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    • Irish aggregate import demand equation - optimal functional form 

      Boylan, T.; Cuddy, M.; Ó'Muircheartaigh, I. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1979)
      A more general approach than that of `best fit? for choosing empirically the appropriate formulation of the aggregate import demand function for Ireland is presented. This approach leads to the choice of a particular form, ...

    • Cultural variable in friendship and group formation 

      Bennett, Don (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1979)
      Among the factors influencing social life, national cultural tendencies rarely appear in social research or analysis. In discussing the variables influencing comparative tendencies of populations to form primary groups and ...

    • Preliminary-study of credit rationing in Ireland 

      Browne, Francis X.; O'Connell, Thomas (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1979)
      In their seminal study of credit rationing, Jaffee and Modigliani (1969) hypothesised that an intensification of the extent of credit rationing will manifest itself in a movement in banks' loan portfolios toward prime ...

    • Note on reswitching and capital reversing 

      Woods, J.E. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1978)
      It is well known that, in the context of a stationary economy, reswitching of techniques implies capital reversing and that capital reversing can occur without reswitching. The aim of this paper is to discuss these two ...

    • Patterns of spousal accommodation and conflict in traditional and modern farm families 

      Hannan, Damian (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1978)
      This paper reports the results of interviews with a random sample of 408 couples operating family farms in the West of Ireland. Attention is focused on the extent of consensus on values between husbands and wives, the ...

    • Roman Catholic Church and economic growth in 19th-century Ireland 

      Kennedy, Liam (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1978)
      It has been claimed in both historical and contemporary writings that the activities of the Roman Catholic Church inhibited economic development in nineteenth-century Ireland. One specific line of reasoning has been that ...

    • Concentration in manufacturing sector of Republic of Ireland 

      Hutchinson, R.W. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1978)
      In this paper, the levels and changes in the levels of concentration in Irish manufacturing industries between 1958 and 1968 are examined. With the small size of Irish industry it is to be expected that the manufacturing ...

    • Party solidarity, exclusivity and inter-party relationships in Ireland, 1922-1977 - evidence of transfers 

      Gallagher, Michael (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1978)
      This paper presents an analysis of the transfer of lower preference votes at Irish general elections between 1922 and 1977, illustrating some features of the main Irish parties and of the changing relationships between ...

    • Wages and labour mobility - inter-industry study 

      Walsh, B (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      There are grounds for general scepticism regarding the importance ofrelative wages in allocating labour between industries in the manufacturing sector of the economy. The main findings of the massive OECD study Wages and ...

    • Bailiwicks, locality, and religion - 3 elements in an irish dail constituency election 

      Sacks, Pm (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      This article is essentially a case study of voting patterns in an Irish Dail Constituency. But in this analysis we also deal with a larger question: how a stable party system exists in a constituency characterized by ...

    • Study of non-economic factors in irish economic development 

      Hutchinson, B (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      The geographical, demographic, financial and political forces that hampered the progress of economic development in Ireland have been debated for many decades; and Ireland's economic lagardliness has been constrasted, ...

    • Using absolute deviations to compute lines of best fit 

      Houck, Jp; Hunt, Rd (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      There is some renewed interest among agricultural economists and others in the old technique of using minimized absolute deviations in computing lines of best fit. H. B. Jones and J. C. Thompson, in a recent article in ...

    • Labour and irish political party system - a suggested approach to analysis 

      Farrell, B (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      In the politics of the Irish state only three parties have been able to maintain substantial electoral support for more than a decade. Two - Fianna Fail and Fine Gael - stem from the same Sinn Fein party which in the years ...

    • Aspects of intercommunity population balance in Northern Ireland 

      Compton, P.A; Boal, F.W. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      The population of Northern Ireland is probably unique in that it is composed of two groups of people each of which can be characterized as a 'minority'. Conventional wisdom has it that at present there is a dominant ...

    • Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences 

      Mulvey, C (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      In the course of preparing a cost/benefit analysis of Irish Shipping Ltd., it was necessary to attempt an evaluation of the employment policy pursued by the company. This paper describes the method employed in making the ...

    • Alternative techniques of estimating import demand elasticities 

      Mcaleese, D (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      The desirability as well as the difficulty of obtaining reliable estimates of import demand elasticities is clearly demonstrated by the extensive literature on the subject during the last few decades. Interest in price ...

    • Social expenditure of public authorities and economic growth 1947-66 

      Kennedy, F (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      Social expenditure in this context refers to the consolidated expenditure of public authorities on education, health, housing and income maintenance. Public authorities comprise the Central Government (including extra-budgetary ...

    • Irish agriculture and associated industries 1964 - effects of various cereal policies 

      Henry, Ew; Oconnor, R (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      In the 1964 structure of Irish Agriculture and associated industries, as published in Paper Number 44 of the Economic and Social Research Institute, the exercises described below investigate the effects on the economy of ...

    • Recent price trend in Ireland 

      Geary, R.C.; Pratschke, J.L.; Henry, E.W. (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      In the first section we set out the major price trends since 1958 and indicate the principal cause of price inflation. In later sections we examine the effects of productivity, wage and profit rates, prices of imports and ...

    • Beginnings of state care for mentally ill in ireland 

      Williamson, A (Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)
      The purpose in this paper is to examine the background and development of state care for the mentally ill in Ireland. Today, with a rapidly growing awareness of the needs of people with psychiatric problems, many agencies, ...