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Quality Based Rankings of Irish Economists 1990-2000

Coupé, Tom ; Walsh, Patrick P. (Economic and Social Research Institute, 2003)

We use three different quality based rankings of the publishing record of Irish based economists in academic journals during the period 1990-2000 and 1995-2000. While individual rankings are sensitive to the range of ...
Quality of life and location-specific amenities : a subjective well-being approach

Brereton, Finbarr ; Clinch, J. Peter ; Ferreira, S. (Susana) (University College Dublin. Department of Planning and Environmental Policy, 2005-07)

In recent years, economists have started using socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to explain self-reported individual happiness or satisfaction with life. Using data disaggregated at the individual and ...
Quality of life and the environment : final report

Clinch, J. Peter ; Brereton, Finbarr ; Bullock, Craig ; O'Neill, Eoin ; Russell, Paula (Environmental Protection Agency, 2008)

The study examines objective indicators associated with quality of life in Ireland. As noted above, these include indicators of environmental quality, income, house prices, health, education and crime. The analysis then ...
Quantile-based tail risk estimation for equity portfolios

Cotter, John ; Dowd, Kevin (McGraw-Hill, 2009)
A race to the bottom in labour standards? An empirical investigation

Davies, Ronald B. ; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2011-11)

Among the many concerns over globalization is that as nations compete for mobile firms, they will relax labour standards as a method of lowering costs and attracting investment. Using spatial estimation on panel data for ...
Racial and ethnic differences in public and private medical care expenditures among aged Medicare beneficiaries

Kapur, Kanika ; Escarce, José J. (Blackwell, 2003)

Examines differences in medical care expenditures by non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanic elderly who were Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S.
Ralahine revisited : a reassessment of the Owenite community in Clare 1829-1831

Ó Gráda, Cormac (Manchester University Press on behalf of Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1974)
Ranking quality of life using subjective well-being data

Moro, Mirko ; Brereton, Finbarr ; Ferreira, S. (Susana) ; Clinch, J. Peter (Elsevier Science, 2008-04)

Indices ranking the quality of life in cities based on climatic, environmental and urban conditions have a long tradition in the hedonic literature. In this paper we propose an alternative set of indices based on subjective ...
A rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order

Whelan, Ciara ; Walsh, Patrick P. (Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), 1999)

A ban on pricing below cost was implemented under the 1987 Groceries Order based on the premise that loss leading used in multi-product retail pricing distorts competition and exploits consumers in the short run, while ...
R&D in developing countries : what should governments do?

Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1999-11-10)

I consider the implications of recent research for R&D policy in developing countries. Typical new growth models, which assume free entry and no strategic behaviour by R&D producers, are less appropriate for policy guidance ...
Readiness for change : evidence from a study of early childhood care and education centers

Doyle, Orla ; Logue, Caitriona ; McNamara, Kelly (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009)

This study examines factors that influence staff members’ readiness for change in early childhood settings in Ireland. The introduction of a new national framework, designed to improve the quality of Early Childhood Care ...
Real and monetary aspects of the 'Dutch disease'

Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1982-10)

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of some of the issues raised by the "Dutch Disease": the phenomenon whereby a boom in one traded goods sector squeezes profitability in other traded goods sectors.
The real exchange rate, fiscal policy and the current account : interpreting recent Irish experience

Walsh, Brendan M. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1996-03)

This paper examines the Irish macroeconomic adjustment over the period since 1979 with particular reference to the interaction of the real exchange rate with the balance between national saving and investment. The transition ...
Real exchange rates, co-integration and purchasing power parity : Irish experience in the EMS

Rodney, Thom (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1988-12)
Real exchange rates, co-integration and purchasing power parity : Irish experience in the EMS

Thom, Rodney (Economic and Social Studies Institute, 1989)
Realized volatility and minimum capital requirements

Cotter, John (Money Macro and Finance Research Group, 2003)

Key to the imposition of appropriate minimum capital requirements on a daily basis requires accurate volatility estimation. Here, measures are presented based on discrete estimation of aggregated high frequency UK futures ...
Real & nominal foreign exchange volatility effects on exports – the importance of timing

Bredin, Donal ; Cotter, John (2009-11-19)

This paper compares real and nominal foreign exchange volatility effects on exports. Using a flexible lag version of the Goldstein-Khan two-country imperfect substitutes model for bilateral trade, we identify the overall ...
Real & nominal foreign exchange volatility effects on exports – the importance of timing

Bredin, Donal ; Cotter, John (University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2006)

This paper compares real and nominal foreign exchange volatility effects on exports. Using a flexible lag version of the Goldstein-Khan two-country imperfect substitutes model for bilateral trade, we identify the overall ...
Real wage cyclicality of job stayers, within-company job movers, and between-company job movers

Devereux, Paul J. ; Hart, Robert A. (Institute for the Study of Labor, 2005-07)

Using the British New Earnings Survey Panel Data (NESPD) for the period 1975 to 2001 we estimate the wage cyclicality of job stayers (those remaining within single jobs in a given company), within company job movers, and ...
Real wage cyclicality of job stayers, within-company job movers, and between-company job movers

Hart, Robert A. ; Devereux, Paul J. (Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 2006-10)

Using the British New Earnings Survey Panel Data for 1975-2001, the authors estimate the wage cyclicality (the degree to which wage levels rise and fall with economic upturns and downturns) of three groups: job stayers, ...