real exchange rate. We show that the impact of government spending shocks critically depend on the nature of the fiscal innovation. ... -
A code of practice for grocery goods undertakings and an Ombudsman: how to do a lot of harm by trying to do a little good
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in its August 2009 Consultation Paper, Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings, argues that a Code governing grocery supplier/retailer relations, enforced by an ... -
Income inequality and public policy
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)This paper briefly summarises the evidence that Ireland has a relatively high level of income inequality, which has been rather stable over time and reflects institutional legacies and choices made in the past. A comparative ... -
Language and occupational status: linguistic elitism in the Irish labour market
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)This paper, using data from the 2006 Irish Census, provides evidence of the structural advantage of Irish speaking, relative to non-speaking workers in Ireland?s labour market with advantage and disadvantage being defined ...