In this paper we directly test the proposed productivity hierarchy of direct, indirect
and non-exporters using firm-level data from 105 developing and transition countries. Using both regression analysis and propensity ...
Davies, Ronald B.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)
Since its conception, some within the European Union have expressed concerns over
the ability of multinationals to avoid taxation by undertaking transfer pricing to shift profits
towards low tax locations. These concerns ...
McGovern, Mark(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)
Early life conditions have been linked to various domains of later life health, including cardiovascular outcomes. Using life history data from 13 European countries, I find that childhood socioeconomic status and measures ...
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 ...
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 ...
In this article, Ritz’s method is used to calculate with unprecedented accuracy the displacements related to a deformable rectangular plate resting on the surface of an elastic quarter-space. To achieve this required three ...
Whelan, Karl(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-11)
The Eurosystem’s TARGET2 payments system has featured heavily in academic and
popular discussions in recent years. Much of this commentary had described the system as being responsible for a “secret bailout” of Europe’s ...
The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of statistical and the k-C* models to projecting treatment performance of constructed wetlands by applying the models to predict the final effluent concentrations ...
Are, Wasiu Adekunle(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-12)
This study analysed the contribution of economic growth and redistribution components to aggregate poverty changes in Ireland from 1987-2005, using the Shapley value decomposition approach. The analysis used the household ...
Using a sample of 1154 European firms from 11 countries, we show that firm-level
exchange exposure for Eurozone and non-Eurozone European firms has increased since
the introduction of the euro, but this rise was smaller ...