http://hdl.handle.net/10379/308 2017-10-29T22:03:28Z 2017-10-29T22:03:28Z O'Neill, Ciaran Xiao, Mimi http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6025 2016-10-14T01:01:32Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A comparative examination of healthcare use related to hearing impairment in Europe O'Neill, Ciaran; Xiao, Mimi Impaired health resulting from whatever source presents challenges to individuals and societies. These challenges can be presented in terms of an economic burden - costs and dis-utilities - that arise from the experience of and efforts to manage or resolve the health issue. Examining this burden can help us understand the magnitude and distribution of the burden within society, how it might impact different agents and what impact particular resource allocation decisions might have on these. An examination of the burden associated with impaired health can throw into sharp relief the interconnectedness of different budgets, for example, and how attempts to effect savings in one area can have unintended and potentially greater consequences in others.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Chyzheuskaya, Aksana http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4983 2015-10-15T13:08:13Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a farm micro-simulation model to evaluate the impact of the nitrogen reduction mitigation strategies Chyzheuskaya, Aksana Working paper

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Harold, Jason Lyons, Seán Cullinan, John http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4243 2015-10-15T13:12:17Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Determinants of Residential Gas Demand in Ireland Harold, Jason; Lyons, Seán; Cullinan, John This paper examines the determinants of residential gas demand in Ireland using a microeconometric analysis of the daily gas consumption panel data from Ireland's Smart Metering Gas Consumer Behavioural Trial. It also investigates the e ectiveness of the demand side management stimuli that were tested during the Smart Metering Trial. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,181 households over 539 days. The results provide evidence that weather, together with the structural characteristics of the dwellings and the socio-economic characteristics of the households, are signi cant factors in explaining residential gas demand. More speci cally, weather is found to be the most in uential factor on household's daily gas consumption. Finally, the demand side management stimuli employed in the Smart Metering Trial were found to reduce daily household gas use on average. Working paper

2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Corbet, Shaen Twomey, Cian http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4094 2015-10-15T11:52:05Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quantifying the effects of the inclusion and segregation of Contracts for Difference in Australian equity markets Corbet, Shaen; Twomey, Cian This study examines the effects that Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have had on theAustralian equity market, either as an accelerant for mispricing, or as a source of increased marketfunctionality through the addition of a new tradable product and increased liquidity. The AustralianSecurities Exchange (ASX) made the decision to segregate CFDs to a separate ring-fenced exchangein November 2007. This study uses EGARCH techniques to test for the effects of CFDs on returnvolatility at the time of CFD inclusion and segregation in Australian equity markets at the index andequity-specific level. A fully worked explanation and example of a CFD-influenced overhang is alsoprovided. The results provide evidence that cannot reject the presence of overhangs in Australianequity markets. Working paper

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