Browsing Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection by Title
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Constructing a national house price index for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)The Central Statistics Office will publish the first results of its national House Price Index on May 13th 2011. This hedonic index is constructed using data on mortgage drawdowns by eight lending institutions under Section ... -
Consumer response to price and income changes
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1975)The purpose of this paper is to show what can be learned about the reaction of Irish consumers to price and income changes by using the published time series data and the currently accepted models of consumer behaviour. Two ... -
A contemporary definition of personnel management, some of its critical assumptions and their relevance to the university organisation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1973)"To manage is", Henri Fayol said, "to forecast and plan, to organise, to command, to co-ordinate and to control." As to the soundness and good working order of the organisation, these depend, he believed, on certain ... -
Continental land banks and land registers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)The Statistical Society allowed me on a former occasion to give an account of a Swiss State Land Credit Bank, from the operations of which it seemed to me some useful lessons might be learned. The question of making loans ... -
Corporate profitability in Ireland: overview and determinants
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1999)The study of profits is important not only because of the information it provides about the health of the economy in any given year, but also because profits are a key determinant of growth and employment in the medium-term. ... -
Corporation tax statistics from the records of the revenue commissioners
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1993)The Revenue Commissioners' head office is in Dublin Castle. Some of the staff there are engaged in typical head office functions such as personnel, accounting and computer systems. Others have overall responsibility for ... -
The cost of adopting a complete system of public prosecution in England, as illustrated by the results of the working of the Scotch and Irish systems of public prosecution
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)There are many indications that the extension to England of the system of Public Prosecution which has so long existed both in Scotland and Ireland is only a question of time. This assimilation of the laws of the United ... -
A cost/benefit analysis of Irish airlines
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1969)This paper deals with an attempt to measure the economic contribution which the Irish airlines (Aer Lingus and Aer Linte) make to the economy, and is based on a report prepared for the company in 1968 -
Costing Ireland's energy options
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1979)The primary objective of this paper is: 1. To improve our understanding of the comparative costing of our national energy options; 2. To point the ways in which economic research can help to improve this understanding. I ... -
Covariate models for accident data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1986)The statistical analysis of accident data has historically relied on the mathematical precepts of classical discrete distribution theory Since the first test of the standard null ("pure chance") hypothesis on ... -
Covid19 and Inequality in Ireland: Initial Insights
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)The issue of low pay was important before the pandemic but has become even more visible because of unemployment rates and the necessity of government intervention. The data available before the pandemic indicate the ... -
Covid19 and the Northern Irish Economy: Initial Insights
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)During today’s symposium, I'm going to share some thoughts on the initial impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the Northern Ireland economy, focusing on three broad areas. I will start by highlighting some points ... -
Credit access for small and medium firms: survey evidence for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2012)The extension of credit to SMEs in Ireland has been identified as a necessary condition for economic recovery and job growth. The debate on whether the reduction in credit to this sector is caused by credit rationing by ... -
"Credit Power and Democracy," by Major C. H. Douglas, considered
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1925)Bishop Berkeley had the reputation in his own day of having written a book?The Principles of Human Knowledge? which no one could understand. 'His labours', said a contemporary philosopher of some eminence, 'are of little ... -
CRH pic investment strategy - an overview
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1989)Your President invited me to speak on CRH's investment strategy, with particular emphases on external acquisitions and equity participations, domestic diversification and export operations. I am happy to share with you ... -
Crime in Ireland since the Second World War
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1996)Over two decades of terrorism have given Northern Ireland the image of being a violent, crime-torn country. Belfast is associated in imagery with the bomb and the bullet, with Beirut and Bosnia and all other alliterations ... -
Crime, and how best to attack it.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1897)This short paper is designed to start discussion, but, of course, not to deal in any sense exhaustively with a very difficult subject. Mr. Webb presents one aspect of that subject, most pleasant no doubt for kindly ... -
Cross channel passenger traffic 1960-1990
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1992)Over the period of thirty years (1960-1990) passenger movements between Britain and the Republic of Ireland have grown from just over 1 million to just over 3.5 million per annum. The average annual rate of increase has ... -
Currency problems old and new
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1925)There must be an extraordinary complexity in a system which turns so many that study it off the right path and leaves them floundering in quagmires of absurdities. The persistency with which these attacks are made, the ... -
The currency system of the Irish Free State
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1931)At the time of the establishment of the Irish Free State the only effective currency of full legal tender existing in the country was the British currency note. Gold coin of the United Kingdom, although of full legal ...
