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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 ...
Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-01)
We use cointegration tests that determine endogenously the regime shift to
test for bilateral short-term and long-term real interest rate convergence in
the European Monetary System in the 1979-1993 period. The results ...
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 ...
Are the US current account deficits really sustainable?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-03)
We have tested for a long-run relationship between four US export measures
and analogous import measures (measured in nominal and real terms, levels
and deflated by GNP) in the 1967-1994 period using quarterly data. ...
Production, information and property regimes : efficiency implications in the case of economies of scope
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-04)
A conceptual model and numerical example are used to show that private
property regimes are not necessarily preferable to common property regimes
on efficiency grounds when: (1) agents are risk averse; (2) exogenous ...
Technology and Intermediation: the Case of Banking
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-04)
The aim of this paper is to look at ways in which the contribution of investment
in technology to consumer welfare might be measured. One useful
approach to this question is demonstrated by means of a simple spatial
model ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...