Economics: Recent submissions
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Aggregating partitions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)Consider the following social choice problem. A group of individuals seek to partition a finite set X into two subsets. The individuals may disagree over the partition and an aggregation rule is applied to determine a ... -
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 ... -
Measuring public preferences for the conservation of the traditional farm landscape
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)This paper explores individuals' attitudes towards the traditional farm landscape. Results from a Generalised Tobit Interval model of willingness to pay for traditional farm landscape protection suggest that individuals ... -
U.S. Presidential Elections and the referendum paradox
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)In the United States, the president is elected by the Electoral College (EC) and not directly by individual voters. This can give rise to a so-called 'referendum paradox' in which one candidate receives more popular votes ... -
A model of deliberative and aggregative democracy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)We present a model of collective decision making in which voting and deliberation are treated simultaneously. Political theorists argue that public discussion can lead individuals to change their preferences. This aspect ... -
A stimulating annealing approach to non-market environmental benefit aggregation.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)This paper considers the use of a 'combinatorial optimization' technique in the aggregation of environmental benefit values. Combinatorial optimization is used to statistically match population census data to a Contingent ... -
Sustainable fishing in Irish waters: assessment of current practices, policies and alternative approaches (Economics Working Paper no. 165)
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)Irish fishing waters are currently governed as part of the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union. Under this regime, policies of strict regulation are employed to provide both an ecologically sustainable resource ... -
The spatial relationship between economic activity and river water quality
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)This paper, using Ireland as a case study, examines the relationship between economic activities and river water quality. The stipulation from the EU water framework directive (WFD) that all surface waters in the EU must ... -
A Geographical Information System approach to defining economic coastal zones in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)In order to develop a policy framework and guidelines for improving a national approach to the management of Irish coastal regions and associated resources one first needs to be able to define what is meant by 'a coastal ... -
Personal versus societal preferences in contingent valuation assessments
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)Contingent valuation has been used extensively in estimating the value of environmental goods. One criticism of this approach, however, is that respondents in referendum-style contingent valuation surveys may express ... -
Modelling access to the Irish Coastline: a contingent behavioural approach.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)This paper measures willingness to pay (WTP) for public access and trail improvements to a coastal recreational site in the west of Ireland. The Contingent Behaviour model is used to measure the increased number of trips ... -
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 Monetary Transmission Mechanism: evidence and implications for European monetary union.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999-06)We provide some evidence consistent with a heterogeneous credit channel of monetary policy transmission in the European Union. Using the techniques of cointegration and Error Correction Models, we have shown that the ... -
Subsidies in Irish fisheries: saving rural Ireland? (
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-12)Subsidies in the world's fishing industry have long been considered to have harmful effects on fish stocks. The fishing industry has suffered from overcapacity for many years, and subsidies encourage investment, leading ... -
Real interest-rate parity under regime shifts: evidence for industrial countries.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-10)We use recently developed cointegration tests that determine endogenously the regime shift to test for bilateral real interest rate convergence (real interest rate parity) in the G7 against the US in the 1974-1995 period. ... -
Analyzing gender-based differential advantage: a gendered model of emerging and constructed opportunities.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-10)This paper develops and uses the Model of Emerging and Constructed Opportunities (MECO) to analyze the emergence of systematic institutional and gender-based differential advantage. Using an evolutionary process ... -
A comparison of the effects of decommissioning, catch quotas and mesh regulation in restoring a depleted fishery.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-07)Possible means of rehabilitating the manY depleted fisheries in European waters now form a topic of great interest and relevance. This paper uses bioeconomic analysis to predict returns for the Irish Sea Nephrops ... -
The sensitivity of UK agricultural employment to macroeconomic variables 1960-1966
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-07)In the UK agriculture continues to have a major impact on the landscape, occupying 77% of the total land area, but its direct contribution to national enlployment is rIlarginal. In 1996 the agricult ural sector accounted for ... -
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. ... -
Quantitative Risk Estimation in the Credit Default Swap Market using Exteme Value Theory
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)This paper is motivated by empirical evidence illustrating the non-Gaussian nature of financial returns, (Jondeau et al 2007) and analyses extreme value theory, (EVT) as a proposed improvement (Embrechts et al., 2005) for ...