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    • Analysing Preference Heterogeneith using Random Parameter Logit and Latent Class Modelling Techniques. 

      Hynes, Stephen (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
      Multi-attribute revealed preference data is used to investigate the heterogeneity of tastes in a sample of kayakers, in relation to eleven whitewater sites in Ireland. The paper focuses on a comparison of the analysis ...

    • An analysis of local public finances and the 2014 local government reforms 

      Turley, Gerard; McNena, Stephen (Economic and Social Studies, 2016)
      In this paper we set out to analyse changes in local government expenditures and income in the context of central government austerity measures, local government budgetary adjustments and, most especially, the 2014 local ...

    • An analysis of the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme 

      Hynes, Stephen; Murphy, Eithne (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)
      The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) was introduced under Council Regulation 2078/92 in order to encourage farmers to carry out their activities in a more extensive and environmentally friendly manner. This paper ...

    • Analyzing gender-based differential advantage: a gendered model of emerging and constructed opportunities. 

      Steele, Scott R. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-10)
      This paper develops and uses the Model of Emerging and Constructed Opportunities (MECO) to analyze the emergence of systematic institutional and gender-based differential advantage. Using an evolutionary process ...

    • Are Economic Growth and the Variability of the Business Cycle Related? Evidence from Five European Countries 

      Fountas, Stilianos (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 ...

    • Are Greek budget deficits 'too large'? 

      Fountas, Stilianos (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-09)
      We use a residual-based cointegration test suggested by Gregory and Hansen (1992) that allows for the determination of a structural break in the cointegrating vector to test for the sustainability of Greek fiscal deficits ...

    • Are the US current account deficits really sustainable? 

      Fountas, Stilianos (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-03)
      We have tested for a long-run relationship between four US export measures and analogous import measures (measured in nominal and real terms, levels and deflated by GNP) in the 1967-1994 period using quarterly data. ...

    • Arrow's theorem and max-star transitivity 

      Duddy, Conal; Piggins, Ashley (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009)
      In the literature on social choice and fuzzy preferences, a central question is how to represent the transitivity of a fuzzy binary relation. Arguably the most general way of doing this is to assume a form of transitivity ...

    • Assessing the Empirical Performance of the DSGE models in the lead up to the Crisis 

      Ashe, Sinead; Raghavendra, Srinivas (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 ...

    • Assessing the Impact of Pensions Policy Reform in Ireland: the Case of Increasing the Pension Age 

      O'Donoghue, Cathal (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
      Although demographic ageing will affect Ireland later than many EU countries, by 2050 it will result in significant pressures on the public pension system. Recent reform in Ireland has attempted to address these pressures ...

    • Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession 

      Turley, Gerard; McNena, Stephen; Robbins, Greraldine (Sciendo, 2018-12-31)
      This paper sets out to establish the extent of austerity in the Irish local government system during and after the Great Recession. Austerity is measured by the adjusted change in local government expenditure from peak to ...

    • Benefits and Costs of Methane Emission Reduction in the Irish National Herd 

      Garvey, Eoghan; Mc Inerney, Niall (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 ...

    • Bilateral FDI and Canadian Export Activity 

      Mullen, John K. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)
      This study examines how Canadian exports to a specific trading partner are influenced by outward and inward direct investment flows to/from that country. A gravity-type empirical model guides a dynamic panel analysis which ...

    • Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes 

      van Rensburg, Thomas M. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)

    • Cambridge Distribution in a World Economy 

      O'Connell, Joan (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 ...

    • Captive Offshoring by U.S. Multinationals: Measuring the Domestic Employment Impacts of Vertical FDI 

      Mullen, John K. (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)
      The pervasive and complex nature of "international outsourcing" has hampered efforts to quantify the importance of this phenomenon for national economies. Indeed, available evidence on the extent of "offshoring" associated ...

    • Caring and disability in long-stay institutions 

      O'Shea, Eamon (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-09)
      The paper investigates the empirical relationship between the dependency characteristics of elderly residents and the amount of care provided by health care professionals in a selected number of long-stay institutions in ...

    • Caring and Theories of Welfare Economics 

      O'Shea, Eamon; Kennelly, Brendan (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-11)
      This paper explores the relationship between theories of welfare economics and our understanding of the care of old people within families. It is difficult to make sense of family care relationships within the framework ...

    • A choice experiment versus a contingent valuation approach to agri-environmental policy valuation 

      Hynes, Stephen; Campbell, Danny; Howley, Peter (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)
      The non-market value accruing from an agri-environmental scheme can be examined by assessing the public's willingness to pay for the policy outputs as a whole or by modelling the preferences of society for the component ...

    • Cohabitation in Ireland: evidence from survey data 

      O'Donoghue, Cathal (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)
      Cohabitation has grown strongly in Ireland over the last decade. We use large-scale surveys to characterise its extent and nature. We find it has almost tripled in incidence between 1994 and 2002. It is associated with ...