The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy in Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23734698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Kinsella (0000-0002-7943-4797, University of Limerick), Aidan Regan (0000-0001-7558-730X, University College Dublin) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 445-C26.P73 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198823834.013.26 |
| OpenAlex | W4212990548 |
| ISBN | 9780198823834 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Relative to other small open economies in Western Europe, Ireland has a low revenue to national income ratio. This limits the strategic capacity of the state to invest in new public services. Fiscal policy is highly centralized, with weak revenue raising capacity at local government level. The Irish government commits significant resources to socially protecting low-income earners through the welfare state. The income tax base is quite narrow in Ireland relative to comparator countries. A rather small group of higher income earners pay most income and wealth taxes. Social insurance revenues are relatively low from a comparative perspective. More recently, Irish revenue has become unusually dependent on procyclical corporate tax receipts.
Business · Economic policy · Economics · Fiscal policy · Government (linguistics) · Government revenue · Irish · Labour economics · Market economy · Monetary economics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Revenue · State (computer science) · Tax revenue · Welfare · Finance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Irish and British Studies
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Continuity and Change in the Welfare State
Changing Welfare States
What Do Voters Want? Dimensions and Configurations in Individual-Level Preferences and Party Choice
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Ireland's Place in the Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
The decline of the working-class vote, the reconfiguration of the welfare support coalition and consequences for the welfare state
The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe
Social Stratification and Welfare Regimes for the Twenty-First Century
The New Politics of the Welfare State
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The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment
Partisan Governance, Women's Employment, and the Social Democratic Service State
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |