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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 ...
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 ...
Crop Biodiversity, Risk Management and the Implications of Agricultural Assistance
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of
financial assistance to farms on crop biodiversity in an uncertain setting.
The findings reveal that risk aversion is an important driving force ...
Farm Income Mobility and Inequality in Ireland 1994-2001
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
This paper uses eight years of data of the National Farm Survey (NFS) to analyse the statics and dynamics of the farm earnings distribution in the period 1994 to 2001, and asks the question: is the Irish farming sector ...
Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty, and a Common European Monetary Policy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2001)
The relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty is investigated in six European Union countries for the period 1960 to 1999. EGARCH models are used to generate a measure of inflation uncertainty and then Granger ...
The Generation Game: All Gain No Pain? Ageing, Intergenerational Equity and Generational Accounts
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
This paper tries to quantify the degree of intergenerational redistribution in Irish public expenditure. The development of a large public debt in the space of two decades, its rapid elimination and potential rise again ...
On the Sustainability of Current Account Deficits: Evidence from Four ASEAN Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
This paper examines the sustainability of the current account imbalance for four ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) over the 1961-1999 period. To this end, we utilize the intertemporal ...
Redistribution over the Lifetime in the Irish Tax-Benefit System: An Application of a Prototype Dynamic Microsimulation Model for Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
This paper examines the distribution of lifetime income in Ireland. To do this a new prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland is used to generate lifetime income streams. Aggregating over the lifetime we can ...
The Nice Treaty and the Irish Referendum: What Values are at Stake?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
The purpose of this paper is primarily to highlight the issue of values in the European Union (EU) in terms of its practices as opposed to official rhetoric. The debate surrounding the Treaty of Nice, the context in which ...