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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 ...
Varieties of Mathematics in Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
Real analysis, founded on the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms, buttressed by the axiom of choice, is the dominant variety of mathematics utilized in the formalization of economic theory. The accident of history that led to this ...
Variations on the Theme of Conning in Mathematical Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)
The mathematization of economics is almost exclusively in terms of the mathematics of real analysis which, in turn, is founded on set theory (and the axiom of choice) and orthodox mathematical logic. In this paper I try ...
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 ...
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 ...
Benefits and Costs of Methane Emission Reduction in the Irish National Herd
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
In this paper, we compare many of the widely available estimated global benefits of
abatement with the costs to Irish agriculture, as estimated by the CAPRI model. We apply
the model to Ireland only, in a simple comparative ...
A Stochastic Complexity Perspective of Induction in Economics and Inference in Dynamics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
Rissanen's fertile and pioneering minimum description length principle (MDL) has been viewed from the point of view of statistical estimation theory, information theory, as stochastic complexity theory - i.e., a computable ...
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 ...
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 ...