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Analyzing gender-based differential advantage: a gendered model of emerging and constructed opportunities.
(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 ... -
Ante-nuptial Agreements and "Proper Provision": An Irish Response to Radmacher v Granatino
(Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 2011-04)Irish law makes little reference to the principle of self-determination in relation to financial provision on matrimonial breakdown. The Family Law Act 1995 and the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 place some emphasis on ... -
The Anthropocene, autopoiesis and the disingenuousness of the genuine link: Addressing enforcement gaps in the legal regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction.
(Martinus Nijhoff, 2009)The Netherlands has a long and proud tradition of scholarship in the law of the sea that traces its roots back to Hugo de Groot. This tradition is exemplified by the work carried out over the last two decades by the ... -
Anti-social behaviour - symptoms, solutions, strategies: The implications for residents, local authorities and housing associations.
(RESPOND, 2010-09)This presentation outlines the legal definitions of anti-social behaviour, the obligations of housing authorities under the Act of 2009 and the implications for residents/tenants, local authorities and housing associations. -
Applying the SOBC paradigm to explain how social media overload affects academic performance
(Elsevier, 2019-09-10)Research suggests University students are more disposed than others to develop problematic social media use. Social media overload, the phenomenon where users are exposed to a massive amount of information and communication ... -
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 ... -
Are Greek budget deficits 'too large'?
(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?
(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
(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 database development skills using an on-line MCQ: Reflections on test design and academic integrity
(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-06-23)This paper reports on the experiences of assessing a large postgraduate module in Database Systems using an on-line MCQ test under COVID-19 conditions with no remote proctoring. While the technology and the “higher order ... -
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 ... -
Assessing the Impact of Pensions Policy Reform in Ireland: the Case of Increasing the Pension Age
(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 ... -
Assessing the pay communication, knowledge and satisfaction of exempt employees at Medtronic Vascular
(NUI Galway, 2009-04-01)Medtronic Vascular is a US-based multinational that develops technologies to provide lifelong solutions for people with chronic diseases. Over 2,000 people are employed in Ireland with most of the company’s employees ... -
Audit quality threatening behaviours: perceptions of auditees
(Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 2015)Previous research has found that audit staff engage in audit quality threatening behaviours (QTB). Auditee personnel interact with audit staff during fieldwork, and their perceptions of QTB are reported in this paper. ... -
Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession
(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 ... -
Automatic enrolment to pension plans in small organisations: a research agenda
(Emerald, 2019-01-07)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how firm size impacts pension workforce coverage with a particular focus on automatic enrolment (AE) to pension plans in small organisations. Design/methodology/approach The ... -
Autonomy and prenuptial agreements in Ireland: A relational analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04-03)Unlike England and Wales, Ireland has not yet moved from the traditional common law rejection of prenuptial agreements. Nevertheless, similar policy concerns continue to be debated in both jurisdictions, particularly regarding ... -
Banking compliance and dependence corruption: towards an attachment perspective
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-05-07)Why did banking compliance fail so badly in the recent financial crisis and why, according to many, does it continue to do so? Rather than point to the lack of oversight of individuals in bank compliance roles, as many ... -
Being Agile When It Really Matters: How ICT can Facilitate Rapid Response to Cardiac Emergencies
(2010)Sudden cardiac death is a serious public health issue in Ireland, especially within rural communities that cannot be quickly reached by emergency ambulance services. When a person suffers a cardiac ... -
Benchmarking the financial performance of local councils in Ireland
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-04)It was over a quarter of a century ago that information from the financial statements was used to benchmark the efficiency and effectiveness of local government in the US. With the global adoption of New Public Management ...