Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, April, 1995 by Subject "Ireland"

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    • Devaluation and competitiveness in a small open economy: Ireland 1987-1993 

      Bartolini, Leonardo (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
      This paper studies market expectations of a devaluation of the Irish pound from 1987 to 1993, and relates them to the evolution of Ireland's competitiveness over the same period. Much of the volatility of expectations of ...

    • Measuring rail productivity in Ireland: a note 

      McGeehan, Harry (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
      This note is concerned with comparing partial and total measures of productivity as they apply to Irish railways. A comparison of a partial exercise undertaken by Barrett and a total productivity approach confirms that ...

    • Measuring railway productivity in Ireland: a comment 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
      The McGeehan (1995) article has three sections. They deal respectively with railway labour productivity, overall railway productivity, and a methodology which is claimed to indicate that the total productivity of CIE ...

    • Measuring railway productivity in Ireland: a reply 

      McGeehan, Harry (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
      Barrett's (1995) comments raise several issues which are readily addressed.

    • Testing the permanent income hypothesis: the Irish evidence 

      Roche, Maurice J. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
      We investigate whether the permanent income hypothesis (PIH) is consistent with Irish data and find that it holds for about 50 per cent of consumers. We hypothesise that worsening borrowing conditions lead agents to consume ...