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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 ... -
Motivation- The Irish and non Irish Workers: Using the psychological contract to understand the reasons behind perceived different performance levels from the Irish and non Irish employees on the same manufacturing floor.
(2008)The objective of this investigation was to ascertain if a different psychological contract was in existence among shop floor employees in a small to medium enterprise. This thesis sought to answer three research questions. ... -
Multidisciplinary perspectives on cybersecurity research, practice and education: Proceedings of the 1st Cyber Research Conference Ireland
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Multinational corporations and industrial relations research: A road less travelled
(Wiley, 2008)While there is a large body of academic debate surrounding human resource management issues in MNCs, industrial relations issues often fail to receive the same degree of attention. This paper attempts to move the debate ... -
Multiple publication and online defamation - recent reforms in Ireland and the UK
(Masarykova Univerzita Nakladatelstvi,Masaryk University Press, 2012)The multiple-publication rule, allowing for a new cause of action each time a defamatory statement is published, has applied to non-internet publications for well over a century. Its application to online publications ... -
National Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurship
(2008-09-26)Porter (1990) argues that the future battles for competitiveness will not be fought just between organisations but also between nations. Looking at the nation as the unit of analysis, one way to become more competitive ... -
A needs and resources assessment of fiscal equalisation in the Irish local government system
(Economic and Social Studies, 2015)In 2000 the central government in Ireland introduced a formula-based needs and resources equalisation model in its local government system to ensure that the allocation of general purpose grants to local authorities was ... -
New Branches, Old Roots: A Study of Methods and Techniques in Web/Hypermedia Systems Design
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New developments in Irish housing rights
(FEANTSA, 2010-12-10)Housing rights in Ireland remain very much underdeveloped, while the State suffers from a major property price hangover. While housing production boomed in the new century, waiting lists for social housing have grown over ... -
New Estimates of the Cost of Disability in Ireland Using the Standard of Living Approach
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)Addressing the extra economic costs of disability seems a logical step towards alleviating elements of social exclusion for people with disabilities. This paper estimates the economic cost of disability in Ireland in terms ... -
New fields of employment: problems and possibilities in local and community economic development
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-09)There has been a renewal of interest in the possibilities for new local employment in the social economy and this may be a suitable area where community initiative and effort can be concentrated. The literature suggests ... -
New ideas or false hopes? : International, European, and Irish climate change law and policy after the Paris Agreement
(Round Hall, 2016)This article is an overview and summary of recent developments in international, European and Irish climate change law and policy. It places the recently-concluded Paris Agreement in the context of the US-China Deal on ... -
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 ... -
No three strikes for Ireland (yet): EU Copyright Law and individual liability in recent internet filesharing litigation
(Wolters Kluwer, 2011)This article is a summary of recent Irish cases involving peer-to-peer file-sharing. These cases are another step in the ongoing development of this fast-changing area of the law, and raise some interesting questions about ... -
Non-union employee representation, union avoidance and the managerial agenda
(2011)Non-union employee representation is an area which has attracted much interest in the voice literature. Much of the literature has been shaped by a dialogue which considers NERs as a means of union avoidance. More recently ... -
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.