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Cohabitation in Ireland: evidence from survey data
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
Cohabitation has grown strongly in Ireland over the last decade. We use large-scale surveys to characterise its extent and nature. We find it has almost tripled in incidence between 1994 and 2002. It is associated with ...
Using CGE and Microsimulation Models for In come Distribution Analyses: A Survey.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
This paper carries out a survey of CGE and Microsimulation models used in
the evaluation of issues related directly or indirectly to incomes distribution.
Different model structures are discussed which have been employed ...
A Framework for Testing Algorithmic Trading Strategies
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Algorithmic trading and artificial stock markets have generated huge interest not only among brokers and traders in the financial markets but also across various disciplines in the academia. The emergence of algorithmic ...
Arrow's theorem and max-star transitivity
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009)
In the literature on social choice and fuzzy preferences, a central question is how to represent the transitivity of a fuzzy binary relation. Arguably the most general way of doing this is to assume a form of transitivity ...
Taming the Incomputable, Reconstructing the Nonconstructive and Deciding the Undecidable in Mathematical Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
It is natural to claim, as I do in this paper, that the emergence of non-constructivities in economics is entirely due to the formalizations of economics by means of 'classical' mathematics. I have made similar claims for ...
Agricultural Biodiversity and Land Fragmentation: the case of Bulgaria
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity and their interplay with farm profitability. Original primary date are drawn from a survey conducted in Bulgaria. We present ...
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 ...
Measuring the opportunity cost of time in recreation demand modelling: an application to a random utility model of whitewater kayaking in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
The treatment of the opportunity cost of travel time and the measurement of travel costs
in recreational demand modelling has been a contentious issue for many decades. This
paper demonstrates how a potential wage rate ...
Quantifying the Effects of Decoupling on Agriculture in Ireland s NUTS 3 Regions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
In this paper we adapt the CAPRI model to facilitate an analysis of CAP reform on
agriculture in Ireland's NUTS 3 regions. We make assumptions about how the Luxembourg
Agreement will be implemented in the Member States ...
Preferences and Multiple Use Forest Management
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
This paper offers evidence relevant to the debate regarding the use of stated willingnessto-
pay as a guide to public preferences about environmental management, and the
possibility that individuals have distinct preferences ...