http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:23 GMT 2013-05-21T14:00:23Z http://researchrepository.ucd.ie:80/bitstream/id/2545/School of Economics.bmp http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5 http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3125 Regional Characteristics and the distribution of car engine sizes: a case study of Ireland Fu, Miao; Ahern, Aoife; Kelly, J. Andrew This paper examines whether regional characteristics can have a significant impact on the engine sizes of the car fleet in Ireland. Disposable income is found to be the dominant factor in determining the purchase probabilities of car engine size, but in addition a combination of high population density and the availability of rail transport can reduce the demand for medium and large engine sized vehicles, as well as for new cars generally. Bus services, however, only serve as a substitute for small engine cars. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3125 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3053 The role and provision of social air services in deregulated air transportation markets Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. Social air services continue to be provided by governments in liberalized air transport markets for reasons of regional economic development and social or political integration. Here the service policies for the US, EU and EFTA countries, Australia and Canada are examined and it is argued that policies should rely on market forces in order to obtain social, economic and political goals most economically Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3053 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3052 Private apartments in Dublin Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3052 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2975 Workshop report on European air transport scenarios Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J.; Button, Kenneth The aim of this small workshop of invited participants was to consider the prospects for the development of European air transport over the next two decades. It forms part of the air transport component of the EU's 4th Framework Programme's project MINIMISE (Managing Interoperability by Improvements in Transport System Organisation in Europe) and seeks to provide some expert views on how air transport policy at the Union level will need to evolve in order to meet the challenges of achieving optimal interoperability in the medium term. The overall project is multimodal in its orientation but this workshop touches upon other modes only in so far as they are relevant for the development of interoperability in the air transport sector. Interoperability can be defined in terms of reducing excessive impediments to the optimal efficiency with which various providers and users of passenger and freight transport can interact. The aim of the workshop was to provide for a wide ranging discussion, focused around a number of predetermined issues. These issues are -Development of external EU air transport relations -Policy regarding strategic airline alliances -Criteria for awarding subsidies for social based air services -Policy on predatory behaviour by airlines -The development of EU air cargo transport -Charging for the use of EU air transport infrastructure -Criteria for investing in new EU airport capacity. -The creation of improved air traffic management -Integration air transport with other modes The aim is not to come up with a blue print as to how these and other issues may be resolved but rather to consider how the adoption of different policy options within a variety of alternative futures (e.g. a larger EU area, faster or slower economic growth) will impact on EU air transport. The number of futures to be considered is very small, and involved taking just one or two extreme possibilities alongside an 'Expected Future'. The workshop took place at the Bartlett School, University College, London, UK, on 19th December 1997, and involved a small number of invited attendees. This report sets out the workshop’s discussions. Participants were not expected to produce any documentation, the report being written and revised in the light of participant feedback, by MINIMISE members. Workshop on European Air Transport Scenarios, University College, London, UK, 19th December 1997 Sat, 01 Aug 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2975 1998-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2974 Report on capacity of airport infrastructure Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J.; Button, Kenneth This report examines the current capacity of the EU’s airport infrastructure and highlights in a general way the main factors determining that capacity. In the report, the nature and the role of airport services are detailed and the multi-service networked industry that characterises airport operations is described. The determination of airport capacity is examined. Detailed discussion is given of the influence which air traffic control factors, demand characteristics, environmental conditions and the engineering design and layout of the runway system will have on that capacity. The methods used to assess capacity and delay are also detailed. Extensive data is presented from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) and EUROCONTROL’s Centre for Delay Analysis (CODA) to sketch the current state of Europe’s system of large airports.and the extent to which existing infrastructure is congested. This system of airports represents the main infrastructure of Europe’s aviation sector. The options available to policy makers to improve the management and organisation of existing capacity are set out and critically discussed. Tables giving the advantages and disadvantages of different demand management policies and procedures are presented, thus summarising the extensive literature in this area. Following on from this, several important issues arising when capacity needs to be expanded are highlighted. A number of practical difficulties are pinpointed and the tradeoffs facing policymakers are explained. For instance, where liberalisation has encouraged airlines to increase their frequency of service by, among other things, utilising smaller aircraft, this has the effect of using up available capacity at airports faster than would otherwise have been the case. Policymakers can influence the average size of aircraft in a positive way (which will have significant environmental benefits) through the pricing or airport charging policy. The balance between facilitating growth particularly of new entrant carriers on one hand, and emphasising environmental and sustainability goals on the other, will have to be addressed. The final section of the report relates these discussions to the issue of interoperability and briefly outlines some of the important policy considerations in this area. Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2974 1999-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2966 Subsidisation policies in the provision of air services to small communities : European and US approaches Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. In this paper, regulatory approaches to European and US social air service provision for small communities are compared. The subsidisation policies currently in place are reviewed briefly. The impact of social air service provision on small communities in the US is then focused. The Essential Air Service (EAS) Program was established as part of the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act and its aim was to guarantee a minimum level of air services to small and medium communities in the new competitive environment. Extensive data have been gathered from a variety of sources pertaining to EAS services and funding and community economic characteristics for centers covered by the programme. The characteristics of subsidized communities are compared with unsubsidized communities for the recent period (i.e. 1985-95). Policy issues are then discussed in a European context. Paper for the First International Forum on Air Transport in Remoter Regions, 2 - 4 April 1999, Nairn, Scotland. Forum organised by Cranfield University, UK. Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2966 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2964 Assessment of performance and prospects for the Irish regional airports Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. Fri, 16 Apr 1993 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2964 1993-04-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2963 Airline network structure and regional economic development : US case studies Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J.; Hewings, Geoffrey Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2963 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2957 Analysis of air freight networks in regional markets around the globe Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. This chapter examines the Asian, European, North American and Middle East air freight networks of combination passenger and freight and all-freight carriers using air freight capacity datasets for the period 1999-2009. The chapter begins by reviewing some of the key trends that have shaped and characterised air freight markets during the 1990s and 2000s. The impact of air transport market liberalisation is identified as a key determinant of changing carrier behaviour, particularly in relation to network structure organisation. The second major section of the chapter examines the sources of data available for tracking trends in the air freight sector. The lack of comprehensive datasets detailing the activities of the integrated carriers is discussed. Using the Official Airline Guide (OAG) historical databases that list ex-post carrier schedules for each year globally, annual data series indicating freight capacity of all Asian, European and North American and selected Middle Eastern carriers are determined and the general trends are described. The US T-100 Database is used to derive an equivalent distribution for the two largest integrated carriers, FedEx and UPS. The changing nature of industry organisation is discussed and the key players in each region are distinguished. For the combination carriers, passenger and freight network structures are compared for the period 1999-2009. The fortunes of the key air freight hubs are reviewed over the same period. The chapter concludes with a discussion about the key driving factors in dictating the future direction of the industry in the coming decade. Consolidation in the airline industry and the role of the integrated carriers receive particular consideration. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2957 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2934 An application of damage cost allocation for airport services in Ireland Feighan, Kieran; Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. This paper describes a procedure developed for the estimation of marginal damage costs for airfield pavements in order to establish off-peak airport charges at Irish airports. The Commission for Aviation Regulation has regulated Irish airports with more than one million passengers per annum since 2001. The Irish government in order to separate the ownership and regulatory functions that had both been vested with the Minister for Transport established the Commission. The three main international airports are owned and operated by the publicly owned Aer Rianta. The relationships between the airport authority and its main customers had become increasingly hostile and confrontational on issues including landing charges in the previous five years. PMS Pavement Management Services Ltd was engaged by the Commission to develop a methodology for off-peak marginal costs based on damage caused to airport facilities. The procedure developed uses the ICAO Aircraft Classification Number (ACN) to determine and allocate damage costs among different aircraft types for charges in off-peak periods. A total of 18 aircraft damage categories were determined for aircraft using Dublin Airport, based on a combination of ACN and Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW). The predicted maintenance and rehabilitation costs for the airport pavement infrastructure were allocated among the damage categories. An equivalent cost per tonne for 5 aircraft cost categories was subsequently developed to simplify the administration of the system by the airport authorities. The system has replaced the previous charging system based on MTOW only, and is in operation since 2001. The charging mechanism more closely reflects the actual damage induced by different aircraft, and is encouraging airline operators to consider alternative aircraft types and gear configurations that induce lower damage for similar MTOW. Some modifications have been incorporated into the charging scheme based on a 2 year review of the system in 2003. Ultimately it is intended to require aircraft operators to certify ACN values rather than MTOW on an ongoing basis at Dublin Airport. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Managing Pavements, 19-24 October 2004, Brisbane, Australia. Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2934 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2923 Characterisation of airline networks : a North American and European Comparison Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. This paper contrasts the North American and European air transport markets using the extensive Official Airline Guide Databases. The pattern of network development in the two continental regions is examined using data for 1996–2008. The top ten carriers in both regions are analysed closely in terms of network structures and the basic geographical characteristics of these networks are highlighted. In addition, different measures of air transport activity such as seating capacity, and number of movements and of routes are compared. Visualisations of carrier networks are used to highlight the different network strategies operated by low cost and full service carriers. European carrier networks display many significant differences to North American carrier networks. European carriers generally organise their networks around one or two key nodes within the member state in which they are registered and generally do not operate interactive, continental-wide, multiple hub-and-spoke networks as do North American carriers. European and North American low-cost carriers operate much more interconnected networks than full services carriers. Southwest Airlines stands out as operating a particularly highly interconnected network. Paper originally presented at the 48th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, August 2008 Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2923 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2915 North West Wales - Eastern Ireland airbridge : joining Wales and Ireland in Europe : final report Jones, Brian; Davies, Luke; Roberts, Jeni; Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J.; McLay, Peter This report by the INTERREG-funded project team, at University of Wales at Bangor and University College Dublin, has estimated the likely economic and social impacts, and effect upon regional transport dynamics, including accessibility, of an air link or “Air Bridge” between RAF Valley and Dublin Airport. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2915 2006-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2914 Economic evaluation of the impact of air service on small metropolitan and rural communities : final report Hewings, Geoffrey; Wiedemann, Randal A.; Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. The objective of this analysis was to provide an economic evaluation of the impact of air service on small metropolitan and rural communities. The specific goal of the analysis was two-fold: 1) to identify any significant economic structures that are common to small cities, but not common to similar cities without air service; 2) to determine local perceptions of the utility of air service that small cities are receiving. Since many of the communities that fit the study objectives are either unserved or served through the Essential Air Service program, the sample of communities draws heavily from communities that are part of this program. Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2914 2000-06-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2913 Institutional issues in transatlantic aviation Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling J. The air transport industry is expanding rapidly and it is a driving force in the globalization of economic activity through its global air service networks. International organizations such as the WTO and ICAO, as well as trade blocks and economic unions such as NAFTA and the EU, are in the process of examining the regulatory framework necessary to enable competition on an enlarged international basis. While much research has been undertaken into issues such as airline competition, airport regulation, and pricing policies,there has been very little focus on the role of the institutions designing and managing the air transport industry in national and international contexts. The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of the nature and role of institutions in aviation in Europe and the US and to explore potential research issues relating to institutional arrangements in the operation of the air transport sector. The chapter will investigate in a general way some of the institutional differences between Europe and the US and the evolution of institutions in the transatlantic market. Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2913 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2074 Early life conditions and adult health in Ireland Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Blarney, Co. Cork, 24-26 April 2009 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2074 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2073 Who studies in college? (Revealed preferences from the time use of Irish students) Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2073 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2072 Constructing a ready-to-eat cereal price index : should the nature of retail outlets matter? Mariuzzo, Franco; Walsh, Patrick P.; Whelan, Ciara; Zhang, Jing Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2072 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2071 Individual and regional determinants of students risk behaviour Delaney, Liam Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2071 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2069 The balance of payments problem and the investment problem McCarthy, Colm Fri, 01 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2069 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2068 Treatment of financial institutions McCarthy, Colm Fri, 01 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2068 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2067 Public expenditure and public sector pay Durkan, Joe Fri, 01 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2067 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2066 Enhancing the comparability of self-rated skills-matching using anchoring vignettes Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm This research is concerned with the skills-match between researchers' Ph.D. training and their subsequent university employment. Self-rated skills-matching is considered in light of the anchoring vignettes technique. This technique is used to adress comparability issues in survey research. It has been documented that individuals with more education and skills have the highest expectations for their jobs and careers; and are more easily disappointed. This is one reason why there may be comparability problems in self-rated skills matching. Only a few studies (at least one using objective data, a few more using self- reported data) have examined the issue of skills-matching. Furthermore, the results from objective data are somewhat problematic. This underscores the need to apply anchoring vignettes to self-reported data. Mismatch is associated with substantially lower earnings; with more comparable measures, wage penalties can be more accurately estimated. Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Blarney, Co. Cork, 24-26 April 2009 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2066 2009-01-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2065 Gender differences in mental well-being : a decomposition analysis Madden, David (David Patrick) The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern across countries is that women report lower levels of mental well-being, as measured by the GHQ. This paper applies decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score. For both 1994 and 2000 about two thirds of the raw difference is accounted for by differences in characteristics, with employment status the single most important factor. 22nd Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2065 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2064 Recent trends in trade union membership in Ireland Walsh, Frank; Strobl, Eric Using micro data from the Quarterly National Household Survey we look at trends in Irish union membership from 2001-2006. There was a steep decline in union density. Decomposition analysis suggests that most of the decline is associated with a decline in the underlying probability of becoming a member for different groups of workers rather than a change in composition. 22nd Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2064 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2063 Where do firms export, how much, and why? Lawless, Martina; Whelan, Karl The empirical finding that exporting firms are more productive on average than non-exporters has provoked a large theoretical literature based on models such as Melitz (2003), where more productive firms are more likely to overcome costs associated with trade. This paper provides a systematic empirical assessment of the Melitz framework using a unique Irish dataset that includes information on destinations and firm characteristics such as productivity. We find a number of interesting deviations from the model’s predictions including a high degree of unpredictable idiosyncratic participation in export markets by firms, a relatively weak positive correlation between the extent of export participation and export sales, and a limited role for productivity in explaining firm exporting behavior. We illustrate the effect of firm heterogeneity on gravity regressions of aggregate trade flows and show how past exporting to a particular market has a strong impact on the current probability of exporting there. 22nd Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2063 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2062 Choosing to become a 'lost cause' : the perverse effects of benefit preconditions Farrell, Lisa; Frijters, Paul This paper argues that preconditions for welfare benefit entitlements based on labour market prospects can be counterproductive when they create an incentive for individuals to abstain from any investment earlier in life that could improve future prospects. Benefit entitlements based partly on investments made prior to labour market entry are then Pareto-improving. Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2062 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2061 Risk preference and employment contract type Brown, Sarah; Farrell, Lisa; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, John G. We consider three broad types of employment contract vis, self-employment, PRP, and fixed wage employment. We focus on the implied degree of income risk associated with each type of employment contract, arguing that such risk falls as we move from self-employment at one extreme to fixed wage employment at the other. We investigate the possibility that there is a systematic relationship between employment within a particular contract type and risk preference as proxied by expenditure on risky goods and goods associated with risk averse behaviour. A typical question might be: 'do self-employed individuals attempt to compensate for the relatively high level of income risk they face by reducing their expenditure on relatively risky goods? Or, do such individuals have a taste for risk which they express in both their working and non-working life?' Our empirical analysis, based on pooled cross-section data drawn from the British Family Expenditure Survey 1997-2000, provides evidence of a systematic relationship between employment contract type and risk preference, with, for example, self-employed workers being more (less) likely to engage in the consumption of "risky" (financial security) products. The results are based the Ordered Generalized Extreme Values model (OGEV), a relatively infrequently used discrete choice model, which importantly allows for ordering and correlation in the observed alternatives. Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2061 2002-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2015 Housing inventories and prices : what’s next for the US housing market? Whelan, Karl Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Blarney, Co. Cork, 24-26 April 2009 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2015 2009-01-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2014 Revisiting the cost of children : theory and evidence from Ireland Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier In this paper, we suggest a collective model with parents and (young) children. We identify and estimate scale economies in households and the sharing rule between husband, wife and children. While adult shares and economies of scale are identi…ed thanks to the estimation of individual Engel curves on single individuals, the identi…cation of the resource share accruing to children (the cost of children) requires the observation of adult-speci…c goods as in the traditional Rothbarth method. The useful aspect of the present approach is that it requires only the estimation of Engel curves on cross-sectional data, i.e. price variation is not required. This is an advan- tage for many countries where price variations is indeed limited, as in our application on Irish data. Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Blarney, Co. Cork, 24-26 April 2009 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2014 2009-01-13T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2013 Public sector pay gap in France : new evidence using panel data Bargain, Olivier; Melly, Blaise We estimate the public wage gap in France for the period 1990-2002, both at the mean and at different quantiles of the wage distribution, for men and women separately. We account for unobserved heterogeneity by using fixed effects estimations on panel data and, departing from usual practice, allow the public wage markup to vary over time. We also provide one of the very first applications of fixed effects quantile regressions. Contrary to common belief, results convey that monetary returns are not fundamentally different in the public sector. Firstly, public wage ‘premia’ (for women) or ‘penalties’ (for men) are essentially the result of selection. After controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, only small pay differences between sectors remain over time, reflecting fluctuations due to specific public policies and to the procyclicality of private sector wages. The long-term difference is essentially zero. Secondly, the relative compression of the wage distribution by the public sector is also partly due to unobserved characteristics. The most natural explanation for these results is that the civil sector manages to attract better workers in the lower part of the distribution, in part because of non-monetary gains (including job protection), but fails to retain the most productive ones at the top. Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 April, 2008 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2013 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2012 How to measure competitiveness Durkan, Joe Sun, 01 Jan 1989 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2012 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2011 Famine : a short history Ó Gráda, Cormac Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2011 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1795 Some influences on the intercounty variation in Irish psychiatric hospitalization rates Walsh, Dermot; Walsh, Brendan M. An examination of the effect of sex and age structure on psychiatric hospitalization rate and its regional variations in Ireland has been carried out. Statistical testing, by regression, of the influence of selected socioeconomic variables on hospitalization rate produced some interesting results. Of most interest was the finding that elderly populations tended to increase hospitalization rate at all age groups. It is hoped to carry this work further using more refined data. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1795 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1673 Fiscal adjustment and re-balancing the Irish economy McCarthy, Colm Paper presented at the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland Symposium on Resolving Ireland’s Fiscal Crisis, Dublin, 26 November 2009 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1673 2009-11-26T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1672 Containing systemic risk Whelan, Karl Systemic risk refers to the risk of financial system breakdown due to linkages between institutions. This risk cannot be assessed by looking at how individual institutions manage risks but instead requires a full understanding of how the system as a whole operates. At present, the data available to central banks and financial regulators are not at all adequate for the task of assessing systemic risk and the new European Systemic Risk Board needs to address this issue. There is a lot of exciting ongoing research devoted to measuring systemic risk and providing signals to regulators as to when and where they should intervene. However, the tools being developed are still limited in their usefulness. Perhaps more pressing than the development of these tools is the implementation of policy measures to make the financial system more robust. These measures should include higher capital ratios, limits on non-core funding and redesigning financial systems to be less complex. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1672 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1602 Taxation and foreign direct investment in Ireland Walsh, Brendan M. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1602 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1601 How ‘live’ is the live register and other puzzles in the measurement of unemployment Walsh, Brendan M. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1601 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1600 The economic appraisal system for projects seeking support from the industrial development agencies Murphy, Anthony; Walsh, Brendan M.; Barry, Frank Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1600 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1599 The macroeconomy of the Eurozone : an Irish perspective Leddin, Anthony J.; Walsh, Brendan M. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1599 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1598 Ireland’s economic renaissance : the success of a peripheral economy Walsh, Brendan M. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1598 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1597 When unemployment disappears : Ireland in the 1990s Walsh, Brendan M. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1597 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1596 Catching up with the leaders : the Irish hare Honohan, Patrick; Walsh, Brendan M. For many decades Ireland's output per capita ranked about twenty-fourth among the world's industrial nations. Suddenly, in the mid-1990's Ireland started to move up, from twenty-second in 1993 to eighteenth in 1997 and an amazing ninth in 1999. The many facets of Irish success over these years, from a disproportionate representation in popular music to the largest current account surplus in the industrial world, caught the public imagination at home and abroad. This article examines the startling turnaround in Irish economic performance that began in the mid 1980's. Ireland is not alone in having experienced severe macroeconomic imbalances in the past quarter century, but their amplitude has been greater than in almost any other OECD country. The early 1980's saw the worst extremes. In 1981 inflation was 21 percent, the current account deficit was about 15 percent of GNP. and public sector borrowing was running at an even higher rate. The attempt to rein in the twin deficits caused taxation to jump by 10 percentage points of GNP in seven years, while overt unemployment soared to 16 percent of the labor force in 1986 and net emigration approached 1 percent of the population. Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1596 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1595 Did (and does) the Irish border matter? Ó Gráda, Cormac; Walsh, Brendan M. This paper examines how the two parts of Ireland were affected by the partition of the country in 1922. It examines the post-partition evolution of living standards north and south, and patterns of trade, migration, and road and rail traffic between the two since 1922. A separate section looks at the effects of living near the border on population trends. Bearing in mind the difficulty of establishing a relevant counterfactual— what would have happened in the absence of partition— we conclude that while it is possible to discern a “partition effect”, it is smaller and less significant than is widely perceived. The evidence we present is a salutary warning against great expectations about the possible economic gains from the dismantling the barriers erected between the two parts of Ireland after 1922. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1595 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1594 Labour market adjustment in the Irish regions, 1988-2005 Walsh, Brendan M. Following a preliminary discussion of various aspects of the Irish "regional problem", this paper examines the evolution of employment shares, unemployment rates, wage levels, and interregional commuting patterns in the regions of the Republic of Ireland since the 1980s. The evidence shows that all the regions participated in the unprecedented employment boom of the 1990s and that regional disparities in labour market performance fell markedly. Regional unemployment rates seem to adjust quickly to changes in the national rate. The reasons for the relatively successful experience of the Irish regions are discussed. It is argued that there is a need to re-examine the current concern with the regional distribution of economic activity in light of the paper's findings. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1594 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1593 The later applied work of R. C. Geary Walsh, Brendan M. Paper presented at the 1996 Geary Lecture conference on 23 October 1996 Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1593 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1592 Urbanization and the regional distribution of population in post-famine Ireland Walsh, Brendan M. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1592 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1591 Cyclical and structural influences on Irish unemployment Walsh, Brendan M. 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 of the Irish labour market. A steady gain in competitiveness facilitated rapid growth in output and employment. The links between Irish and British unemployment rates have weakened as rapid economic growth has reduced Irish unemployment to historically low levels. The role of structural changes, including the relative generosity of the social welfare system and the wage bargaining process, are discussed. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1591 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1590 Trends in alcohol production, trade and consumption Walsh, Brendan M. Presents a surveys of the structure and significance of international trade in alcoholic beverages in the contemporary world economy. Data sources and methodology of international trade; Global perspective of trade in alcoholic beverages; Importance of international trade in alcoholic beverages to individual countries; Conclusions. Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1590 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1589 Stabilization and adjustment in a small, open economy : Ireland, 1979-95 Walsh, Brendan M. Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1589 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1588 From rags to riches : Ireland’s economic boom Walsh, Brendan M. This article explores the factors behind the Irish economic renaissance of the 1990s. These include the fiscal correction of the 1980s, the availability of an ample supply of well-educated labour, a competitive exchange rate, and the inflow of EU aid. The reintroduction of ‘social partnership’ is credited with maintaining a moderate rate of wage inflation and facilitating the exceptional growth of employment. The dominant role played by a steady inflow of high tech FDI is acknowledged. The reasons for the Irish success in attracting foreign investment and the role of industrial policy in transforming the economy are discussed. The article concludes with an appraisal of the current concern over rising inflation and fear of a hard landing. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1588 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z