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Nonmonotonic Reasoning and the Foundations of Rational Choice
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
The paper applies a technique developed in artificial intelligence to frame and analyze on the foundational level A. Sen's critique of internal consistency conditions in various choice situations.
Are Economic Growth and the Variability of the Business Cycle Related? Evidence from Five European Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
We use a long series of annual data that span over 100 years to examine the relationship between output growth and output growth uncertainty in five European countries. Using the GARCH methodology to proxy output growth ...
Effective versus Statutory Taxation: Measuring Effective Tax Administration in Transition Economies
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)
Wide differences between effective or realised average tax rates and tax yields that would result if statutory tax rates were strictly applied indicate tax compliance and collection problems. Due to the greater politicisation ...
Twin Deficits, Real Interest Rates and International Capital Mobility
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)
We argue that the interactions among the current account and budget balances and the real interest rate can provide more information about the effective degree of financial openness of an economy than simple saving-investment ...
The Relationship between Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty in the UK: 1885-1998
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)
Using a long series of UK inflation data, I have provided strong evidence in favour of the hypothesis that inflationary periods are associated with high inflation uncertainty. This result supports the Friedman-Ball hypothesis ...
A GARCH Model of Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty with Simultaneous Feedback
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)
We examine the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty using a GARCH model that allows for simultaneous feedback between the conditional mean and variance of inflation. We also derive a number of theoretical ...
Measuring Trends in Male Mortality by Socio-Economic Group in Ireland: A Note on the Quality of Data
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)
The objective of this paper is to examine measurement issues and data problems in the analysis of trends in male mortality differentials by socio-economic group in Ireland between 1981 and 1991. The study is based on ...
Cambridge Distribution in a World Economy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)
The paper outlines a two-country Cambridge model of growth and distribution. The condition for the Cambridge equation to apply to the world economy is outlined. When this is satisfied, a dual theorem holds in one of the ...
Commuting Distances and Labour Market Areas: Some Preliminary Insights from a Spatial Model of Job Search
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)
Many-valued judgment aggregation: characteriing the possibility/impossibility boundary for an important class of agendas
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009-11)
A general model of judgment aggregation is presented in which judgments on propositions are not binary but come in degrees. The primitives of the model are a set of propositions, an entailment relation, and a "triangular ...