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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 ...
Cost of Living Indices and Flexible Consumption Behaviour: A partial critique
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
This paper questions the alleged superiority of superlative prices indices (like the Fisher index) over more standard base year indices (like the Laspeyre index) as measures of changes in the 'cost of living' (COL). The ...
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 ...
The Off-Farm Labour Force Participation of Mayo Farm Households
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
The objective of this paper is to examine the factors affecting both participation in an off-farm job and the number of hours worked off-farm by couples in farm households in an Irish region. Data from 278 farm households ...
Measuring the Employment Effects of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)
This paper presents evidence on the effectiveness of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme introduced by the Irish Government in 1998. The rationale for the scheme puts the emphasis on new economic activity and economic growth in ...
Accounting for Skill Levels in Recreational Demand Modelling using a Clustered RUM approach
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
We adapt the standard random utility model to take account of the heterogeneity of
recreational preferences by using what we call a 'clustered conditional logit
framework'. By separating out our sample of whitewater ...
Performance, Position and Competition between Places
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
The paper uses a finite mixture modelling approach to investigate the likely determinants of relative economic performance of Irish towns. The particular success factors that we focus on are measures of connectivity, ...