Browsing Economics (Theses and Dissertations) by Date of Publication
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Contestability and European Community Air Transport Policy : Lessons from the US
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The economic effect of direct payment support of Irish agriculture
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2000)The aim of this thesis is to investigate some of the microeconomic effects of the application of direct payments (DPs) to support Irish agriculture. Chapter 1 outlines the context of direct income support as it is applied ... -
An examination of regional disparity in the Republic of Ireland 1926-1996
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2000)Regional disparity has long been a feature of the Irish economy and the thesis accordingly attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of its nature and causes. First of all, the nature of regional disparity is ... -
Essays on the consequences of research and development for manufacturing firms in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2001)The aim of this thesis is to investigate some of the economic consequences for manufacturing firms of investing in research and development (R&D), using the Irish manufacturing sector as a case study. Chapter 1 outlines ... -
Essays on regional restructuring and the Polish labour market
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)The fall of the iron curtain and the transition shock that Poland faced in the early 1990s necessitated substantial adjustments throughout the economy. Planners no longer dictated prices, trade, financial allocations or ... -
The construction, calibration and interpretation of IMAGE, a CGE model of the Irish economy with particular focus on agriculture
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)This thesis details the construction, calibration and interpretation of IMAGE, a CGE model of the hish economy. The name IMAGE is an acronym of “Irish Model of Agriculture, General Equilibrium”. This name captures the two ... -
Essays on productivity in Irish agriculture
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)The focus of this thesis is the measurement of performance in Irish agriculture over the period 1984 to 1998. The methodology applied lies in the broad area of production economics and is located primarily in the ... -
Trade and the international market for works of art
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)This research analyses the forces shaping trade in the international market for works of art using both descriptive and econometric analysis. It also explores the institutional structure of the art trade specialising in ... -
An econometric analysis of Irish households' food expenditure patterns : Tobit, double-hurdle and infrequency of purchase approaches
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)In this thesis, the factors shaping Irish households’ meat and prepared meals expenditure decisions are analysed using the 1987/8 and 1994/5 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. In Chapter 1 of this thesis, the changing ... -
Essays on financial development and economic growth
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis is a collection of essays on the relationship between financial development and economic growth. The thesis is introduced in Chapter One, which talks about the motivation for the thesis and outlines the structure ... -
Essays on international capital flows
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis is a collection of essays on international capital flows. The main motivation for this work was to address a number of relatively unexplored issues within this subject. Four topics were empirically analyzed ... -
Estimating the income and socio-economic determinants of the demand for transport using household micro-data
(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 ... -
Essays on international capital markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis concentrates on the macroeconomic effects of increased capital mobility in international capital markets. The focal points of attention encompass the relationship between capital flows and infrastructure, ... -
Value, money and risk : three essays
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis comprises of three essays which explore the theories of value, money and risk. The first essay takes a theoretical approach to study the background of and the relationship between value, money and wealth. The ... -
Essays on the macroeconomic impact of financial openness
(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 labour productivity, technical efficiency and foreign direct investment in Irish manufacturing industry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the structural change that took place in the Irish manufacturing sector during the 1990s. Chapter 2 examines the patterns and growth of labour productivity and employment in Irish ... -
The determinants of repertoire diversity in non-profit theatre: an application to England and Germany
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2004)This thesis studies repertoire diversity and its possible determinants in non-profit theatre for two European countries, namely England and Germany. For this, extensive econometric analysis is carried out using specifically ... -
Export characteristics of Irish manufacturing enterprises
(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 ... -
An economic analysis of voting in Central and Eastern Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2005)The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have now experienced fourteen years of democratic rule and a market economy. In this time they have participated in a variety of elections while undertaking a series of economic ... -
Export activity, specialisation and structural change
(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 ...
