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Technology and Intermediation: the Case of Banking
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-04)The aim of this paper is to look at ways in which the contribution of investment in technology to consumer welfare might be measured. One useful approach to this question is demonstrated by means of a simple spatial model ... -
Testing for monetary policy convergence in european countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-12)The paper tests for long-run monetary policy convergence and short-run policy interactions in seven ERM countries over the 1979-1992 period using the approach of multivariate cointegration and Granger-causality tests. ... -
Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-01)We use cointegration tests that determine endogenously the regime shift to test for bilateral short-term and long-term real interest rate convergence in the European Monetary System in the 1979-1993 period. The results ... -
Testing for the sustainability of the current account deficit in two industrial countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1996-07)The objective of this paper is to test for the sustainability of the current account deficits in the U.S. and Canada over the 1973-1994 period. Using various unit root and cointegration tests some of which allow for ... -
Tests for Interest Rate Convergence
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-05)We use a new test for cointegration that allows for structural breaks in the cointegrating relationship to test for bilateral interest rate convergence in the European Monetary System. Contrary to previous studies that ... -
To Plough or Play? Modelling Recreational Pursuits on Irish Farm Commonage
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)In the last decade the demand for rural recreation has increased in Ireland as the population has become increasingly urbanised. Increased affluence, mobility and changing values have also brought new demands with respect ... -
Towards earlier discharge, better outcomes, lower cost: stroke rehabilitation in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2014)'Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost' is a new and valuable study which adds to our understanding of how to better patient outcomes within the budgetary realities of our current healthcare system. This ... -
Trails or Timber? A Contingent Behaviour Model of Recreational Facilities in Irish Forestry
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)This research utilises a contingent behaviour valuation technique to value a number of improvements to recreational facilities in small-scale forests in Ireland. Willingness¿to-pay estimates have previously been made for ... -
Twin Deficits, Real Interest Rates and International Capital Mobility
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)We argue that the interactions among the current account and budget balances and the real interest rate can provide more information about the effective degree of financial openness of an economy than simple saving-investment ... -
U.S. Presidential Elections and the referendum paradox
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)In the United States, the president is elected by the Electoral College (EC) and not directly by individual voters. This can give rise to a so-called 'referendum paradox' in which one candidate receives more popular votes ... -
Uncertainty in 'A Treatise on Probability' and the 'General Theory'
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1996-02)This paper is concerned with the relationship between Keynes's theory of probability and his later work on macroeconomics. It suggests that while the General Theory deals again with the subject of the Treatise on ... -
The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in Economics.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)In this paper I attempt to show that mathematical economics is unreasonably ineffective. Unreasonable, because the mathematical assumptions are economically unwarranted; ineffective because the mathematical formalizations ... -
Using and Producing Ideas in Computable Endogenous Growth
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)Using and Producing Ideas in Computable Endogenous Growth It is shown that Paul Romer's suggestion to model algorithmically the use and production of ideas in an endogenous growth model is formally feasible. Such a ... -
Using CGE and Microsimulation Models for In come Distribution Analyses: A Survey.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)This paper carries out a survey of CGE and Microsimulation models used in the evaluation of issues related directly or indirectly to incomes distribution. Different model structures are discussed which have been employed ... -
Using Place Rank to Measure Sustainable Accessibility
(2012)Sustainability and its implications for transport planning is an area of growing interest to researchers, transport practitioners and policy makers. This study draws from recent research on the concept and measurement of ... -
Variations on the Theme of Conning in Mathematical Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)The mathematization of economics is almost exclusively in terms of the mathematics of real analysis which, in turn, is founded on set theory (and the axiom of choice) and orthodox mathematical logic. In this paper I try ... -
Varieties of Mathematics in Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)Real analysis, founded on the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms, buttressed by the axiom of choice, is the dominant variety of mathematics utilized in the formalization of economic theory. The accident of history that led to this ... -
Waiving and Exercising Rights in the Theory of Social Situations
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)The present paper analyses different formulations of individual rights within a traditional social choice-theoretic framework and a game form framework. It proposes a theory of social situations as a basis for some new ... -
Willingness-To-Pay and Consumer Versus Citizen Values: Evidence from Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)Environmental decision-making compares market and non-market outputs, often in terms of willingness to pay. In addition to personal, private `consumer¿ preferences, individuals may adopt a citizen perspective, judging ...