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Has the European Monetary System Led to More Exports? Evidence from Four European Union Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-10)We attempt to investigate whether the ERM period has coincided with an increase in intra-EU exports. We conclude that this has not been the case but it is likely that the elimination of nominal exchange rate variability ... -
Have Exchange Traded Funds influenced commodity market volatility?
(Econjournals.com, 2014)Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have existed since the late 1980s, but were first traded on commodity markets in the early 2000s. Their inception has been linked by some market analysts with the large commodity price increases ... -
Hicksian Visions and Vignettes on (Non-Linear) Trade Cycle Theories
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)Hicks theorized about the trade cycle, from many perspectives, over the whole span of his long, fertile and distinguished profes- sional life. Beginning with thoughts on an equilibrium approach to the problem of the ... -
How have contracts for difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the markethas grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presentsan analysis of how CFDs have affected ... -
How have Contracts for Difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(2013)Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the market has grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presents an analysis of how CFDs have ... -
The Impact of Health Status on the Duration of Unemployment Spells and the Implications for Studies of the Impact of Unemployment on Health Status
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)This paper examines the impact of health status on the duration of unemployment spells and finds that individuals with impaired health will have significantly longer unemployment spells. These longer unemployment spells ... -
The impact of the economic boom and bust on local government budgets in ireland
(Institute of Public Administration (Ireland), 2013)This paper analyses the effects of the economic crisis on local government budgets in Ireland. In this context, it also examines the preceding period, namely the impact of the economic boom on local government finances. ... -
The Impact of the Exchange Rate Regime on Exports: Evidence from Bilateral Exports in the European Monetary System
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)By employing the techniques of multivariate cointegration and error-correction models, we investigate the impact of the creation of the European Monetary System (EMS) on the exports of the four largest EU countries to each ... -
The Impact of the Exchange Rate Regime on Exports: Evidence from the European Monetary System
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)We employ the econometric techniques of multivariate cointegration and error-correction models to investigate the impact of the creation of the European Monetary System (EMS) on the volume of intra-European Union (EU) ... -
The impact of the exchange rate regime on exports: evidence from the European Monetary System.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)We employ the econometric techniques of multivariate cointegration and errorcorrection models to investigate the impact of the creation of the European Monetary System (EMS) on the volume of intra-European Union (EU) ... -
The impacts of transition on the household in the provinces of Kazakhstan: the case of Atyubinsk Oblast.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-09)This paper discusses the main economic and social changes that have affected the well-being of households in Akytubinsk Oblast in Kazakhstan and describes the general responses of the households to these changes. ... -
The impossibility of an Effective Theory of Policy in a Complex Economy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)It is shown that for a 'complex economy', characterised in terms of a formal dynamical system capable of computation universality, it is impossible to devise an effective theory of policy. -
Income Security Programmes and Retirement Behaviour in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)This paper gives a first-time assessment of the interaction between income security programmes (public and private) and the labour force behaviour of older people in Ireland. Workers close to retirement age face a trade-off ... -
Inflation and Output Growth Uncertainty and their Relationship with Inflation and Output Growth
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2001)Using a bivariate GARCH model of inflation and output growth we find evidence that higher inflation and more inflation uncertainty lead to lower output growth in the Japanese economy. These results support the argument of ... -
Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty, and a Common European Monetary Policy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2001)The relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty is investigated in six European Union countries for the period 1960 to 1999. EGARCH models are used to generate a measure of inflation uncertainty and then Granger ... -
Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty, and a Common European Monetary Policy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2001)The relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty is investigated in six European Union countries for the period 1960 to 1999. EGARCH models are used to generate a measure of inflation uncertainty and then Granger ... -
An investigation into the dynamics of financial catastrophe
(Economics Working Paper, 2012)The paper captures the dynamics of interaction between the real and the nancial sector in a model of endogenous credit that exhibits multiple steady states and generates phase transitions with catastrophic abrupt- ness. ... -
Kaldor on Debreu: The Critique of General Equilibrium Reconsidered
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)This paper revisits Kaldor's methodological critique of orthodox economics. The main target of his critique was the theory of general equilibrium as expounded in the work of Debreu and others. Kaldor deemed this theory to ... -
Lack of critical slowing down suggests that financial meltdowns are not critical transitions, yet rising variability could signal systemic risk
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-13)Complex systems inspired analysis suggests a hypothesis that financial meltdowns are abrupt critical transitions that occur when the system reaches a tipping point. Theoretical and empirical studies on climatic and ecological ... -
Leadership in the Irish Civil Service: A 360° Assessment of Senior Management Capability
(CISC, 2011)[no abstract available]