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  • Essays on the Economics of Energy Efficiency: Evidence from residential dwellings and commercial data centres 

    Coyne, Bryan (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2021)
    Global economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been facilitated, in large part, by the increased use of natural resources as energy in the production process. This has revolutionised how society functions. ...
  • Essays on the income, wealth and family tranfers of the older generation 

    Nivakoski, Sanna (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2015)
    This thesis consists of three core chapters which contain empirical analyses of financial decision-making among older people. The chapters focus on pension coverage, retirees’ incomes and replacement rates, subjective life ...
  • Essays on the macroeconomic impact of financial openness 

    O'Donnell, Barry (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    This thesis uses new data to examine the impact of a quantitative measure of international financial integration on various indicators of macroeconomic performance. Proponents of greater openness to financial flows maintain ...
  • Essays on the measurement and implications of trade liberalisation 

    Walsh, Keith (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
    This thesis is an empirical analysis of the measurement and implications of trade liberalisation. Four core chapters cover the following areas: (i) the modelling of agricultural trade policy instruments; (ii) the determinants ...
  • Essays on the political economy of development 

    McGuirk, Eoin F. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2013)
    The core of this thesis explores three issues at the intersection of political and development economics. In Chapter 2, I demonstrate how ethnic divisions can undermine the provision of an important public good: teacher ...
  • Essays on voting behaviour. A historical perspective 

    Lehmann, Sibylle H. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)
    The present thesis consists of two parts. The first part contains two essays that study voting behaviour in general elections that took place before turning points in trade policy. They aim to shed light on why European ...
  • Estimating the income and socio-economic determinants of the demand for transport using household micro-data 

    Nolan, Anne Marie (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    The purpose of this thesis is to examine the income and socio-economic determinants of transport demand, using Dublin as a case study. Chapter 1 sets the context by discussing the problem of excessive car use in urban ...
  • Estimation of production and demand functions for German, Austrian and Swiss non-profit theatres 

    Zieba, Marta (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)
    The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the production technology and the economic determinants of demand for the performing arts. Both the demand and the production function are estimated using econometric linear regression ...
  • European multinational enterprises : a study of resource allocation 

    Murphy, Alan P. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)
    The aims of this thesis are to investigate the short run dynamics of labour reallocation; profit switching and potential pull factors on capital allocation of EU parent multinational enterprises (MNEs) and their European ...
  • European pharmaceutical industry : a micro-econometric analysis of growth dynamics and production location 

    Zhang, Xiaoheng (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2009)
    The aim of this thesis is to investigate the industry dynamics of expansion and the location pattern of the European pharmaceutical industry in the Single Market Programme era using micro-econometric approaches.
  • Exchange rates, global value chains, market structure and trade restrictions as determinants of international prices 

    Firanchuk, Aleksandr (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2021)
    This dissertation addresses questions in the areas of exchange rate pass-through into international prices. It examines the effect of strategic competition in the destination market and the use of foreign inputs in production ...
  • Exploring cultural goods : new perspectives on consumer behaviour in Italy 

    Castiglione, Concetta (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2013)
    The socioeconomic composition of attendance at the arts has interested researchers and policy-makers for decades and re-emerges as an issue every few years. This thesis studies cultural attendance in Italy and its main ...
  • Export activity, specialisation and structural change 

    Lawless, Martina Anne (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)
    This thesis examines the evolution of Ireland’s manufacturing exports. In particular, it focuses on the changing pattern of specialisation both of products and of destinations. The first two chapters examine specialisation ...
  • Export characteristics of Irish manufacturing enterprises 

    Sutherland, Julie M. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2004)
    The aim of this thesis is to investigate the export characteristics of enterprises, using the manufacturing sector of Ireland between 1991 and 1998 as a case study. The growth of Irish merchandise exports is considered to ...
  • Foot-and-mouth disease eradication strategies in Ireland : a cost comparison 

    Dillon, Emma Jane (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
    FMD is a highly contagious livestock disease with significant repercussions for livestock producers particularly in terms of productivity and trade effects, with many other sectors also being negatively affected by the ...
  • Heterogeneity in Irish indigenous manufacturing export behaviour : a new conceptual framework 

    Gleeson, Anne Marie (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
    This thesis explores firm heterogeneity; in particular it focuses on exporter heterogeneity using a new conceptual framework which classifies firms on the basis of their exporting experience over the life of the firm or ...
  • Human Mobility In Developing Countries: Evidence From Mobile Phone Data 

    Blanchard, Paul Baptiste (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2024)
    This thesis examines human mobility patterns in developing countries. It leverages different types of mobile phone data enabling the observation of individuals' movements and locations at spatio-temporal scales which are ...
  • Industrial structures and labour market outcomes : an examination of Poland in transition 

    Sibley, Christopher W. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)
    This Thesis presents three papers. In our first paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in ...
  • Industry mark-ups and structures : the role of macroeconomic and financial structures 

    Mollen, Olivia Anne (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)
    This thesis is an empirical analysis of how macroeconomic and financial structures influence the performance and structure of industries, specifically manufacturing industries. It comprises of four chapters and follows a ...
  • Inquiry into economic aspects of tobacco control in Ireland 

    Cornelsen, Laura (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2011)
    The harmful effects of smoking on population health have long been shown. More recently, the exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) has also been proved to have detrimental health effects (U.S.DHHS, 2006). In order to improve ...