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Professor Frances Ruane
Honorary Fellow, Economics

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ruane, Frances, Research Evidence and Policymaking in Ireland, Administration, 60, (2), 2012, p119 - 138 Journal Article, 2012

Public Intellectuals in Times of Crisis: the Role of Academia in, editor(s)Corcoran, M. P.; Lalor, K. , Reflections on Crisis: The role of the Public Intellectual, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 2012, pp41 - 51, [Ruane, Frances] Book Chapter, 2012

Frances Ruane; Brendan Whelan, Building Research Capacity in the Social Sciences - Alternatives Approaches, Building research capacity in the social sciences - alternatives approaches, 40, 2011, p133 - 151 Journal Article, 2011 URL

Gleeson,Anne Marie; Ruane,Frances, How Important is Exporting and Ownership to Productivity Growth? Micro Evidence from a Small Open Economy, Applied Economics Quarterly, 55, (3), 2009, p197 - 217 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Ruane,Frances; Haller,Stefanie; Pertl,Leonhard; Schiavo,Stefano; Muuls,Mirabelle; Pisu,Mauro; Álvarez,Roberto; Jaramillo,Patricio; López,Ricardo A.; Van Biesebroeck,Johannes; Brandt,Loren; Zhang,Yifan; Fernandes,Ana M.; Isgut,Alberto; Jørgensen,Rasmus; Kaiser,Ulrich; Bellone,Flora; Jabbour,Liza; Musso,Patrick; Nesta,Lionel; Fryges,Helmut; Wagner,Joachim; Castellani,Davide; Serti,Francesco; Tomasi,Chiara; Zanfei,Antonello; Damijan,Joze P.; Kostevc,Crt; Polanec,Saso; Fariñas,Jose C.; Jabbour,Liza; Máñez,Juan A.; Martin,Ana; Rochina,Maria E.; Sanchis,Juan A.; Andersson,Martin; Johansson,Sara; Greenaway,David; Kneller,Richard; Görg,Holger, Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Exporter Premia: Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries, Review of World Economics, 144, (4), 2009, p596 - 635 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Promoting Industry Clusters: Evidence from Ireland in, editor(s)A.T. Tavares and A. Teixeira , Multinationals, Clusters and Innovation: Does Public Policy Matter? , Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp107 - 119, [Anne Marie Gleeson, Frances Ruane, Julie Sutherland] Book Chapter, 2006

Frances Ruane, Julie Sutherland, Export Performance and Destination Characteristics of Irish Manufacturing Industry, Review of World Economics, 141, (3), 2005, p442 - 459 Journal Article, 2005

Frances Ruane, Ali Ugur, Labour Productivity and Foreign Direct Investment in Irish Manufacturing Industry: A Decomposition Analysis, Economic and Social Review, 36, (1), 2005, p19 - 44 Journal Article, 2005

Frances Ruane, Ali Ugur, Export Platform FDI and Dualistic Development, Transnational Corporations, 2005 Journal Article, 2005

Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland in, editor(s)Y. Wei and V.N.Balasubramanyam , Foreign Direct Investment: Six Country Case Studies, Edward Elgar, 2004, pp134 - 161, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 2004

Alan Murphy and Frances Ruane, Foreign direct investment in Ireland: an updated assessment, Annual Report of the Central Bank of Ireland, 2003, p127 - 145 Journal Article, 2003

Frances Ruane, Measuring Globalization: How to meet Statistical Needs, EUROSTAT, Theme 1: General Statistics, Statistics and Globalization, Copenhagen, June 2003, edited by CEIES , European Commission, 2003, pp80 - 84 Conference Paper, 2003

Industrial research and development, Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, 2003, pp518 - 518, [Frances Ruane] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2003

Frances Ruane, Alan Kearns, The Tangible Contribution of R&D-spending foreign owned plants to a host region: a plant-level study of the Irish manufacturing sector (1980-96) , Research Policy, 30, (2), 2001, p227 - 244 Journal Article, 2001

Globalisation and Fragmentation: Evidence for the Electronics Industry in Ireland in, editor(s)Sven Arndt and Henryk Kierzkowski , FRAGMENTATION: New Production Patterns in the World Economy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp144 - 164, [Frances Ruane, Holger Görg] Book Chapter, 2001

Frances Ruane, Allan Kearns, The Tangible Contribution of R&D- spending Foreign-owned Plants in a host region: a plant level study of the Irish manufacturing sector (1980-1996), Research Policy, 30, 2001, p227 - 244 Journal Article, 2001

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, Multinational Companies and Linkages: Panel-data Evidence for the Irish electronics sector, International Journal of the Economics of Business , 8, (1), 2001, p1 - 18 Journal Article, 2001

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, An Analysis of Backward Linkages in the Irish Electronics Sector, Economic and Social Review , 31, (3), 2000, p215 - 235 Journal Article, 2000

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, European Integration and Peripherality: Lessions from the Irish Experience, The World Economy, 23, (3), 2000, p405 - 421 Journal Article, 2000

Frances Ruane, John Fingleton and Vivienne Ryan, Market Definition and State Aid Control, European Economy, 3, 1999, p65 - 88 Journal Article, 1999

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, US Investment in EU Member Countries: The Internal Market and Sectoral Specialisation, Journal of Common Market Studies, 37, (2), 1999, p333 - 348 Journal Article, 1999

Frances Ruane, Lynn Killen and Holger Görg, Non-Standard Employment in Irish Manufacturing: Do Firm Characteristics Matter?, LABOUR, 12, (4), 1998, p675 - 699 Journal Article, 1998

Irish FDI Policy and Investment from the EU in, editor(s)Barrell, Ray and Nigel Pain , Investment, Innovation and the Diffusion of Technology in Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp44 - 67, [Frances Ruane, Holger Görg] Book Chapter, 1998

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Sectoral Adjustment in the Irish Economy, National Institute Economic Review, 160, 1997, p76 - 86 Journal Article, 1997

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, Aspects of Foreign Direct Investment in Irish Manufacturing since 1973: Policy and Performance, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, XXVII, (IV), 1996, p1 - 51 Journal Article, 1996

Taxation Measures and Policy in, editor(s)John O'Hagan , The Economy of Ireland: Policy and Performance of a Small European Economy, London, Macmillan Press, 1995, pp127 - 158, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1995

Internationalization of Services: Conceptual and Empirical Issues in, editor(s)P. Buiges, F. Ilzkovitz, J.-F. Lebrum and A. Sapir , Market Services and European Integration: the Challenges for the 1990s, Luxembourg, European Commission European Economy - Social Europe Series No. 3, 1993, pp109 - 124, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1993

The Performance of Foreign-Owned Industry in Ireland, 1973-89 in, editor(s)A. Foley and D. McAleese , Overseas Industry in Ireland, Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1991, pp65 - 81, [Frances Ruane Aebhric, McGibney] Book Chapter, 1991

The Traded Sector: Industry in, editor(s)John O'Hagan , The Economy of Ireland: Policy and Performance, 6th edition, Dublin, Irish Management Institute, 1991, pp345 - 377, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1991

Frances Ruane, Appraising the Options for International Trade in Services, Oxford Economic Papers, 42, (4), 1990, p672 - 687 Journal Article, 1990

Frances Ruane, E. Dobson, Academic Salary Differentials - Some Evidence from an Irish Survey, Economic and Social Review, 21, (2), 1990, p209 - 226 Journal Article, 1990

RUANE, F, INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT - THE CHALLENGE FOR THE LATECOMER - OMALLEY,E, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REVIEW, 21, 1990, 241 - 244 Miscellaneous, 1990

Frances Ruane, Payroll Taxes, Capital Grants and Irish Unemployment - A Comment, Economic and Social Review, 21, (1), 1989, p122 - 125 Journal Article, 1989

International Trade in Banking Services - A Comment" and "Trade in Services and International Telecommunications - A Comment in, editor(s)R.A. Baldwin, C. Hamilton and A. Sapir , ssues in US-EC Trade Relations, University of Chicago Press and National Bureau for Economic Research, 1988, pp269 - 276, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1988

Frances Ruane, J.P. Neary, International Capital Mobility, Shadow Prices and the Cost of Protection, International Economic Review, 29, (4), 1988, p571 - 585 Journal Article, 1988

Frances Ruane, I. Logan and G. McGrath, Surveying, Mapping, Land Tenure and Remote Sensing in Development Aid Projects, Survey Review, 29, 1988, p311 - 322 Journal Article, 1988

Frances Ruane, Spatial Bias and the Location of Footloose Industry: A Simple Regional Model, Canadian Journal of Economics, 20, 1987, p506 - 518 Journal Article, 1987

The Economic Environment in, editor(s)B. O'Connor and P. Ussher , Doing Business in Ireland, New York, Matthew Bender, 1987, pp1.27 - 1.44, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1987

International Capital Mobility and the Dutch Disease in, editor(s)Henryk Kierzkowski , Protection and Competition in International Trade: Essays in Honour of W.M. Corden, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp86 - 98, [Frances Ruane, R.W. Jones and J.P. Neary] Book Chapter, 1987

The Traded Sector: Manufacturing in, The Economy of Ireland: Policy and Performance, 5th edition, Dublin, Irish Management Institute, 1987, pp373 - 407, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1987

Manufacturing Industry in, editor(s)J. O'Hagan , The Irish Economy: Policy and Performance, 4th edition, Dublin, Irish Management Institute, 1984, pp333 - 361, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1984

Frances Ruane, A. John, Government Intervention and the Cost of Capital to Irish Manufacturing Industry, Economic and Social Review, 16, (1), 1984, p31 - 50 Journal Article, 1984

Frances Ruane, R.W. Jones and J.P. Neary, Two-Way Capital Flows: Cross Hauling in a Model of Foreign Investment, Journal of International Economics, 14, 1983, p357 - 366 Journal Article, 1983

Frances Ruane, Trade Policies and the Spatial Distribution of Development: A Two-Sector Analysis, International Regional Science Review, 8, 1983, p47 - 58 Journal Article, 1983

Frances Ruane, Corporate Income Tax, Investment Grants and the Cost of Capital, Journal of Public Economics, 17, 1982, p103 - 110 Journal Article, 1982

Review of Industrial Policies in, editor(s)J. O'Hagan , The Irish Economy: Policy and Performance, 3rd edition, Dublin, Irish Management Institute, 1981, pp291 - 300, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1981

RUANE, F, INDUSTRIAL-POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT - A SURVEY OF LITERATURE FROM THE EARLY 1960 - OMALLEY,E, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REVIEW, 12, 1981, 315 - 316 Miscellaneous, 1981

Frances Ruane, Optimal Labour Subsidies and Industrial Development in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 11, 1980, p77 - 98 Journal Article, 1980

Frances Ruane, Project Analysis and Industrial Employment in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, Quarterly Economic Commentary, 1979, p14 - 34 Journal Article, 1979

Anne Marie Gleeson, Frances Ruane, Julie Sutherland, The Role of Public Policy in the Sectoral and Spatial Distribution of Irish Manufacturing Employment, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland Journal Article,

Peter Buckley, Frances Ruane, Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland: Policy Implications for Emerging Economies, The World Economy Journal Article,

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ruane, Frances; Siedschlag, Iulia; Murphy, Gavin, Globalisation and Ireland's Export Performance, 2013 Working Paper, 2013 TARA - Full Text

Ruane, Frances, Combining Public Sector and Economic Reform, 2012 Working Paper, 2012 TARA - Full Text

Ruane, Frances, Targeted Spending on Research Will Yield Results, 2011, - Miscellaneous, 2011 URL

Ruane,Frances, Report of the Expert Group on Resource Allocation and Financing in the Health Sector, Dublin, Department of Health and Children, July , 2010 Report, 2010

Ruane, Frances, Towards a Better and Sustainable Health Care System - Resource Allocation and Financing Issues for Ireland, 2010 Working Paper, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Ruane, Frances, Research and Policy Making, 2010 Working Paper, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Industrial policy, B. Joyce, Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, 2003, pp517 - 517, [Frances Ruane] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2003

Frances Ruane, Holger Görg, The Celtic Tiger: Ireland's economic growth, Economic Review, 18, (1), 2000, p12 - 15 Journal Article, 2000

Frances Ruane, Julie Sutherland, Women in the Labour Force, Dublin, Employment Equality Agency, 1999, 90pp Book, 1999

Frances Ruane, Managing Public Expenditure: Choosing how much and for what?, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, January, 1997 Conference Paper, 1997

Frances Ruane, The Fiscal Impact of EU Membership on Ireland, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, January, 1996 Conference Paper, 1996

EU Policy Alternatives towards CEECs and LDCs - A Comment in, editor(s)Arie Kuyvenhoven, Olga Memedovic and Nico van der Windt , Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for EU-LDC Relations, Dordrecht/Boston/London, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, pp154 - 157, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1996

Frances Ruane, Donal de Buitléir, Integrating Tax and Social Welfare: The Report of the Nevin Committee, Irish Banking Review, 1996 Journal Article, 1996

Debating Issues in Fiscal Policy in, editor(s)Frances Ruane , Assisting the Process of Tax Reform: Ten years of the FFS, Dublin, Foundation for Fiscal Studies, 1996, pp29 - 42, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1996

Frances Ruane, The Irish Dilemma: How to Achieve Fiscal Reform, Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, January, 1995 Conference Paper, 1995

Taxation of High Earners in Ireland: the Present Situation in, editor(s)F. Ruane , The Taxation of High Earners, Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, 1994, pp11 - 26, [Frances Ruane, Francis O'Toole] Book Chapter, 1994

Frances Ruane, The Taxation of High Earners, Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, February, 1994 Conference Paper, 1994

Frances Ruane, The Impact of the Single Market on Investment and Fiscal Policy, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, January, 1993 Conference Paper, 1993

Achieving Real Equality of Opportunity in an Academic Environment: Recent Experience at Trinity College Dublin in, editor(s)C. Fennell and M. Mulcahy , Equality of Opportunity in Irish Third Level Institutions, Cork, University College Press, 1992, pp101 - 113, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1992

Frances Ruane, The Financing of Local Government, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, April, 1991 Conference Paper, 1991

Frances Ruane, The Role of Fiscal Policy in Urban Renewal, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, December, 1991 Conference Paper, 1991

Economic Efficiency and Female Participation in the Irish Labour Force in, editor(s)A. Smyth , Leadership and Women: From Participation to Partnership - The Challenge of the 1990s, Dublin, Council for the Status of Women, 1991, pp42 - 53, [Frances Ruane] Book Chapter, 1991

Frances Ruane, Borrow and Prosper? Notes on the User Cost of Capital - A Comment, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 26, 1990, p186 - 189 Journal Article, 1990

Frances Ruane, Channels for International Trade in Services, Service Industries Workshop: Workshop Proceedings, Department of Industry, Science and Technology, Government of Canada, 1988, pp111 - 114 Conference Paper, 1988

Frances Ruane, The White Paper on Industrial Policy, Irish Banking Review, 1984, p35 - 45 Journal Article, 1984

Frances Ruane, Industrial Development, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 24, (5), 1983, p42 - 50 Journal Article, 1983

Frances Ruane, Government Financial and Tax Incentives and Industrial Employment, Irish Banking Review, 1983, p20 - 28 Journal Article, 1983

Frances Ruane, Industrial Policy and Rural Development in Ireland: The Implications of the Telesis Report, Agricultural Science Association Record, 1983, p17 - 19 Journal Article, 1983

Inflation and Growth in, editor(s)D. McAleese and W.J.L. Ryan , Inflation in the Irish Economy: A Contemporary Perspective, Dublin, Helicon Press, 1982, pp38 - 47, [Frances Ruane, J.P. Neary] Book Chapter, 1982

Frances Ruane, Economic Appraisal of Industrial Projects in Ireland: A Comment, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 24, 1980, p135 - 138 Journal Article, 1980

Research Expertise

Description

Foreign Direct Investment, Enterprise development, Innovation, Industrial Policy, Irish Economic Policy

Projects

  • Title
    • Internationalisation, Innovation and Enterprise Performance
  • Funding Agency
    • HEA
  • Date From
    • Jan 2005
  • Date To
    • Jan 2007

Keywords

ADJUSTMENT; DETERMINANTS; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC-INTEGRATION; EEC; ENTRY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; GROWTH; HOST REGIONS; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENT; JOB PERSISTENCE; LOCATION; LOWER SAXONY; MANUFACTURING-INDUSTRIES; MULTINATIONALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRADE

Recognition

Representations

Consultant Economist, World Bank, Washington (Michaelmas term) 1978, 1980

Economics Editor, Economic and Social Review 1981 - 1984

Council Member, Economic and Social Studies 1981

Research Director, Foundation for Fiscal Studies 1989 - 1996

Editorial Board Member, Journal of International and Economic Policy 2002

Editorial Board Member, International Review of Economics and Finance 2003

Chairperson, National Statistics Board 1994 - 2003

President, Irish Economic Association 2000 - 2002

Vice-President, Irish Economic Association 1998 - 2000, 2002 - 2004

Member, CEIES (European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres) 1998

Member, Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre Management Committee 2000 - 2003

Member, Advisory Panel of the Competition Authority 2001 - 2005

Member, World Bank Data Advisory Panel 2002 - 2003

REFEREE FOR: Canadian Journal of Economics Economic Journal, Economica Economic and Social Review, International Economic Review, International Regional Science Review, Irish Business and Administrative, Review Journal of Economic Studies, European Journal of Political Economy Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economics, The Manchester School, Oxford Economic Papers, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Common Market Studies, World Economy

National Children's Hospital Foundation Board 1998-2005

Irish Writers' Centre Board 2000- 2004

Douglas Hyde Gallery [Chairperson] 2000- 2005

Garda Siochana Bill Implementation Group 2005-2006

Board of the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland 2005

Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) Industrial Policy Committee 1995 - 2003

Awards and Honours

Economic and Social Research Institute Scholarship 1974

Nuffield College Scholarship 1976

Membership of "Euro-50-Group", an EU-wide think tank on financial integration in European Union 1999

Member, Royal Irish Academy 2003

Memberships

Council of the Statistical and Social Society of Ireland 2005

American Economics Association

Economic and Social Studies

Foundation for Fiscal Studies

European Economic Association

Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK)

Irish Economic Association

International Economics Study Group

Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland

European Union Network on Industrial Policy

HEA Committee on Equality of Opportunity for Women Academics 1985 – 1986

HEA Committee on Financing of Third Level Education 1993 – 1994

HEA Steering Committee on Future Development of Higher Education 1993 – 1995

HEA Advisory Group on First Destination Report 2000 – Present

Expert Working Group on Integration of the Tax and Social Welfare Systems 1993 – 1996

Forfás Tax Advisory Group 1994 – 1997

Forfás Science and Technology Advisory Group 1995 – 2000

Interim Training/Skills Identification Group [Chairperson] 1996 – 1997

Expert Group on Future Skills Needs 1997 – 2001

Interdepartmental Committee on Social Statistics [Chair] 2002 – 2003

Audit Committee of Central Statistics Office [Chair] 2003