Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter, 2009 by Subject "Fiscal policy"

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    • Politics and fiscal policy under Lemass: a theoretical appraisal 

      Barry, Frank (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 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 

      Benetrix, Agustin S.; Lane, Philip R. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 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. ...