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On the Sustainability of Current Account Deficits: Evidence from Four ASEAN Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)This paper examines the sustainability of the current account imbalance for four ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) over the 1961-1999 period. To this end, we utilize the intertemporal ... -
Redistribution over the Lifetime in the Irish Tax-Benefit System: An Application of a Prototype Dynamic Microsimulation Model for Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)This paper examines the distribution of lifetime income in Ireland. To do this a new prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland is used to generate lifetime income streams. Aggregating over the lifetime we can ... -
The Nice Treaty and the Irish Referendum: What Values are at Stake?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The purpose of this paper is primarily to highlight the issue of values in the European Union (EU) in terms of its practices as opposed to official rhetoric. The debate surrounding the Treaty of Nice, the context in which ... -
Nonmonotonic Reasoning and the Foundations of Rational Choice
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The paper applies a technique developed in artificial intelligence to frame and analyze on the foundational level A. Sen's critique of internal consistency conditions in various choice situations. -
Are Economic Growth and the Variability of the Business Cycle Related? Evidence from Five European Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)We use a long series of annual data that span over 100 years to examine the relationship between output growth and output growth uncertainty in five European countries. Using the GARCH methodology to proxy output growth ... -
The use of web-based international surveys in information systems research
(2002)There has been much interest of late in the use of Web-based surveys. However, the methodological issues of Web-based surveys are poorly understood. While this new medium permits low-cost wide-scale access to international ... -
Employer Hostility to Union Organising in the UK
(Industrial Relations Journal, 2002)This paper presents empirical evidence about the shape and pattern of non-union employer strategies to remain union free. The data are collected from seven case studies across different industrial sectors and organisational ... -
Web-Based Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study of Requirements Engineering Approaches
(2002)No system is perfect in so far as requirements are always the subject of ongoing negotiation, and there will generally be a subset of the requirements that get pushed aside. This is especially true of the volatile environments ... -
Reconsidering the "Software Crisis": A Study of Hypermedia Systems Development
(2003)With the advent and growth of the Web, hypermedia information systems have propagated within and beyond organizations. Much concern has been expressed about the quality of hypermedia systems being developed and the apparent ... -
Hypermedia systems development: a comparative study of software engineers and graphic designers
(AIS, 2003)Hypermedia systems development is, in many regards, different from ¿conventional¿ systems development, chief amongst these differences being its multidisciplinary nature. Foremost amongst the roles in hypermedia development ... -
The Role of Process Evolution in Achieving Citizen Centred e-Government
(2003)The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990's E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ... -
A Comparison of Traditional and Multimedia Information Systems Development Practices
(Elseiver, 2003)As multimedia information systems begin to infiltrate organizations, there arises a need to capture and disseminate knowledge about how to develop them. Little is thus far known about the realities of multimedia systems ... -
Redistributive Forces of the Irish Tax-Benefit System
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)This paper charts the main changes in structure of the Irish system of tax and social benefits over the period 1955-2002. It analyses the evolution of the redistributive forces in the system over the period and considers ... -
A Socio-Economic Study of Kelang Village in Yunnan Province in relation to Uptake by Farmers of Improved Management Practices on Red Soils in China
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)This paper reports on the socio-economic outcome of a study of innovative, integrated, agricultural management practices in a catchment near Kelang village in Yunnan Province in south-west China. The focus of these practices, ... -
Measuring the Employment Effects of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)This paper presents evidence on the effectiveness of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme introduced by the Irish Government in 1998. The rationale for the scheme puts the emphasis on new economic activity and economic growth in ... -
On Growth and Saving
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)This paper is concerned with the relevance of the macroeconomic theory of income distribution to the ?new? growth theory. Specifically, it shows that the Cambridge equation, originally outlined in the context of the ... -
Regional Aspects of Environmental Regulation: The Case of the Irish Pharmaceutical Sector
(Liffey Press, 2003)This chapter develops a broader than conventional understanding of regional policy that takes into consideration the functionally and sectorally specific effects of local institutions and policies. It does this through an ... -
Web-based information systems - innovation or re-spun Emperor's clothing
(Springer, 2004)The challenge of developing new systems with Web technologies has led many to take for granted that such Web-based Information Systems (IS) are by their nature, and in their essence, fundamentally innovative and different ... -
A Critical Review of Challenges in Hypermedia Systems Development
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Usability and Acceptance in Small-Screen Information Systems
(2004)The small screen sizes of mobile phones can create problems for users. There is a need for acceptable user interfaces that enable a better, more maximised use of the limited screen size while still providing high ...