01568cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009712 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451868647 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kanda, Daniel. Spillovers to Ireland / Daniel Kanda. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (20 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper discusses Ireland's trade and financial linkages with key partner countries, and uses a vector autoregression to examine the impact of shocks to partner country GDP and shocks to Irish competitiveness on Irish GDP. Two main findings are that shocks to U.S. GDP have a larger impact on Irish GDP than shocks to the euro area or the U.K. Also, the share of the variance of Irish GDP explained by shocks to competitiveness rises with the forecast horizon, suggesting that past erosion of competitiveness may yet have a more substantial impact on economic activity. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/002/001.2008.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library