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• School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering [243]

• Competitive Balance and Match Attendance in European Rugby Union Leagues 

  Massey, Patrick ; Massey, Shane ; Hogan, Vincent (Vincent Peter) (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)

  The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive ...
• Late conversion : the impact of professionalism on European rugby union 

  Hogan, Vincent (Vincent Peter) ; Massey, Patrick ; Massey, Shane (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2011-09-07)

  Rugby union only went professional in 1995, much later than other major team sports. League structures and arrangements regarding revenue sharing and salary caps differ between the three main European leagues. We consider ...
• Cyclical and structural influences on Irish unemployment 

  Walsh, Brendan M. (Oxford University Press, 2000)

  In the course of the 1990s the Irish unemployment rate moved from near the top to close to the bottom of the EU league table. This paper identifies the cyclical and structural factors that have contributed to the transformation ...
• Analysing Determinants of Match Attendance in the European Rugby Cup 

  Massey, Patrick ; Massey, Shane ; Hogan, Vincent (Vincent Peter) (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)

  The economic literature on professional sports leagues suggests supporters’ utility depends on uncertainty of outcome (competitive balance) and the quality of play. Unlike soccer, where the Champions League is dominated ...
• The revenue implications of tax harmonisation 

  Thom, Rodney (University College Dublin. Department of Economics, 1988)

  Report prepared for the European League for Economic Co-operation
• Aspects of youth unemployment in Ireland 

  Walsh, Brendan M. (Irish Council of the European Movement : European League for Economic Cooperation, 1985)
• 'Homicides royaux' : the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise and the radicalization of French public opinion 

  Wilkinson, Alexander S. (Oxford University Press, 2004-06)

  The propaganda campaign launched in response to the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise on the orders of Henri III in December 1588 was the largest waged in the history of sixteenth-century France. Yet, it has ...
• Forensic investigation methodology for structures experiencing settlement 

  Laefer, Debra F. ; Evans, Ashley ; Frazier, Jon (Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), 2006)

  The progressive settlement of a plantation in North Carolina is explored through a post-damage inspection. If a building is experiencing settlement or other deleterious movement, the underlying causes must be established ...
• Accurate prediction of protein secondary structure and solvent accessibility by consensus combiners of sequence and structure information 

  Pollastri, Gianluca ; Martin, Alberto J. M. ; Mooney, Catherine ; Vullo, Alessandro (BioMed Central, 2007-06-14)

  Background : Structural properties of proteins such as secondary structure and solvent accessibility contribute to three-dimensional structure prediction, not only in the ab initio case but also when homology information ...