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Alternative methodologies to measure the regulatory asset base of regulated companies : report to the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Kearney, Colm ; Hutson, Elaine (Commission for Aviation Regulation, 2001-08)
The Asian financial crisis and Australia's balance of payments

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Allen & Unwin, 1999)
The Asian financial crisis and the role of the IMF : a survey

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Taylor & Francis, 1999)

This paper begins with a commentary on the unfolding of the Asian crisis, and includes summary information on the effect of the crisis on the rate of economic growth and unemployment in the region. A review of current ...
Can the traditional Asian US dollar peg exchange rate regime be extended to include the Japanese yen?

Kearney, Colm ; Muckley, Cal (University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2006-06)

Using daily data for a select set of four Asian exchange rates, namely the Hong Kong dollar, the Singapore dollar, the Taiwan dollar and the Thailand baht, from October 1985 to October 2002, we apply principal components ...
Comments on the NERA Paper titled The Implementation of the Levy : a response to the Commission for Aviation Regulation’s Consultation Paper CP4/2002

Kearney, Colm ; Hutson, Elaine (Commission for Aviation Regulation, 2002-05)

Report prepared for the Commission for Aviation Regulation
Competitiveness implications for Ireland of EU enlargement

Barry, Frank ; Hannan, Aoife ; Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)

Subject to ratification, a further ten states, primarily from Central and Eastern Europe will accede to the EU in May 2004. Another two, and possibly three, CEE states are likely to join in 2007. The present paper assesses ...
Competitiveness implications for Ireland of EU enlargement

Barry, Frank ; Hannan, Aoife ; Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-09)

Ten states, primarily from Central and Eastern Europe, are likely to be admitted to the EU within the next few years. The present paper assesses the competitiveness implications of this enlargement for Ireland. Four ...
Dublin Airport Authority’s cost of capital : report to the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Commission for Aviation Regulation, 2005-05)

This Report estimates the cost of capital for the recently formed Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). To implement the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) approach to estimating DAA's cost of capital, it is necessary to ...
The IMF and the new international financial architecture

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Edward Elgar, 2001)
The Irish Aviation Authority's cost of capital : report to the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Commission for Aviation Regulation, 2007-03)

The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) approach is used to estimate the IAA's cost of capital. To implement this approach, it is necessary to estimate the IAA's cost of equity, its cost of debt and its gearing ratio. ...
The Irish Aviation Authority’s cost of capital : report to the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Commission for Aviation Regulation, 2002-01-01)

The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) approach is used to estimate the IAA's cost of capital. To implement this approach, it is necessary to estimate the IAA's cost of equity, its cost of debt and its gearing ratio. ...
Is North and South East Asia becoming a Yen block?

Kearney, Colm ; Muckley, Cal (University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2005)

We examine the evidence of an emerging yen block in North and Southeast Asia using up to 27 years of weekly data on 9 bilateral yen exchange rates. The exchange rate returns are modelled in response to variations in their ...
Merger arbitrage and the interaction between target and bidder stocks during takeover bids

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Elsevier, 2005)

We use bivariate ARCH specifications to model the conditional mean and stock price volatility for 56 takeover bids from January 1985 and July 1994. Using daily data from one year prior to the takeover announcement until ...
A portfolio analysis of industrial structure

Barry, Frank ; Kearney, Colm (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2003-03)

Industrial sectors producing income-elastic products can grow rapidly but are highly vulnerable to fluctuations in the world economy. Policymakers need to take into account this trade-off between output and employment ...
Reassessing the evidence of an emerging Yen block in North and Southeast Asia

Kearney, Colm ; Muckley, Cal (University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2005-05)

Using weekly observations on 9 Asian currencies from November 1976 to December 2003, we re-examine the evidence of an emerging yen block in North and Southeast Asia. In contrast to previous research that assumes instantaneous ...
Volatility in stocks subject to takeover bids : Australian evidence using daily data

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm (Elsevier, 2001-07)

Using daily price and volume data on 112 of the largest takeover targets in Australia during the period from 1985 to 1993, we find that conditional price volatility declines after the takeover announcement. This decline ...
Volume and skewness in international equity markets

Hutson, Elaine ; Kearney, Colm ; Lynch, Margaret (Elsevier, 2008)

We examine the relation between trading volume and skewness in 11 international stock markets using daily and monthly data from January 1980 to August 2004. We construct single equation and VAR models of the relation ...