Prof Alan Matthews on the economic consequences of a Yes or a No
Posted at 1:14 pm by Owen RooneyProfessor Alan Matthews (of the Dept of Economics, Trinity) has a post up on The Irish Economy blog on the potential economic impact of a Yes or a No vote on Oct. 2. You can read it here, and there's some well informed discussion in the comments section too.
91% of economists think a Yes vote would benefit the economy
Posted at 6:39 pm by Owen RooneyIndecon, an economic consultancy firm, has just released the results of a survey of 66 non-governmental Irish economists on their attitudes to the Lisbon Treaty. You can find the report here. The headline stat is that 91% of economists surveyed said that "Ireland’s overall economic interests would be best secured by a 'Yes' vote", which is excellent news for Yes campaigners as they try to convince the populace that voting Yes will help drag Ireland out of the economic doldrums. Other interesting stats are that 65% of economists think that a Yes vote would help bring in FDI (compared to only 3% who said a No vote would do the same) and 75% think that a Yes vote would "significantly enhance Ireland's reputation" (with just 1.5% claiming it would damage our reputation).