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Browsing Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers, 1982 -- August 2011 by Title
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1985-07)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1989-04)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1986)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1991-11-25)This paper introduces a new measure, the Trade Restrictiveness Index, which measures the restrictiveness of a system of trade protection. The index is a general equilibrium application of the distance function and answers ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1988-07)Dual methods are awkward to use for quota reform analysis. This paper develops a distance function concept (Deaton (1979)) relevant to trade distortions: the Distorted Trade Distance Function. It has the great advantage ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1983-12)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2000-04)This paper analyses levels of low literacy across twelve countries using the International Adult Literacy Survey. We go beyond existing work that only looks at the proportions below certain critical levels of literacy. ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1992-08)This paper provides a new set of consumer demand estimates for Ireland, incorporating a variety of different consumer demand models. Own-price and expenditure elasticities are presented and tests of the propositions implied ...
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(University College Dublin, School of Economics, 2005-11)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-12)The main objectives of social assistance bene…fits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social reintegration, can be seriously compromised if support is difficult to access. While recent studies point to ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1982-10)UK data is used to test the hypothesis that non-interest terms adjust to clear the mortgage market when the mortgage rate is sluggish in adjusting to its market equilibrating level. This hypothesis is not supported by the ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2008-01)This paper shows that nonlinearity can provide an explanation for the forward exchange rate anomaly (Fama, 1984). Using sterling-Canadian dollar data, and modelling nonlinearity of unspecified form by means of a random ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1990-02)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-04)There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. This introduction has highlighted the importance of the entry/exit decision of firms in response ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2007-11)One of the most famous and robust findings in international economics is that distance has a strong negative effect on trade. Bernard, Jensen, Redding, and Schott (2007) discuss how this can be decomposed into an effect ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-11)Ireland’s low corporation tax regime has proved especially attractive to foreign multinational companies operating in high-tech sectors. Ireland’s increasing concentration in such sectors has facilitated the country’s ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1984-04)This paper reviews the issue, first considered by J. L. Ford of the observational (as opposed to the logical) equivalence of the Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin explanations of trade patterns. A necessary and sufficient ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2000-12-11)I take the publication of The Spatial Economy by Fujita, Krugman and Venables as an opportunity to expound and assess the "new economic geography". I use a simple diagram to show how the basic model works; give a ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-07)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1994-08)This note examines the sensitivity of tests for homogeneity in demand systems to such factors as omitted variables and dynamic and stochastic specification. It estimates demand systems for Ireland using time-series data ...
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