Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, October, 1997 by Title

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    • On the small sample distribution of the R/S statistic 

      Harrison, Michael; Treacy, Glenn (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)
      This paper gives an account of the RlS statistic and its known properties. It assesses the adequacy of the asymptotic distribution of the statistic in the case of samples of small and moderate size, and suggests an improved ...

    • The political economy of a consensus society: experience from behind the dykes 

      Ploeg, Frederick van der (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)
      The Dutch economy shows that capitalism with a friendly face can work. Job growth has been spurred by an investment and export boom and a move towards more labour intensive methods of production. The combination of anchoring ...

    • Tightening Durbin-Watson bounds 

      Conniffe, Denis (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)
      The null distribution of the Durbin-Watson statistic, used in testing for serial correlation in regression disturbances, depends on the explanatory variable values. Although modern computing power makes it feasible to ...

    • Workplace innovations in the Republic of Ireland 

      McCartney, John; Teague, Paul (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)
      Many explanations have emerged for Ireland's dramatic economic recovery, but virtually all have taken a macroeconomic perspective. This paper enriches our understanding of recent progress by presenting original survey data ...