Economics (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Three essays on the global financial system
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This thesis comprises of three essays on the Global Financial System. The research centers on international financial markets and the intersection between finance and macroeconomics. The thesis uses newly available micro ... -
Essays in applied microeconomics and development: an examination of micro, small and medium enterprises in Vietnam
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This thesis contains three essays that analyse and provide insight into the topics of social capital and political connections, access to finance and domestic exporting spillovers. For each topic, this thesis considers ... -
Essays in Development Economics. The impact of investment promotion on attracting foreign direct investment in developing countries
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)The importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in economic development is increasingly acknowledged. FDI not only brings additional capital to the host economy, but foreign-invested enterprises also play a part in the ... -
Essays on international capital flows
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2017)The core of this thesis consists of three papers. Although independent, these papers highlight the importance of looking into foreign-driven capital flows in understanding the transition to and from various episodes of ... -
Essays on international financial integration and the financial sector
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2016)This dissertation encompasses four essays, which deal with issues related to the cross-border financial integration and the financialization of economies. The first essay analyses whether foreign bond buying of euro area ... -
Essays in applied microeconomics. Research collaboration and dissemination in economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This dissertation studies the production and dissemination of economic research in three essays. The chapters explore data on economic research articles and their authors to study, first, the effect of national borders ... -
Essays in developmental economics: The role of information and access to financial services in changing financial and employment behaviour and the resulting impact on household welfare
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This thesis contains three essays that analyse the financial access and information awareness constraints faced by individuals and household in developing countries for managing income uncertainty and income shocks. The ... -
Essays in intenational macroeconomics
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)This thesis comprises three essays on topics in international macroeconomics. In particular, the research conducted in this thesis focuses on the dynamics of real exchange rates and external imbalances, and is predominantly ... -
Perspectives on bank competition and the real economy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)The subject of this thesis is the empirical analysis of bank competition. An expanding collection of theoretical arguments suggests that the intensity at which banks compete with each other can influence their behaviour—and ... -
Essays on the income, wealth and family tranfers of the older generation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2015)This thesis consists of three core chapters which contain empirical analyses of financial decision-making among older people. The chapters focus on pension coverage, retirees’ incomes and replacement rates, subjective life ... -
Essays in quantitative economic history
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)The thesis explores three historical questions using novel datasets and the most up to date econometric methods available. The thesis is motivated by the growing success of economic history in addressing a range of issues ... -
Essays on regulatory instuments : leniency and anti-dumping
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)In this thesis I explore two specific regulatory instruments, from a theoretical standpoint and from an empirical perspective. In particular, I address the regulation of leniency in relation to EU and US cartels and the ... -
Downward nominal wage rigidity and macroeconomic adjustment in a monetary union
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)The core of this thesis consists of three papers. Although independent, a common theme running through the papers is the macroeconomic adjustment of an open economy in a monetary union. In particular, we look at how ... -
Potent ingredients : understanding uncertainty, volatility and macroeconomic performance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2015)This thesis comprises of three related essays in international financial macroeconomics. The research centers on the relation between the volatility of interest rates at which small open economies borrow internationally ... -
The role of information in household energy decisions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)This dissertation explores the effects of various informational policy interventions in a number of energy markets. Using a number of trials and surveys, this research aims to highlight a household’s underlying energy-reducing ... -
Ageing and the balance of care: an investigation into the relationship between and determinants of acute hospital bed and long -term care utilisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2011)The central theme of this thesis is the effect of ageing on the balance between acute and long-term care (LTC). The thesis comprises two separate but related enquiries. The first enquiry is an econometric analysis of the ... -
Essays on the causes and consequences of international migration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2012)This thesis is a collection of three essays on the economic consequences of international migration. The first chapter studies the impact of emigration on wages in the sending countries. It exploits a change in the migration ... -
Essays on the measurement and implications of trade liberalisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)This thesis is an empirical analysis of the measurement and implications of trade liberalisation. Four core chapters cover the following areas: (i) the modelling of agricultural trade policy instruments; (ii) the determinants ... -
Essays on labour productivity, technical efficiency and foreign direct investment in Irish manufacturing industry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the structural change that took place in the Irish manufacturing sector during the 1990s. Chapter 2 examines the patterns and growth of labour productivity and employment in Irish ... -
Equity in Irish health care financing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)Equity is a central principle in Irish health policy and there is increasing political interest in altering the health financing structures in order to improve equity in the system. However, investigations of equity in ...
