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An analysis of the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) was introduced under Council Regulation 2078/92 in order to encourage farmers to carry out their activities in a more extensive and environmentally friendly manner. This paper ...
Exchange rate pass-through, the terms of trade and the trade balance
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)
We show that if exchange rate pass-through is incomplete, a country's terms of trade may move in the same or contrary direction to the nominal value of its currency. Moreover, when the degree of pass-through is endogenous, ...
Exchange rate pass-through, the terms of trade and the trade balance
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)
We show that if exchange rate pass-through is incomplete, a country's terms of trade may move in the same or contrary direction to the nominal value of its currency. Moreover, when the degree of pass-through is endogenous, ...
Cost of Living Indices and Flexible Consumption Behaviour: A partial critique
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
This paper questions the alleged superiority of superlative prices indices (like the Fisher index) over more standard base year indices (like the Laspeyre index) as measures of changes in the 'cost of living' (COL). The ...
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 ...
Estimation of the impact of CAP reform on the structure of farming in the disadvantaged areas of Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-09)
In this paper the Johansen model was used to examine the impact of
CAP Reform on the structure of farming in the Disadvantaged Areas of
Ireland. The model is essentially a policy impact model using an elasticity
set. ...
An empirical analysis of short-run and long-run Irish export functions : does exchange rate volatility matter?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-04)
We analyse the long-run and short-run relationship between merchandise
export volume and its determinants, foreign income, relative prices and
exchange rate variability, using the techniques of cointegration and ...
Minimum Wages and Employment: a critical appraisal of two theoretical frameworks
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)
This paper addresses the theoretical fallout from empirical studies published in the 1990s that showed no negative relationship between the introduction of minimum wages and employment. The theoretical developments have ...
Do farmers in Agri-Environmental schemes make appropriate ecological choices for the habitats on their farms? Modelling the biodiversity undertakings chosen within the Irish Rural Environment Protection Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)
Farmers participating in agri-environmental schemes (AESs) that are aimed at protecting biodiversity should ideally make decisions relating to the ecological management of their farms based on the habitat types found on ...
Common Property Resource Management and REPS Uptake in Ireland: the case of Irish Commonage
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)
This paper looks at the factors determining REPS participation among commonage farmers in the West of Ireland and on the impact REPS has had on participating farmers¿ income and on their environmental practices and attitudes. ...