Economics (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions

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    • Essays on productivity in Irish agriculture 

      O'Neill, Suzanne M. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)
      The focus of this thesis is the measurement of performance in Irish agriculture over the period 1984 to 1998. The methodology applied lies in the broad area of production economics and is located primarily in the ...

    • An econometric analysis of Irish households' food expenditure patterns : Tobit, double-hurdle and infrequency of purchase approaches 

      Newman, Carol Frances (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)
      In this thesis, the factors shaping Irish households’ meat and prepared meals expenditure decisions are analysed using the 1987/8 and 1994/5 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. In Chapter 1 of this thesis, the changing ...

    • Chinese state-owned enterprises 

      McGoldrick, Peter Desmond Julian (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)
      The focus of this thesis is an empirical analysis of the process of operational reform and restructuring in Chinese state-owned enterprises, with a view to examining associated effects on performance, as well as the ...

    • Trade and the international market for works of art 

      McAndrew, Clare (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)
      This research analyses the forces shaping trade in the international market for works of art using both descriptive and econometric analysis. It also explores the institutional structure of the art trade specialising in ...

    • Essays in macroeconomic theory 

      Gurdgiev, Constantin T. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)
      This thesis is a collection of essays on macroeconomic theory, broadly consisting of two topics. The first topic, covering Chapters 1-2, deals with the issues of repudiation risk and limited liability. The second topic ...

    • An examination of regional disparity in the Republic of Ireland 1926-1996 

      Griffith, Bridget E. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2000)
      Regional disparity has long been a feature of the Irish economy and the thesis accordingly attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of its nature and causes. First of all, the nature of regional disparity is ...

    • The economic effect of direct payment support of Irish agriculture 

      Keeney, Mary Josephine (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2000)
      The aim of this thesis is to investigate some of the microeconomic effects of the application of direct payments (DPs) to support Irish agriculture. Chapter 1 outlines the context of direct income support as it is applied ...

    • An econometric analysis of Irish households' Food Away From Home (FAFH) expenditure patterns 1994-2000 

      Keelan, Conor (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)
      In this thesis, the factors shaping Irish households’ Food-Away-From-Home (FAFH) expenditure decisions are analysed using the 1994/5 and 1999/2000 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. Chapter 1 outlines why FAFH is ...

    • Essays on the consequences of research and development for manufacturing firms in Ireland 

      Kearns, Allan (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2001)
      The aim of this thesis is to investigate some of the economic consequences for manufacturing firms of investing in research and development (R&D), using the Irish manufacturing sector as a case study. Chapter 1 outlines ...

    • Essays on investment : cycles, imbalances and convexity 

      Hunt, John Colin (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
      This thesis is a collection of essays on public investment. The thesis is introduced in Chapter One which addresses the motivation for the thesis and outlines the structure of the document. Chapter Two addresses the topic ...

    • Institutional and empirical essays on regulatory impact assessment 

      Lyons, Seán (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
      This thesis is concerned with institutional arrangements and empirical tools that may be used to assess the impact of regulation on the economy, and thereby improve regulatory policymaking. We start in Chapter 2 with a ...

    • Studies on the application of the alpha-stable distribution in economics 

      Frain, John C. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2009)
      Bubbles, booms and busts in asset prices give rise to a considerable misallocation of resources when they are growing and the subsequent adjustment can be very long and painful. Yet, there is no accepted diagnosis of a ...

    • Empirical essays in international macroeconomics 

      Bénétrix, Agustín S. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2009)
      This thesis is composed of three essays. The first one examines cases in which there is a large shift in a country's net foreign asset position due to the re-valuation of its foreign assets and / or foreign liabilities. ...

    • A theoretical and empirical analysis of bequest motives 

      Stull, Graham (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)

    • Modelling the Dublin housing market : A time series analysis 

      O'Sullivan, Loretta (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)

    • Contestability and European Community Air Transport Policy : Lessons from the US 

      Murphy, Susan T. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 1989)