This paper investigates macro and micro determinants of support for EU membership in the new member and candidate countries of the EU. We find that favorable individual and regional characteristics are positively correlated ...
Given the raft of upcoming referendums on the new EU constitution, the question of what
determines voting in EU referendums is of considerable importance. Are referendums on EU treaties decided by voters' attitudes to ...
Laffan, Brigid(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2003)
This paper analyses the European dimension of British-Irish relations and the EU’s role in altering the environment within which relations between these islands are played out. The paper examines relations between the two ...
Bredin, Donal; Muckley, Cal(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2009)
The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the key policy instrument of the European Commission's Climate Change Program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to eight percent below 1990 levels by 2012. A ...
This paper explores issues surrounding the estimation of population exposure data in accordance with EU Directive 2002/49/EC and, in particular, focuses on the assessment of night-time noise. It has been identified by many ...
The function of national parliaments in the European Union has attracted significant
public debate in recent years, particularly in the context of the draft EU Constitutional
Treaty. Much of this has concerned the role ...
This paper uses new data from EU-SILC for twenty-six European countries to examine the structure and distribution of material deprivation in the enlarged EU. We identify three distinct dimensions of material deprivation ...
Thom, Rodney(University College Dublin. Department of Economics, 1999-01)
This paper presents an analysis of the growth and structure of EU-CEE intra-industry trade since the latter commenced their economic transition in the late 1980's. Section 2 outlines the economic rationale for intra-industry ...
This paper looks at some aspects of trade and investment relations between the EU and the countries of central and eastern Europe (CEEC). The approach used is based on a model of trade with, and development of, a frontier ...