Browsing School of Business and Economics by Author "Keane, Michael J."
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Commuting Distances and Labour Market Areas: Some Preliminary Insights from a Spatial Model of Job Search
Keane, Michael J. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999) -
Delineating Daily Activity Spaces in Rural Areas
Keane, Michael J. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)The new relational geography challenges notions of inherently coherent, integrated `territory-based' systems of relations. This paper uses network methods and correspondence analysis to try and describe some of the spatial ... -
Measuring the Employment Effects of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme
Keane, Michael J.; Garvey, Eoghan (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 ... -
New fields of employment: problems and possibilities in local and community economic development
Keane, Michael J. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-09)There has been a renewal of interest in the possibilities for new local employment in the social economy and this may be a suitable area where community initiative and effort can be concentrated. The literature suggests ... -
Performance, Position and Competition between Places
Garvey, Eoghan; Keane, Michael J.; Cullinan, John (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)The paper uses a finite mixture modelling approach to investigate the likely determinants of relative economic performance of Irish towns. The particular success factors that we focus on are measures of connectivity, ... -
Technology and Intermediation: the Case of Banking
Keane, Michael J.; Fountas, Stilianos (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 ...