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Displaying Results 176 - 200 of 1607 on page 8 of 65
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Balanced growth revisited : a two-sector model of economic growth
(2000)
Whelan, Karl
Balanced growth revisited : a two-sector model of economic growth
(2000)
Whelan, Karl
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The one-sector Solow-Ramsey model is the most popular model of long-run economic growth. This paper argues that a two-sector approach, which distinguishes the durable goods sector from the rest of the economy, provides a far better picture of the long-run behavior of the U.S. economy. Real durable goods output has consistently grown faster than the rest of the economy. Because most investment spending is on durable goods, the one-sector model's hypothesis of balanced growth, so that the real aggregates for consumption, investment, output, and the capital stock all grow at the same rate in the long run, is rejected by U.S. data. In addition, to model these aggregates as currently constructed in the U.S. National Accounts, a two-sector approach is required. Implications for empirical macroeconomics are explored.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/247
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Auctioning horizontally differentiated items
(2005)
Parlane, Sarah
Auctioning horizontally differentiated items
(2005)
Parlane, Sarah
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This paper analyses strategic market allocation by two auctioneers holding substitutes. It characterizes both the cooperative and competitive outcomes. Under cooperation or competition with close substitutes, bidders are allocated according to the expected total surplus each generates. This market division is efficient if and only if the distribution of bidders' tastes is not skewed. If skewed, reserve prices distort participation towards the least preferred item. For greater degrees of product differentiation competition leads to multiple equilibria. Finally, competition with close substitutes sellers leave participation rents to their weakest bidder. They do not in other cases, whether they compete or cooperate.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/682
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Austin Clarke at the Poetry Ireland Library
(2010)
Collins, Lucy
Austin Clarke at the Poetry Ireland Library
(2010)
Collins, Lucy
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This paper reports on research into Austin Clarke’s personal library which was conducted as part of the UCD Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) series of demonstrator research projects. Austin Clarke (1896-1974) was a major Irish poet and his personal library forms a large part of the 5,000 volumes that comprise the Poetry Ireland Library which is now housed in UCD Library Special Collections. Clarke’s library offers fascinating insights into the intellectual life of mid-twentieth-century Ireland and into specific textual influences on Clarke’s own work. The research project focused on the issue of cultural production and the influence of international literature and literary criticism on such production. The remit of the IVRLA demonstrator projects was to provide digital research resources and to show how digital repositories could not only provide access to archival research materials but could also present material in new ways and suggest themes for further resear...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2419
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Back to the future - decomposition analysis of distributive policies using behavioural simulations
(2010)
Bargain, Olivier
Back to the future - decomposition analysis of distributive policies using behavioural simulations
(2010)
Bargain, Olivier
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For policy makers and analysts, it is important to isolate the redistributive impact of tax-benefit policy changes from changes in the environment in which policies operate. When actual reforms are motivated by work incentives, it is also crucial to evaluate behavioural responses and the distributional consequences thereof. For that purpose, we embed counterfactual simulations in a formal framework based on the Shapley value decomposition and quantify the relative roles of (i) tax-benefit policy changes (direct policy effect), (ii) labour supply responses to the policy reforms (in- direct effect) and (iii) all other factors affecting income distribution over time. An application to the UK shows that the redistributive reforms of the 1998-2001 period have offset the increase in inequality that would have occurred otherwise. They also contribute to a strong decline in child poverty and poverty amongst single parent households. In the latter group, a third of the headcount poverty redu...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2666
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Ballot order effects : an analysis of Irish general elections
(2012)
Regan, John
Ballot order effects : an analysis of Irish general elections
(2012)
Regan, John
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This paper presents evidence of ballot order effects in Irish General Elections, where candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Data relating to elections from 1977 to 2011 suggest the effect is significant in a statistical sense and in magnitude. The nature of the Irish electoral system sees voters cast preferences for candidates, and as a result a greater level of information regarding voters becomes available. Various fixed effects are added to control for constituencies, candidates and political parties.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3774
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Bananas Ethical Quality: Multi-stakeholders, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
(2005)
Gonzalez-Perez, Maria-Alejandra; McDonough, Terrence
Bananas Ethical Quality: Multi-stakeholders, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
(2005)
Gonzalez-Perez, Maria-Alejandra; McDonough, Terrence
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This paper examines a recent and very specific development in the field of corporate governance. The regulation of "corporate social responsibility," that is corporate compliance with society's expectations in regard to issues like working conditions and environmental impact has shifted from government agencies to civil society organizations, more specifically NGOs or Non Governmental Organizations. This means that standards are more often negotiated and the subject of voluntary agreements. Since corporations enter into these agreements on a voluntary basis, the enforcement of these arrangements must be at least partially carried out through internal corporate mechanisms. We examine these issues using the example of the banana industry.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2472
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Beans for breakfast? How exportable is the British workfare model?
(2006)
Orsini, Kristian; Bargain, Olivier
Beans for breakfast? How exportable is the British workfare model?
(2006)
Orsini, Kristian; Bargain, Olivier
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Social assistance and inactivity traps have long been considered amongst the main causes of the poor employment performance of EU countries. The success of New Labour has triggered a growing interests in instruments capable of combining the promotion of responsibility and self-sufficiency with solidarity with less skilled workers. Making-work-pay (MWP) policies, consisting of transfers to households with low earning capacity, have quickly emerged as the most politically acceptable instruments in tax-benefit reforms of many Anglo Saxon countries. This chapter explores the impact of introducing the British Working Families' Tax Credit in three EU countries with rather different labor market and welfare institutions: Finland, France and Germany. Simulating the reform reveals that, while first round effects on income distribution is considerable, the interaction of the new instrument with the structural characteristics of the economy and the population may lead to counterproductive...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/557
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Beat 'em or join 'em? : export subsidies versus international research joint ventures in oligopolistic markets
(1998)
Neary, J. Peter; O'Sullivan, Paul
Beat 'em or join 'em? : export subsidies versus international research joint ventures in oligopolistic markets
(1998)
Neary, J. Peter; O'Sullivan, Paul
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This paper compares adversarial with cooperative industrial and trade policies in a dynamic oligopoly game in which a home and foreign firm compete in R&D and output and, because of spillovers, each firm benefits from the other's R&D. When the government can commit to an export subsidy, such a policy raises welfare relative to cooperation, except when R&D is highly effective and spillovers are near-complete. Without commitment, however, subsidisation may yield welfare levels much lower than cooperation and lower even than free trade, though qualifications to the dangers from no commitment are noted.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3045
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Beauty and intelligence may - or may not - be related
(2008)
Denny, Kevin
Beauty and intelligence may - or may not - be related
(2008)
Denny, Kevin
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In a recent paper, Kanazawa and Kovar (2004) assert that given certain empirical regularities about assortative mating and the heritability of intelligence and beauty, that it logically follows that more intelligent people are more beautiful. It is argued here that this “theorem” is false and that the evidence does not support it.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1112
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Behavioural economics and drinking behaviour : preliminary results from an Irish college study
(2007)
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Wall, Patrick G.
Behavioural economics and drinking behaviour : preliminary results from an Irish college study
(2007)
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Wall, Patrick G.
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This paper examines the results of single-equation regression models of the determinants of alcohol consumption patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer drinking, tenure, personality, risk perception, time preferences and age of drinking onset. The results demonstrate very weak income effects and very strong effects of personality, peer drinking (in particular closest friend), time preferences and other substance use. The task of future research is to verify these results and assess causality using more detailed methods.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/591
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Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters
(2012)
LUNN, PETE
Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters
(2012)
LUNN, PETE
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This paper critically examines initial applications of Behavioural Economics (BE) to policymaking. It focuses primarily but not exclusively on what can be learnt from the early adopters of policies inspired by BE, notably America and Britain. BE is defined by its inductive scientific approach to economics, which results in empirical demonstrations that are persuasive to policymakers facing practical problems. The analysis identifies three routes via which BE has influenced policy: (1) the theory of libertarian paternalism ("nudges"), (2) the provision of toolkits for policymakers seeking behavioural change, and (3) the expansion of the skill-set of applied economists (and scientists in related disciplines). The effectiveness of each route is assessed, in terms of the likelihood of successfully integrating scientific advances with policy development. The analysis concludes that route (3) is the only one that can adapt to the ongoing and rapid evolution of what is a young sc...
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/63855
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Benefits and Costs of Methane Emission Reduction in the Irish National Herd
(2004)
Garvey, Eoghan; Mc Inerney, Niall
Benefits and Costs of Methane Emission Reduction in the Irish National Herd
(2004)
Garvey, Eoghan; Mc Inerney, Niall
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In this paper, we compare many of the widely available estimated global benefits of abatement with the costs to Irish agriculture, as estimated by the CAPRI model. We apply the model to Ireland only, in a simple comparative static simulation, and assume fixed prices. We focus more on methane reduction than GWP reduction as a whole, because most of the discussion regarding global warming from agriculture in Ireland has focused on methane. Our results suggest that the costs of methane abatement to the farming sector do indeed outweigh the global benefits, except in the case of very small methane abatements. However, if one also factors in the gains to society of the FEOGA budget rebates, then all losses disappear, and in fact net financial gains occur. We conclude that this may have implications for the design of methane reduction policies.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/988
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Benzodiazepine usage in the North Eastern Health Board region of the Republic of Ireland
(2004)
HENMAN, MARTIN CHARLES; VIVERO, LISA; GUSTAFSSON, ANNA; MULVENNA, KATE
Benzodiazepine usage in the North Eastern Health Board region of the Republic of Ireland
(2004)
HENMAN, MARTIN CHARLES; VIVERO, LISA; GUSTAFSSON, ANNA; MULVENNA, KATE
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Introduction: Benzodiazepines are a large group of drugs used as hypnotics, anxiolytics, and tranquillisers, anti convulsants, pre-medication and for intravenous sedation. Extended use of benzodiazepines may lead to dependence and misuse. Use of benzodiazepines, for anxiety disorder and insomnia, is therefore just recommended for short-term use. Current European prescribing guidelines for usage of benzodiazepines for general anxiety is 4 weeks and 1-2 weeks for acute insomnia. Despite prescribing recommendations long-term use is widespread in medical practice, especially among elderly. For many years now concerns have been expressed over the inappropriate use of benzodiazepines in Ireland. Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of exploiting government General Medical Services (GMS) data to provide periodic drug utilisation reports, and assess benzodiazepine and related drug usage in the North Eastern Health Board (NEHB) region durin...
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/19019
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Between political founding and post nationalist future : the malleability of national identity in a small globally oriented state
(2009)
Frost, Catherine
Between political founding and post nationalist future : the malleability of national identity in a small globally oriented state
(2009)
Frost, Catherine
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2368
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Between tradition and modernity : cultural values and the problems of Irish Society
(1987)
Barry, Frank
Between tradition and modernity : cultural values and the problems of Irish Society
(1987)
Barry, Frank
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1936
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Beyond divided territories : how changing popular understandings of public space in Northern Ireland can facilitate new identity dynamics
(2010)
Stevenson, Clifford
Beyond divided territories : how changing popular understandings of public space in Northern Ireland can facilitate new identity dynamics
(2010)
Stevenson, Clifford
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The sectarian geography of Northern Ireland, whereby the majority of the population live in areas predominated by one religion or the other, is typically assumed to straightforwardly reflect the territorial identities of local residents. This conflation of place and identity neglects the role of place in actively shaping and changing the behaviours occurring within them. The present paper uses new developments in the area of social psychology to examine three case studies of place identity in Northern Ireland and explore the possibilities for change. A large scale survey of the display of flags and emblems across Northern Ireland demonstrates the extent of visible territorialisation, but also the relationship between understandings of space and the acceptability of these displays. Secondly, analysis of interviews with the Orange Order and nationalist residents concerning the Drumcree dispute illustrates how different constructions of space are used to claim and counterclaim rights t...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2360
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Beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide : religious and ethnic diversity in the North and South of Ireland
(2003)
Feldman, Alice
Beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide : religious and ethnic diversity in the North and South of Ireland
(2003)
Feldman, Alice
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This paper explores the challenges posed by the ethnic diversification of contemporary Irish society for conventional understandings of and responses to issues of religion, community and politics. It argues that the particularities of social and institutional histories and structures in the North and South have eclipsed wider considerations of both race and ethnicity and religious identity beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide. This has, in turn, served to obscure the many dynamic changes that such diversity has catalysed both within Irish civil society generally, and within the island’s traditional religious institutions themselves. The paper discusses the promises and potentials of conceptualising religion or religious identity and the relationships between religion and ethnicity within broader cultural and political fields, and their implications for the “new” (multicultural) Ireland.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2183
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Big and tall parents do not have more sons
(2008)
Denny, Kevin
Big and tall parents do not have more sons
(2008)
Denny, Kevin
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In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers- Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort studies, evidence was presented which was partly consistent with the hypothesis. I analyse the relationship between an individual being male and their parents’ height and weight using one of the datasets. No evidence of any such relationship is found.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/959
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Big and tall parents do not have more sons
(2007)
Denny, Kevin
Big and tall parents do not have more sons
(2007)
Denny, Kevin
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In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers-Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort studies, evidence was presented which was partly consistent with the hypothesis. I analyse the relationship between an individual being male and their parents’ height and weight using one of the datasets. No evidence of any such relationship is found.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/172
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Bilateral FDI and Canadian Export Activity
(2010)
Mullen, John K.
Bilateral FDI and Canadian Export Activity
(2010)
Mullen, John K.
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This study examines how Canadian exports to a specific trading partner are influenced by outward and inward direct investment flows to/from that country. A gravity-type empirical model guides a dynamic panel analysis which utilizes OECD country-level data from 1989-2007. Besides refuting the contention that outward FDI displaces exports, the findings also imply a strong role for intra-firm based export growth in response to inward FDI. The analysis is enriched by explicitly accounting for the dominant position of the U.S. within the context of Canada¿s overall trade and investment flows.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1447
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Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes
(2008)
van Rensburg, Thomas M.
Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes
(2008)
van Rensburg, Thomas M.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/976
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Body Mass Index and the measurement of obesity
(2006)
Madden, David (David Patrick)
Body Mass Index and the measurement of obesity
(2006)
Madden, David (David Patrick)
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This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which simply count the number of individuals with BMI in excess of an upper limit ignore the extent by which individuals exceed BMI limits and also the increased risk ratios for various conditions associated very high levels of BMI. This paper suggests that measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which may be more relevant from a policy perspective. The approach is applied to data for Ireland.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/782
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Borders and employment : opportunities and barriers
(2006)
Meehan, Elizabeth M.
Borders and employment : opportunities and barriers
(2006)
Meehan, Elizabeth M.
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This paper considers the impact of borders on employment opportunities or barriers on the island of Ireland. In that context, it is about several senses of “border”: the creation of two borders on the independence of Ireland, east-west and north-south; disputed understandings of nationality; Commonwealth membership as the source of this dispute, yet also enabling east-west freedom of movement; conversely, the regulation of movement into the north; the complicated impact of common membership of the EU; and inward migration to the two countries, bringing new “borders of the mind”. The paper begins with the nationality and citizenship considerations lying behind the “bridging” of the two new political borders brought about by Ireland’s independence. It outlines the experience of workers freely crossing the east-west border and the regulation of movement into the north. It then turns to the perverse impact of the EU. After that, it deals with new patterns of crossing borders—the growth ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2143
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Borders, states and nations. Contested boundaries and national identities in the Irish border area
(2005)
Todd, Jennifer; Muldoon, Orla; Trew, Karen J.; McLaughlin, Katrina; Rougier, Nathalie; ...
Borders, states and nations. Contested boundaries and national identities in the Irish border area
(2005)
Todd, Jennifer; Muldoon, Orla; Trew, Karen J.; McLaughlin, Katrina; Rougier, Nathalie; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo
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Much scholarly writing on states and state boundaries assumes that these form or at least condition the bounds of identity. The 'institutionalisation' process is said to be one where the boundaries of the state become the boundaries of everyday life and imagined community. In an interdisciplinary, multi-stranded qualitative research on the Irish border, no such process of institutionalization was found. Rather the state border was perceived as a fluctuating area of danger and economic opportunity. To the extent that it was perceived to impact at all on identity, it was on the moral and cultural content of identity rather than its national form, on the mode in which national and ethno-religious categories were lived rather than on those categories themselves.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1854
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Born to be wild? The effect of birth order, families and schools on truancy (Version 3.2)
(2004)
Denny, Kevin
Born to be wild? The effect of birth order, families and schools on truancy (Version 3.2)
(2004)
Denny, Kevin
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This paper models the probability of 15-year-old children missing school or being late. The paper sets out to uncover the effects of family background and birth order on attendance. Looking at birth order effects allows one to test Sulloway’s “Born to Rebel” hypothesis that older siblings are more compliant than their younger siblings. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Germany, Korea, Ireland, Mexico, Russia and the United States, the evidence here provides little support for the hypothesis in general. The paper finds, somewhat surprisingly, that the socio-economic background of the teenagers has very little effect either. Those from single parent households are however more likely to have poor attendance. However their experience of -or attitude- to school has significant effects as has class size, which is negatively associated with better attendance. This paper forms part of the Policy Evaluation Program at ISSC.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/944
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