This paper explores the economic implications of new policy initiatives that seek to introduce terminal competition at Dublin Airport, in the context of the recent regulatory history of the three busiest Irish airports. ...
Coakley, John(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2005)
The North-South bodies established in 1999 represent the third attempt since partition to establish a structured, formal basis for cooperation between the two parts of the island. This paper looks at the bodies from three ...
Given that brands (products) are location specific in terms of coverage of retail stores, we allow consumers to have preferences over location and products to carry distribution costs, alongside preferences and costs over ...
The partition of Ireland in 1921-22 had many obvious intended consequences, but also not a few unintended ones. This paper begins by reviewing potential approaches to the analysis of the border and challenging some of the ...
Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla(UCD Geary InstituteUniversity College Dublin; School of Economics, 2005-04-06)
This paper uses semi-parametric econometric techniques to investigate the relationship between basic skills and earning in three post-communist countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia using the IALS dataset. ...
This report is about balanced economic development in the Northeast of Thailand. It is about growth and poverty reduction, cities and villages, enterprises and workers, skills and education, infrastructure and trade, and ...
In recent years, a broad academic consensus has arisen around the use of rational expectations sticky-price models to capture inflation dynamics. These models are seen as providing an empirically reasonable characterization ...
Walsh, Frank(University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2005-11)
I argue that in contrast to the literature to date efficiency wage and bargaining
solutions will typically be independent. If the bargained wage satisfies the efficiency
wage constraint efficiency wages are irrelevant. ...
In a model with rigid nominal wages, full information and competitive product markets, I show that when an effort augmented production function is incorporated into an analysis of supply and demand shocks, the outcomes are ...
Changes in collective categories of identity are at the core of social transformation. The causal linkages between identity change, institutional change and change in modes of practice are, however, complex. Developing and ...