Browsing by Subject "Foreign direct investment"
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Aspects of foreign direct investment in Irish manufacturing since 1973: policy and performance
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Capital inflows and direct foreign investment in Ireland 1952-1970
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1972)The role of foreign capital in activating and sustaining Ireland's post- War economic growth is a subject of compelling interest. The aims of this paper are twofold: first to examine the constituents of the capital inflow, ... -
Labour productivity and foreign direct investment in Irish manufacturing industry: a decomposition analysis
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)Overall labour productivity in the Irish manufacturing sector increased by 158 per cent between 1991 and 1999. This paper examines the components of this labour productivity growth in the period 1991-1999, using a decomposition ... -
Sensible tax policies in open economies
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2004)This paper evaluates the design and the desirability of business taxes in small open economies, in light of evidence of the impact of taxation on the activities of multinational firms. The high degree of international ... -
Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers
(2015)This paper explores the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the productivity of host country domestic firms. We rely on a specially designed survey of over 4000 manufacturing firms in Vietnam, and ... -
The tax incentives applying to US corporate investment in Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)This paper examines the merits of the 10 per cent manufacturing relief in the context of the Ireland/US tax regime. It measures its value as a tax incentive to US Multinationals by calculating the average effective tax ... -
What Determines the Location Choice of R&D Activities by Multinational Firms?
(2013)We analyse 446 location decisions of R&D activities by multinational firms incorporated in the European Union over 1999-2006. Our results suggest that on average, the location probability of a representative R&D foreign ... -
Why Ireland? a qualitative review of the factors influencing the location of US multinationals in Ireland with particular reference to the impact of labour issues
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)The encouragement of foreign direct investment (FDI) represents a key plank of industrial policy in Ireland. This paper considers the impact of labour issues on the decision of US multinational corporations (MNCs) to ...