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Quantifying the effects of the inclusion and segregation of Contracts for Difference in Australian equity markets
(2013)
This study examines the effects that Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have had on theAustralian equity market, either as an accelerant for mispricing, or as a source of increased marketfunctionality through the addition of ...
Assessing the Empirical Performance of the DSGE models in the lead up to the Crisis
(2013)
The global financial crisis has sparked renewed debate over the state of macroeconomic modeling,
particularly in the lead up to the 2008/2009 Great Recession. The standard workhorse of
macroeconomic modeling, the Dynamic ...
How have Contracts for Difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(2013)
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the market has grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presents an analysis of how CFDs have ...
Exploring inequalities in service use: the case of cervical cancer screening in Ireland, the United Kingdom and United States
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2013)
This study examined inequalities in uptake of cervical cancer screening in the Republic of Ireland, Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States using data from nationally representative surveys in 2007/2008. ...
Critical transitions in Eurozone sovereign bond markets
(Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2013)
In this paper we present empirical evidence that the sovereign bond markets may have undergone a catastrophic transition during the Eurozone debt crisis. We find evidence of a phenomenon called critical slowing down that ...