The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, January, 1986
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A note on demand elasticities for energy imports
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)Annual Irish data on fuel imports are used to estimate inter-fuel substitution models. Both a four- and a three-input classification are employed in the estimation of a translog cost function. Restrictions implied by ... -
Portfolio equilibrium and monetary policy in Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)The introduction of exchange controls in 1978 and the exchange rate uncertainty associated with Ireland's entry into the European Monetary System (EMS) in 1979 gave rise to the possibility of a reduction in the degree of ... -
Ireland - politics with some social bases an interpretation based on aggregate data
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)Social scientists are currently forced to rely on aggregate data and commercial opinion polls when they analyse the social bases of party choice in Ireland. The first of a pair of articles, this paper deals with a re-analysis ... -
Estimates of the religious composition of Northern Ireland local-government districts in 1981 and change in the geographical pattern of religious composition between 1971 and 1981
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)The religious composition recorded in the 1981 census of population is unreliable because of the non-enumeration of individuals and non-response to the census question on religion. Two methods are described in the paper ... -
Verdoorn law - a retrospective view
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)We examine the origins of the Verdoorn law and the key role it plays in Kaldor's growth analysis. We suggest that two empirical studies of the Irish economy (Kennedy, 1971 and Kennedy and Dowling, 1975) can be interpreted ...