Indigenous and Foreign Industry: Characteristics and Performance

Frank Barry, John Bradley () and Eoin O’Malley

Chapter 3 in Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth, 1999, pp 45-74 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract From the early 1930s to the late 1950s high tariff barriers and a broad prohibition on foreign ownership of firms operating in Ireland were the cornerstone of policies designed to promote growth of indigenous manufacturing from the very low base inherited at independence in 1922. By the late 1950s it was clear that protectionism had long outlived its usefulness and that few of the so-called infant industries had matured and become sufficiently competitive to generate much in the way of exports (Ó Grada, 1997).

Keywords: Comparative Advantage; Foreign Firm; Agglomeration Economy; Absolute Advantage; Indigenous Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333985052_4

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