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The Economic and Social Research Institute and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, supported by Ibec, have produced and published a report on a new macroeconomic model for Northern Ireland and the all-island economy.
In this episode, Fergal O’Brien, Executive Director of Lobbying and Influence at Ibec, is in conversation with Adele Bergin, Associate Research Professor at the ESRI and co-author of the report. They discuss the development of the model for the Northern Ireland economy and how it can be used to produce economic forecasts and study potential impacts of economic policy.
Download: Modelling Northern Ireland within the context of the All-Island Economy
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