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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the scene, theory and method; The spectacular rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger economy; Economic development as business development; The method of inquiry; Chapter outline; 2 Overview of Ireland's economic development record; The evolution of Irish per capita GDP and GNP; Changes to Ireland's employment-population ratio; Ireland's labour productivity performance; The performance of Irish regions; Conclusion; 3 Evaluating standard explanations for the Celtic Tiger |
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Delayed convergenceTechnological catch-up; Export-led growth; A case of bad policies obstructing convergence forces?; Conclusion; 4 Industrialization by invitation; Identifying the export base; The policy of industrialization by invitation; Conclusion; 5 Ireland's five internationally competitive sectors; Analytical and measurement challenges; Profiling the five sectors; Conclusion; 6 Innovation by invitation; Ireland's innovation policy; The concept of innovation and its sources; The innovation output of Irish business; Ireland's dichotomous innovation system |
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The roles of interaction and geography for Irish business innovationTechnology transfer from Irish higher education institutes; Conclusion; 7 Ireland as a micro-state; The anatomy of a micro-state: how does small size matter?; Ireland as a tax haven for multinationals; The importance of being unimportant; 8 The destructive role of special interest groups; Olson's disease and Ireland; Ireland's social partnership model; Rent-seeking by special interest groups; Conclusion; 9 The Irish policymaker's mind-set; Ireland's economic development strategy; The Irish system of government |
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A dissociative policy mind-setConclusion; 10 Charting the way ahead; High-performing EU state; Serial under-achiever; A future research agenda; References; Index |
| Summary |
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. This volume shows how Ireland's export-led growth is assoc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Economic development -- Ireland
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Business enterprises, Foreign -- Taxation -- Ireland
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Competition -- Ireland
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Economic geography.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Business enterprises, Foreign -- Taxation
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Commercial policy
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Competition
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Economic development
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Economic geography
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Commercial policy
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| Subject |
Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136156915 |
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1136156917 |
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