Monthly Archives: June 2010

Department of Economics Research Symposium Summer 2010

By Declan Jordan | June 25, 2010

Department of Economics Research Symposium Summer 2010 Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Room G_05, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, UCC 9.00 – 11.00   Chair: Dr Niall O’Sullivan, Chair – Department of Economics Research Committee  9.00 – 9.10     Opening Remarks and Welcome  Aileen Murphy, Andrew Briggs (University of Glasgow) and Elizabeth Fenwick (University of Glasgow) “Cost Effectiveness of [...]

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A challenge to export-oriented policies

By Declan Jordan | June 23, 2010

An interesting working paper from the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard by Christian Ketels of the World Bank.  The subtle argument being made is that policies which target competitiveness improvements will achieve greater prosperity growth – and will increase exports – more than policies which target export growth directly. There is actually quite [...]

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