This article fundamentally challenges the notion that Ireland was a peripheral or underdeveloped economy relative to other European economies at the beginning of this century. Through an empirical investigation of consumer expenditure in Ireland in 1907, a new estimate of Irish GDP has been generated which is compatible with Feinstein's consumer expenditure estimates for the UK. From this it is possible to estimate Ireland's GDP per capita in 1907, and compare Ireland's relative level of per capita income to that of the UK; it is then possible to place Ireland in Maddison's league table for a number of advanced capitalist economies. This clearly places Ireland among the more advanced economies in the world. The article concludes that Irelan...
For many decades Ireland’s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world’s industrial...
For many decades Ireland\u27s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world\u27s indu...
A major issue in Irish economic history is the lack of national accounts before the interwar period....
Abstract: In order to compare Ireland's G D P per capita to other countries in the early twenti...
We assemble the Irish industrial data currently available for the years 1800–1921, the period during...
When Economic Development was published in 1958 there was good reason to worry both about Ireland's ...
This paper sets out a short-cut method for allocating country level GDP estimates across regions. Co...
This paper seeks to quantify the extent to which Ireland has a comparative advantage in certain indu...
A major issue in Irish economic history is the lack of historical national accounts before the inter...
For many decades Ireland’s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world’s industrial...
Chapter 1: From "Poorest of the Rich" to "Europe's Shining Light: Accounting for Growth in Ireland, ...
We construct an annual index of Irish industrial output for 1800-1921, the period during which the e...
The growth of the Irish economy in the years 1995-2007 was dramatic and unparalleled by Western econ...
Ireland began its career as an independent state with many advantages. In particular, its standard o...
In recent years it has been very difficult to understand the performance of the Irish economy. Howev...
For many decades Ireland’s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world’s industrial...
For many decades Ireland\u27s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world\u27s indu...
A major issue in Irish economic history is the lack of national accounts before the interwar period....
Abstract: In order to compare Ireland's G D P per capita to other countries in the early twenti...
We assemble the Irish industrial data currently available for the years 1800–1921, the period during...
When Economic Development was published in 1958 there was good reason to worry both about Ireland's ...
This paper sets out a short-cut method for allocating country level GDP estimates across regions. Co...
This paper seeks to quantify the extent to which Ireland has a comparative advantage in certain indu...
A major issue in Irish economic history is the lack of historical national accounts before the inter...
For many decades Ireland’s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world’s industrial...
Chapter 1: From "Poorest of the Rich" to "Europe's Shining Light: Accounting for Growth in Ireland, ...
We construct an annual index of Irish industrial output for 1800-1921, the period during which the e...
The growth of the Irish economy in the years 1995-2007 was dramatic and unparalleled by Western econ...
Ireland began its career as an independent state with many advantages. In particular, its standard o...
In recent years it has been very difficult to understand the performance of the Irish economy. Howev...
For many decades Ireland’s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world’s industrial...
For many decades Ireland\u27s output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world\u27s indu...
A major issue in Irish economic history is the lack of national accounts before the interwar period....