ESRI Working Papers: Recent submissions
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The effect of unemployment, arrears and negative equity on consumption: Ireland in 2009/10
(ESRI, 14/05/2013)Since the onset of the financial crisis, income and consumption have fallen sharply in Ireland, particularly for young households. This paper shows that young households are more likely than older ones to be exposed to ... -
Simulating Demand for Electrical Vehicles using Revealed Preference Data
(2012)We have modelled the market for new cars in Ireland with the aim of quantifying the values placed on a range of observable car characteristics. Mid-sized petrol cars with a manual transmission sell best. Price and perhaps ... -
To Convergence and Beyond? Human Capital, Economic Adjustment and a Return to Growth
(ESRI, 04/01/2012)This paper considers the impact on growth and convergence in the EU over the last 20 years of investment in human capital. It examines the current adjustment of a range of economies to the external imbalances at the beginning ... -
A Framework for Pension Policy Analysis in Ireland: PENMOD, a Dynamic Simulation Model
(2011)This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore behavioural responses to pensions policy counterfactuals in Ireland. The model is based upon the life-cycle ... -
How Impact Fees and Local Planning Regulation Can Influence Deployment of Telecoms Infrastructure
(ESRI, 26/08/2011)This paper examines how local government planning regulations and charges affect the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. We explore the economic rationale for local government regulation of such infrastructure, ... -
Optimal Interconnection and Renewable Targets in North-West Europe
(ESRI, 22/12/2011)We present a mixed-integer, linear programming model for determining optimal interconnection locations using a cost minimisation approach. Optimal interconnection and capacity investment decisions are determined under ... -
Trade, Energy, and Carbon Dioxide: An Analysis for the Two Economies of Ireland
(ESRI, 2012)In this paper we use a subsystem input?output decomposition analysis to examine the drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. We use a bi?regional input?output analysis to look ... -
Trends in Air Pollution in Ireland: A Decomposition Analysis
(ESRI, 13/02/2012)Trends in the emissions to air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia in Ireland are analysed with a logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition for the period of ... -
Telecommunications Consumers: A Behavioural Economic Analysis
(ESRI, 12/12/2011)This paper argues that telecommunications markets present the consumer with a decision-making environment that is particularly likely to be prone to established biases in consumer decision-making. The analysis identifies ... -
The ESRI Energy Model
(ESRI, 2012-02-21)In Ireland, the energy sector has undergone significant change in the last forty years. In this period, there has been a significant increase in the demand for energy. This increase has been driven by economic and demographic ... -
Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters
(ESRI, 23/02/2012)This paper critically examines initial applications of Behavioural Economics (BE) to policymaking. It focuses primarily but not exclusively on what can be learnt from the early adopters of policies inspired by BE, notably ... -
Electrical Appliance Ownership and Usage in Ireland
(ESRI, 09/02/2012)Past research into the determinants of appliance ownership has identified associations with socioeconomic characteristics of households. Few studies have examined the intensity with which different sorts of households use ... -
The Impact of Climate on Tourist Destination Choice
(ESRI, 20/02/2012)We examine the determinants of holiday destination choice for tourists from 182 countries over a fifteen year time period. Our sample is much larger than that used by previous studies. The results are similar. Tourists ... -
Socioeconomic Distribution of Emissions and Resource Use in Ireland
(ESRI, 01/03/2012)This paper uses the ESRI's ISus model to explore the distributional differences in emissions by household type. Most greenhouse gas and metal emissions are emitted via indirect means, although direct sources of emissions ... -
Competition Policy in Ireland: A Good Recession?
(2012)This paper analyses the conduct of competition policy in Ireland between 2000 and 2011. Attention is paid to the policies and actions of those persons and institutions responsible for competition policy: the Minister for ... -
Timing and Determinants of Local Residential Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Ireland
(ESRI, 28/03/2012)This article examines the time path of broadband adoption for households in areas that are offered broadband service for the first time and the socioeconomic characteristics of broadband users generally. Using cross-sectional ... -
Choice, Price and Service Characteristics in the Irish Broadband Market
(ESRI, 15/05/2012)Using detailed plan-level data, this paper examines the choice, price and quality of broadband services available to consumers in Ireland over time. We find modest geographical (county level) variation in broadband services. ... -
Restoring Credibility in Policy Making in Ireland
(ESRI, 2011)This paper first considers the origins of the Irish economic crisis. It discusses where the policy failures occurred, to what extent they were foreseeable, and how certain key financial institutions performed in the run ... -
The Impact of Changes in Educational Attainment on Life Expectancy in Ireland
(ESRI, 2011)The purpose of this article is to quantify the contribution of the increasing educational attainment of the Irish population to the prospective improvement in life expectancy over the next 50 years. This analysis uses ...
