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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Begg, Iain
• Mayes, David G.

Titel

Peripherality and Northern Ireland

Ist Teil von

• National Institute economic review, 1994-11, Vol.150 (150), p.90-100

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks, CA: National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In writing recently about the economic problems that Northern Ireland faces (Begg and Mayes, 1994) we argued, uncontroversially, that an end to the ‘Troubles’ would significantly alter the region's prospects. Our analysis, nevertheless, focused on other factors which might be amenable to policy action. With an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland now on the cards, these other characteristics of the Northern Ireland economy must be expected to be of increased importance in determining the Province's competitiveness compared with other parts of the UK and, indeed, other regions of the European Union. In particular, Northern Ireland is a prime example of a ‘peripheral’ economy, located as it is at the North-Western corner of the EU and facing the further barrier of a sea crossing to markets other than the Republic of Ireland. It is also a region that shares a number of the characteristics of the older industrial regions of Britain, such as high unemployment, persistent emigration of working-age population and difficulties in achieving industrial restructuring (Harris et al. , 1990; Harris 1991).