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    • Trade union finance in Republic of Ireland 

      Hillery, B (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1974)
      In industry, especially in the private sector, profit is usually the acid test of success or failure. Most organisations, if they are to be run effectively, need money - and trade unions are no exception. Trade union ...

    • Sensitivity of test of significance - problem posed 

      Geary, R.C. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1974)
      This paper contains a preliminary examination of the effect of using the dichotomy (o, i ) instead of actual measurement in the study of relationship. First, the simplest case possible is dealt with, in the hope of inspiring, ...

    • Punishment - 3 analytical threads and violence they produce 

      Eynon, T.G. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1974)
      In so far as punishment is concerned, it appears to me that the main features are to be found in an examination o f political dialogue; legal philosophy; and empirical research. It is as though the two cultures of Professor ...

    • Some aspects of foreign private investment in manufacturing sector of economy of Irish republic 

      Buckley, P.J. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1974)
      Attention has recently been drawn to the influx of foreign capital into the Republic of Ireland and to the importance of Foreign Private Investment (FPI) in the development of the Irish economy. The following article ...

    • Irelands manufactured exports to EEC and common external tariff 

      McAleese, D; Martin, J (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      One of the most remarkable features of Ireland's post-war trade structure has been the rapid increase of manufactured exports, both in absolute terms and relative to total exports. The average annual growth rate of ...

    • Alvin-Toffler on the Future 

      Geary, R.C. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      This important book has the supreme merit that it makes one think. One's conclusions may differ from the author's everion his own very voluminous data and may differ more on attaching weight to factors of which he is deemed ...

    • Elasticity of demand for petrol in Ireland 

      O"Riordan, WK (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      This brief study attempts to estimate the price elasticity of demand for petrol in Ireland at the present time. The statistic is not without importance. Alcohol, tobacco and petrol are the three main sources of indirect ...

    • Projections of Irish cattle and milk output under EEC conditions 

      O'Connor, R (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      Cattle and milk production are the most important enterprises in the agricultural sector of the Irish economy, accounting for about 57 per cent of gross output in 1970. There has been much speculation as to the likely ...

    • Encumbered estates court, Ireland, 1848-1849 

      Lane, PG (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      This study presents an account of the ;background of conditions in Ireland's thought, and legislative measures, to the establishment of an encumbered estates court in 1849.

    • Housing requirements for Northern-Ireland 

      Roche, D.J.D.; Murie, A.; Birrell, W.D.; Hillyard, P.A. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      This article summarises an extensive analysis of housing statistics based on Census data and the Northern Ireland quarterly Housing Returns - an analysis which allows us to assess the adequacy of the proposed programme.

    • Public expenditure in ireland on housing in postwar period 

      Kennedy, F (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      This paper deals with expenditure by public authorities, central and local, on housing in the post-war period in Ireland. The first section outlines the main policy phases which were reflected in shifts in the pattern of ...

    • Continuity and change in Irish electoral politics, 1923-1969 

      Garvin, Tom (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      The purpose of this study is to examine certain long-term trends in Irish parliamentary representation since the founding of the State to indicate certain interrelationships between the trends suggestsome explanations for ...

    • Riots and rioters in Belfast - demographic analysis of 1,674 arrestees in a 2-year period 

      Lyons, HA (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      Rioting has been a feature of Belfast life for the past 150 years. Prior to 1832, civil disturbances were commoner in rural areas (Broeker 1970). Severe rioting has occurred in the years 1832; 1835; 1843; 1852; 1857; 1864; ...

    • Evaluation of Irish labour courts effectiveness 

      Krislov, J (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      Government participation in the settlement of industrial disputes in Ireland is focused in the Labour Court. Created in 1946, the Court combines conciliation with an investigation and recommendation machinery. The former ...

    • Competitive 2-person percentile game theory with direct consideration of payoff matrices 

      Kelleher, GJ (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      Considered is the cases of two persons who have finite numbers of strategies and who act competitively toward each other. Separately and independently, each player selects one of his strategies. The payoffs to a player for ...

    • 2 exercises in simple regression 

      Geary, R.C. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      While the two exercises are independent in that they purport to answer separate questions, methodologically they are very similar. They both compare the efficiency of different methods of estimation of parameters by the ...

    • Built-in flexibility of Irish taxes 

      Lennan, LK (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      In this article we develop a small model of the Irish economy with a view to obtaining measurements of the built-in flexibility of the prevailing tax structure in Ireland. By the built-in flexibility of a tax/expenditure, ...

    • Pilot study of child-rearing practices among mothers of young children in Dublin 

      Peskett, C; Roberts, H (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      Our pilot survey was prompted by an earlier study of infant rearing carried out by John and Elizabeth Newson in Nottingham in 1963, and by a desire to undertake a comparable investigation in Dublin. Work was limited by ...

    • Irelands demographic transformation, 1958-70 

      Walsh, BM (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      In the early 1960's Ireland's marriage, rate was very low and marriage fertility very high by European standards. The marriage rate had, however, been rising since the 1940's, especially when expressed in terms of the ...

    • Expectations hypothesis and theory of inflation - appraisal 

      Mulvey, C; Trevithick JA (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1972)
      One of the most interesting and significant developments to have emerged in recent ..years from the discussion of the nature of the 'Phillips Curve' has centred around the role of expectations in the inflationary process. ...