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Ireland's housing boom: what has driven it and have prices overshot?

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15-Jun-2006

David Rae et Paul van den Noord

This chapter looks at the housing market and the risks that it poses to the Irish economy.  Economics Department Working Paper 492.

Boosting competition in Ireland

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15-Jun-2006

David Rae, Line Vogt and Michael Wise

This paper discusses ways to strengthen competition in order to boost productivity growth and help restrain inflation. Economics Department Working Paper 491.

Government R&D Funding and Company Behaviour: Measuring Behavioural Additionality

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08-Jun-2006

This publication explores the emerging concept of behavioural additionality (how government funding of business R&D affects the behaviour of firms) and summarises results of a multinational effort to measure it.

Nuclear Power in NEA Member Countries

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10-Apr-2006

These profiles cover the nuclear power situation in each country, the national laws and regulations covering the peaceful use of nuclear energy, current issues and developments and related links.

Ireland's Information Security Initiatives

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17-Mar-2006

The OECD and its 30 member countries are committed to encouraging and developing a global "culture of security". This page collates Ireland's initiatives to implement the OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security.

Innovation and Knowledge-Intensive Service Activities

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13-Mar-2006

This study shows how knowledge-intensive services activities (KISAs) contribute to the acquisition and growth capabilities of firms and public sector organisations.

Ireland 2004 - Tax-benefit country chapter - B&W

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03-Mar-2006

The “Country Chapters” provide detailed descriptions of tax and benefit rules in a consistent format across countries, summaries of policy trends, and example calculations of benefit entitlements and tax burdens.

Policy Brief : Economic Survey of Ireland, 2006

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02-Mar-2006

Ireland has continued its exemplary economic performance, attaining some of the highest growth rates in the OECD. After a remarkable decade, per-capita income has caught up with and overtaken the EU average. ...

Economic Survey of Ireland 2006: Keeping public finances on track

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02-Mar-2006

This chapter reviews Ireland’s recent fiscal record and discusses the challenges that policymakers will face in coming years.

Economic Survey of Ireland 2006: The housing boom

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02-Mar-2006

This chapter looks at the housing market and the risks that it poses to the Irish economy.