Economics: Recent submissions
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Decomposing patterns of emission intensity in the EU and China: how much does trade matter?
(ESRI, 26/07/2013)This paper uses data from the World Input Output Database (WIOD) to examine channels through which CO2 emissions are embodied within and imported into the European production process. We apply a metric to calculate sectoral ... -
Too Many Unnecessary Merger Notifications in Ireland?
(22/08/2011)The market for corporate control plays an important role in ensuring that assets are deployed in an efficient and effective manner. However, on occasion, mergers might lead to a reduction in competition and a consequent ... -
Human Capital and Growth of Information and Communication Technology-intensive Industries: Empirical Evidence from Open Economies
(2013)This paper examines the effect of human capital on the growth of ICT-intensive industries using data from a sample of open economies over the period 1980-1999. Our econometric analysis suggest that value added and employment ... -
Determinants of ICT Adoption: Evidence from Firm-level Data
(Routledge, 30/10/2011)We analyse factors driving inter- and intra-firm diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) using data from Irish manufacturing firms over the period 2001 to 2004. We find that the path of ICT diffusion ... -
What Determines the Location Choice of R&D Activities by Multinational Firms?
(2013)We analyse 446 location decisions of R&D activities by multinational firms incorporated in the European Union over 1999-2006. Our results suggest that on average, the location probability of a representative R&D foreign ... -
Labour Relations and Modes of Employment
(NEUJOBS, an European Research Consortium, 16/07/2013)This Policy Brief contains policy implications on labour relations and modes of employment (Work Package 6), a collaborative EU-funded research project. -
A Smart Integrated Network for an Offshore Island
(2013)This article examines the potential to create an energy independent smart network for an island community utilizing ocean and wind energy. The analysis involves the simulation of an extensive electrification of the heat ... -
The impact of electricity storage on wholesale electricity prices
(2013)This paper analyzes the impact of electricity storage on the production cost of a power system and the marginal cost of electricity (electricity price) using a unit commitment model. Also real world data has been analyzed ... -
Sentencing in Criminal Cartel Cases in Ireland: the Duffy Judgment
(ESRI, 03/12/2012)Despite 33 convictions of individuals and firms for criminal cartel offences in Ireland since 1996, there is only one reported judgment. The paper examines the Duffy judgment concerning a member of the Citroen motor vehicle ... -
Measuring Fiscal Stance
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Consumption in Ireland: Evidence from the Household Budget Surveys, 1994-95 to 2004-05
(ESRI, 08/08/2012)This paper analyses consumption in Ireland using household survey data. Studying surveys from 1994-95, 1999-2000 and 2004-05, we find that the median non-mortgage household tended to consume more than disposable income in ... -
Currency intervention and the global portfolio balance effect: Japanese lessons
(ESRI, 15/10/2012)This paper shows that the Japanese foreign exchange interventions in 2003/04 seem to have lowered long-term interest rates in a wide range of countries, including Japan. It seems that this decline was triggered by the ... -
Combining Public Sector and Economic Reform
(2012)This paper argues that it is important for public sector reform to be undertaken in tandem with economic reform because the two reform agendas overlap. Ignoring the overlap could lead to services being delivered efficiently ... -
The Effect of Real Exchange Rate Changes on Labour Productivity Growth
(ESRI, 08/08/2012)We examine the effect of changes in international competitiveness on labour productivity growth through three channels: (i) export, (ii) import, and (iii) import competition. Using micro data from the Irish manufacturing ... -
Employment Protection and Innovation Intensity
(2012)We examine the impact of the strictness of employment protection legislation on innovation intensity. To this purpose, we use a panel of annual data from OECD countries over the period 1990-1999 and estimate difference-i ... -
The Incentive to Invest in Thermal Plants in the Presence of Wind Generation
(ESRI, 18/12/2012)In a deregulated market, the decision to build new thermal power plants rests with private investors and they will decide whether to invest on the basis of expected profits. This paper evaluates how such profits are affected ...
