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Re-reading Jevons's Principles of Science-Induction Redux
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
In this paper I try to substantiate the thesis that Jevons may have been too harsh on the vices of induction and generously optimistic about the virtues of deduction, as discussed, primarily, in his magnum opus, The ...
Governing Recreational Activities in Ireland: a partnership approach to sustainable tourism
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)
In Ireland increased public access for recreation presents challenges to policy makers concerned with tourism and rural development. Recreation activities such as mountaineering, walking and cycling can contribute to the ...
A Model for Regulatory Intervention in Irish Banking
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
The banking system is currently experiencing an unprecedented phase of regulatory transition in order to address persistent market failures. This paper documents the need for better regulation in Irish banking and presents ...
Ready to go? EU Enlargement and migration potential: lessons for the Czech Republic in the context of Irish migration experience
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
EU enlargement is hardly can be seen as the major push factor for migration. There are mainly economic factors that influence the migration decisions. Besides it seems that there is a migration potential, unique for every ...
Controlling Agricultural Emissions of Nitrates: Regulation versus Taxes
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
Two policy instruments, input taxes and regulations, can be used to deal with nitrate pollution. However, in practice command and control (CAC) measures such as input regulations and management practices, as outlined in ...
Tales of Expansionary Fiscal Contractions in Two European Countries: Hindsight and Foresight
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
It is ironic that the potential expansionary effects of fiscal contractions have become known as non-Keynesian effects. This paper highlights the fact that Keynes and his contemporaries were aware of such potential perverse ...
Waiving and Exercising Rights in the Theory of Social Situations
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
The present paper analyses different formulations of individual rights within a traditional social choice-theoretic framework and a game form framework. It proposes a theory of social situations as a basis for some new ...
Lack of critical slowing down suggests that financial meltdowns are not critical transitions, yet rising variability could signal systemic risk
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-13)
Complex systems inspired analysis suggests a hypothesis that financial meltdowns are abrupt critical transitions that occur when the system reaches a tipping point. Theoretical and empirical studies on climatic and ecological ...
Economics, politics and democracy in the age of credit-rating capitalism
(Sameeksha Trust, 2013-02-02)
Unlike in earlier major economic crises, the current turmoil in the global economy has seen the consolidation of orthodoxy as the dominant paradigm. This essay traces the political economy of change in the current situation ...
Selecting Economic Immigrants: A Statistical Approach
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009-09)
There is growing international interest in a Canadian-style points system for selecting economic immigrants. Although existing points systems are influenced by the human capital literature, the findings have traditionally ...