Economics: Recent submissions
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An examination of regional disparity in the Republic of Ireland 1926-1996
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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. ... -
Financial Incentives to Work: Comparing Ireland and the UK
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A theoretical and empirical analysis of bequest motives
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Modelling the Dublin housing market : A time series analysis
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Contestability and European Community Air Transport Policy : Lessons from the US
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Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers
(2015)This paper explores the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the productivity of host country domestic firms. We rely on a specially designed survey of over 4000 manufacturing firms in Vietnam, and ... -
Assessing potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and predicting patient outcomes in Ontario's older population: a population-based cohort study applying subsets of the STOPP/START and Beers' criteria in large health administrative databases.
(2015)Introduction Adverse drug events (ADEs) are common in older people and contribute significantly to emergency department (ED) visits, unplanned hospitalisations, healthcare costs, morbidity and mortality. Many ADEs are ...
