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The Market for Financial Services in Rural Mongolia. Rural Finance and Sustainable Livelihoods
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Market-driven entrepreneurship and institutions
(Elsevier, 2019-03-21)This research seeks to explain how particular conditions in the external environment are associated with market-driven entrepreneurship—more specifically, startup or early-stage business activity that addresses opportunities ... -
Matrimonial Home Bill
(Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017-02-09)[No abstract available] -
Matrimonial property and Irish law: a case for community.
(Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland, 2002)Family property is a primary area of contention in property law. If spouses only have rights in relation to property to which they can show legal or beneficial title, they may be left unprotected in the event of marital ... -
The meanings and purpose of employee voice
(International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2004)In this paper we present and assess an analytical framework for examining the different 'meanings, purposes and practices' of employee voice. The data were collected from eighteen organizations in England, Scotland and ... -
A measure of distance between judgment sets (Working paper no. 169)
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)In the literature on judgment aggregation, an important open question is how to measure the distance between any two judgment sets. This is relevant for issues of social choice: if two individuals hold different beliefs ... -
Measuring public preferences for the conservation of the traditional farm landscape
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)This paper explores individuals' attitudes towards the traditional farm landscape. Results from a Generalised Tobit Interval model of willingness to pay for traditional farm landscape protection suggest that individuals ... -
Measuring the Employment Effects of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003)This paper presents evidence on the effectiveness of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme introduced by the Irish Government in 1998. The rationale for the scheme puts the emphasis on new economic activity and economic growth in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Men, individualism, and process: A Pardoner’s Tale
(Palgrave MacMillan, 2021-08-04)Taking a long look back through the philosophical underpinnings of contemporary hyper-masculinity, from renaissance writers such as Hobbes and Locke up to modern American philosopher, Nozick, this chapter maps out the key ... -
A methodological framework for the study of residential location and travel-to-work mode choice under central and suburban employment destination patterns
(2009)The aim of this paper is to contribute to the methodological questions that arise from the study of the simultaneous choice of residential location and travel-to-work mode under central and non-central or suburban employment ... -
mHealth and gamification
(2016-12-11)The use of mobile health (mHealth) applications for incentivizing health behaviour change continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. This growth has been accelerated by recent advancements in smart mobile technology ... -
Minimum Wages and Employment: a critical appraisal of two theoretical frameworks
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006)This paper addresses the theoretical fallout from empirical studies published in the 1990s that showed no negative relationship between the introduction of minimum wages and employment. The theoretical developments have ... -
A Model for Regulatory Intervention in Irish Banking
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)The banking system is currently experiencing an unprecedented phase of regulatory transition in order to address persistent market failures. This paper documents the need for better regulation in Irish banking and presents ... -
A model of deliberative and aggregative democracy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)We present a model of collective decision making in which voting and deliberation are treated simultaneously. Political theorists argue that public discussion can lead individuals to change their preferences. This aspect ... -
Modelling access to the Irish Coastline: a contingent behavioural approach.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)This paper measures willingness to pay (WTP) for public access and trail improvements to a coastal recreational site in the west of Ireland. The Contingent Behaviour model is used to measure the increased number of trips ... -
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence and Implications for European Monetary Union
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)We provide some evidence consistent with a heterogeneous credit channel of monetary policy transmission in the European Union. Using the techniques of cointegration and Error Correction Models, we have shown that the ... -
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: evidence and implications for European monetary union.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999-06)We provide some evidence consistent with a heterogeneous credit channel of monetary policy transmission in the European Union. Using the techniques of cointegration and Error Correction Models, we have shown that the ... -
Morishima's Nonlinear Model of the Cycle: Simplifications and Generalizations
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)Michio Morishima's nonlinear model of the trade cycle (Morishima, 1958) is simplified and generalized to show, by means of the Andronov-Hopf bifurcation theorem, the existence of a periodic orbit. In addition, an attempt ...