Making and Breaking Tax Systems

…question that pre-occupied Schumpeter was whether and how revenues on that scale were sustainable. This requires a proper appreciation of the economic, social and political forces that make tax raising…

The Role of Credit in the Housing Market

We estimate a structural model of the Irish housing and mortgage markets and isolate the role of demand and supply factors in each market. We focus on the pre-2004 period…

Irish Economy Conference: Learning from Crisis

…Ireland: a Human Capital Perspective’. » Michael Collins (NERI): “Ireland’s Income Distribution, Pre-Distribution and Re-distribution: some observations” » Sanna Nivakoski (TCD) “The exchange motive in intergenerational transfers” 2B. Energy and…

Ireland’s Failure-And Belated Convergence

…the pre-war years (O’Grada, 1994). With this background, the story of the Irish economy in the 20th century may be better considered as a case study in failure: the current…