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Fiscal politics in time: pathways to fiscal consolidation, 1980-2012

Dellepiane, Sebastian ; Hardiman, Niamh (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2012-12)

The comparative study of debt and fiscal consolidation has acquired a new focus in the wake of the global financial crisis. This leads us to re-evaluate the literature on fiscal consolidation that flourished during the ...
Can Metropolitan Housing Risk be Diversified? A Cautionary Tale from the Recent Boom and Bust

Cotter, John ; Gabriel, Stuart A. ; Roll, Richard (UCD Geary Institute, 2012-07)

Geographic diversification is fundamental to risk mitigation among investors and insurers of housing, mortgages, and mortgage-related derivatives. To characterize diversification potential, we provide estimates of integration, ...
Risk attitudes as an independent predictor of debt

Daly, Michael ; Delaney, Liam ; McManus, Séamus (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-09-17)

This paper examines how attitudes to risk relate to other psychological constructs of personality and consideration of future consequences (a proxy for time preferences) and how risk attitudes relate to credit behaviour ...
Preparing for Life early childhood intervention : impact evaluation report 1 : recruitment and baseline characteristics

Doyle, Orla ; McNamara, Kelly ; Cheevers, Carly ; Finnegan, Sarah ; Logue, Caitriona ; McEntee, Louise (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-10)
The socioeconomic gradient of obesity in Ireland

Madden, David (David Patrick) (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-09)

Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we calculate concentration indices for the incidence of obesity for men and women. We finder higher concentration indices for women than for men, but we also find that ...