Competitiveness Indices for Irish Manufactured Exports. Quarterly Economic Commentary Special Article, July 1981

O'Leary, J and Bacon, P and Durkan, J. and Scott, S. (1981) Competitiveness Indices for Irish Manufactured Exports. Quarterly Economic Commentary Special Article, July 1981. [Working Paper]

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Abstract

This paper is devoted primarily to the construction of competitiveness indices for Irish manufactured exports. Our principal motivation in conducting such an exercise is the fact that no satisf a,ctory measures of competitiveness have as yet been developed for Ireland despite which the concept of competitiveness, and the problems assoicated with declining competitiveness in particular, frequently figure in public discussions of Ireland's economic performance. This concern is exemplified, for instance, by the fact that it is a recurring theme in the Quarterly Bulletins and Annual Reports of the Central Bank.

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