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    <title>Ireland: An ageing multicultural economy</title>
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    <description>Title: Ireland: An ageing multicultural economy
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: FitzGerald, John D.</description>
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    <title>The effectiveness of competition policy and the price-cost margin: Evidence from panel data</title>
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    <description>Title: The effectiveness of competition policy and the price-cost margin: Evidence from panel data
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: McCloughan, Patrick; Lyons, Seán; Batt, William
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: This paper presents robust panel data econometric evidence suggesting that more effective competition policy curtails the exercise of market power because countries in which competition policy is judged to be more effective are characterised by lower market price-cost margins, controlling for other factors, including market growth, import penetration and spare capacity. The measure of competition policy effectiveness incorporated into our analysis is the annual survey-based ratings of national competition authorities (NCAs) produced by Global Competition Review (GCR). Our findings imply a role for competition in enhancing economic competitiveness and that government should continue to support NCAs in enforcing competition policy.</description>
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    <title>The regional dimension of taxes and public expenditure in Ireland</title>
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    <description>Title: The regional dimension of taxes and public expenditure in Ireland
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Morgenroth, Edgar
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: In Ireland as in many other countries there has been an ongoing debate on the nature, degree and trends of regional imbalance, which has led to substantial research output. While much is now known about these trends, the degree to which they are ameliorated by existing public policies has not been systematically examined. This paper considers two aspects of public policy namely the fiscal system and public expenditure. In particular regional government accounts are constructed, which identify the level of taxation, subsidisation and public expenditure at the regional level. These are then used to identify the degree of regional re-distribution. That analysis confirms that the fiscal system does reduce relative income differences in Ireland. Dublin and the South-West contribute to a substantial resource transfer to other regions. In contrast to the findings for the UK, the level of transfers is found to be highly related to the state of development. In other words the fiscal system works in a progressive manner in relation to regional disparities. Nevertheless the better off regions receive an above average level of expenditure so that the system only partially equalises.</description>
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Tol, Richard S. J.</description>
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