Irish Economic Development: High-Performing Eu State or Serial Under-Achiever?

ISBN-13: 9781138209152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016

Eoin O'Leary

Opis

This book offers a discerning narrative on the spectacular rise and fall of the so-called Celtic Tiger economy. It depicts Ireland as a micro-state with a unique reliance on foreign-assisted businesses, driven in part by a favourable taxation regime. It shows that rent-seeking by trades unions and property developers contributed to the fall since 2002. Although the country’s highly centralized government’s pre-disposition to lobbying has yielded international successes, it has also resulted in recurring self-inflicted crises since 1970.

Spis treści

1. Setting the Scene, Theory and Method 2. Overview of Ireland’s Economic Development Record 3. Evaluating Standard Explanations for the Celtic Tiger 4. Industrialization by Invitation 5. Ireland’s Five Internationally Competitive Sectors 6. Innovation by Invitation. 7. Ireland as a Micro-State 8. The Destructive Role of Special Interest Groups 9. The Irish Policymakers Mind-set 10. Charting the Way Head

O autorze

Eoin O’Leary is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland.