Ireland's Failure - and Belated Convergence. WP133. September 2000

Ireland began its career as an independent state with many advantages. In particular, its standard of living in 1922 was higher than that of many other countries in Western Europe (Kennedy et al., 1988). In spite of these advantages, its ranking within Europe in terms of standard of living fell over the following 40 years. In the 15 years after the Second World War its economic performance was dismal, and some of this failure must be attributed to the inappropriate policies of successive post-war governments, continuing the protectionist stance of the pre-war years (O'Grada, 1994). With this background, the story of the Irish economy in the 20th century may be better considered as a case study in failure: the current boom is better seen as a belated catching up, consequent on the reversal of the ill-conceived policies of the immediate post-war years, rather than as an "economic miracle"

Passive heat transfer control

Model maintains a preselected temperature in the near vicinity of a variable source of thermal energy. Heat input is controlled by a variable transformer and a voltage drop across the heater is used to calculate power dissipated

Semiclassical theory of spectral line shapes. II. Applications to CO, HCl, and OCS, broadened by inert gases

The semiclassical theory of spectral line broadening developed in the previous paper of this series is used to calculate the half‐widths and shifts of nonoverlapping rotational spectral lines of CO, HCl, and OCS, broadened by inert gases. Comparisons are made with the available experimental data and with related theoretical analyses, and reasonable agreement is obtained. The method used applies both to fairly quantum systems as well as to the relatively classical ones. A symmetrized semiclassical expression for Wigner 6‐j symbols is given and applied

To convergence and beyond? Human capital, economic adjustment and a return to growth. ESRI WP419, January 2012

This paper considers the impact on growth and convergence in the EU over the last 20 years of investment in human capital. It examines the current adjustment of a range of economies to the external imbalances at the beginning of the current crisis. Finally it considers how the adjustments  under way will contribute to a return  to long-term growth.

An investigation of the behavior of a passive heat transfer control device

Maintenance of predetermined temperature near variable source of thermal energy in relation to passive heat transfer control devic