This article examines the likelihood of high-sigma loss events, paying particular attention to the so-called 25-sigma events which a number of financial institutions have allegedly experienced in the recent financial ...
Kelly, Morgan(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1996-03)
Exogenous growth models imply that, if human capital formation is endogenous, there is a negative relationship between human capital and growth. This prediction is tested against the alternative of the Lucas- Uzawa model ...
The Water Framework Directive has been the catalyst for a considerable amount of data collection, analysis and research covering a wide range of physical and biological characteristics and involving a wide range of scientific, ...
This paper extends the widely used ordered choice model by introducing stochastic
thresholds and interval-specific outcomes. The model can be interpreted as a generalization of the GAFT (MPH) framework for discrete duration ...
We use the control function approach to identify the average treatment effect and the
effect of treatment on the treated in models with a continuous endogenous regressor whose
impact is heterogeneous. We assume a stochastic ...
The city of Dublin has experienced rapid growth over the last 15 years, much of it based on knowledge-intensive industries. This report examines the growth of Dublin and assesses the progress Dublin has made towards becoming ...
How migration affects economic welfare in sending and receiving countries is an important issue. This paper deals mainly with one aspect, the relation between immigration and the real wage in the host country. Theory is ...
A view has developed among some retailing researchers that financial markets have, from time to time, unduly favoured the retail sector in the UK. It is argued that this has been exploited, to some extent, by retailing ...
The impact of increased affluence on life satisfaction is a
matter of some controversy. This paper examines the impact of the recent
economic boom in Ireland upon the level and distribution of various
domains of well-being. ...
In many jurisdictions, political and infrastructural restrictions have limited the feasibility of road pricing as a response to urban congestion. Accordingly, the allocation of dedicated road space to high frequency buses ...
Smith, James P.(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-04-21)
This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during
adulthood- levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual
earnings and labor supply. The analysis is ...
Jet grouting is a ground improvement technique that has become widely adopted over the past three decades, yet relatively little data has been published about performance characteristics of mixes under adverse conditions, ...