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The Rise and Fall of the Irish Orange Roughy Fishery: An Economic Analysis
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-04)
An Irish commercial fishery for orange roughy began in the Northeast Atlantic in 2001 with the assistance of government grants. The fishery began as an open access, non-quota fishery. The rapid boom and bust of many deep ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
FDI and Domestic Capital Stock in US Manufacturing Industries: Crowding-Out and Displacement Effects
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)
The global financial crisis has witnessed a dramatic slowdown in FDI flows, yet concerns over its possible impacts on investment and employment in home and host economies have actually intensified. Although weakened national ...
Bilateral FDI and Canadian Export Activity
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)
This study examines how Canadian exports to a specific trading partner are influenced by outward and inward direct investment flows to/from that country. A gravity-type empirical model guides a dynamic panel analysis which ...
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 ...
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 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 ...