Browsing Economics (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Ireland"
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An Agenda for a New Ireland
(Social Justice Ireland, 2010)This Review presents a narrative outlining what happened over recent decades to bring Ireland to where it is today, where exactly Ireland finds itself now, where Ireland should go into the future and what it needs to do ... -
Budget Perspectives 2012
(ESRI, 13/10/2011)Over the last decade Irish tax policy has undergone dramatic shifts. As the economy boomed in the early 2000s, income tax rates were reduced, tax credits were increased and the standard rate band was widened. Social welfare ... -
The Climate Change Response Bill 2010: An Assessment
(ESRI, 25/01/2011)Climate change is an important problem. It would be desirable to have legislation that would put Ireland on a low-cost and equitable trajectory to a zero-carbon economy. The draft Climate Change Response Bill 2010 will not ... -
Decomposition of Sectoral Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Subsystem Input-Output Model for the Republic of Ireland
(2011)The analysis of gas emissions by an input-output subsystem approach provides detailed insights into pollution generation in an economy by revealing the channels by which the environmental burdens are caused and transmitted ... -
The Distributional Effects of Austerity Measures: A Comparison of Six EU Countries
(European Commission, 30/11/2011)We compare the distributional effects of austerity measures that have been introduced in 6 EU countries in the period of large gorvernment budget deficits following the 2007-8 financial crisis and subsequent economic ... -
The Distributional Effects of Value Added Tax in Ireland
(ESRI, 2011)In this paper we examine the distributional effects of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Ireland. Using the 2004/2005 Household Budget Survey, we assess the amount of VAT that households pay as a proportion of weekly disposable ... -
Does the housing market reflect cultural heritage? A case study of Greater Dublin
(ESRI, 2011)Does the housing market reflect cultural heritage? We estimate several specifications of a hedonic price equation to establish whether distance to cultural heritage site is capitalised into housing prices in Greater Dublin, ... -
The Effect of REFIT on Irish Electricity Prices
(ESRI, 22/02/2011)This paper evaluates the likely effect of REFIT, the Irish scheme to support renewable electricity generation, on the wholesale price of electricity. The cost of REFIT is passed on to Irish consumers. Here we calculate ... -
The Effects of the Euro on Intra-Euro Area Exports
(ESRI, 2011)An important argument for the adoption of the euro was the expectation that it would boost trade. Existing theory suggests several channels through which the euro would enhance trade. First, eliminating exchange rate ... -
An Estimate of the Value of Lost Load for Ireland
(ESRI, 2010)This paper estimates the value of short term lost load in the all island electricity market which includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The value of lost load, also known as the value of security of ... -
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 ... -
The Future of the Welfare State
(Social Justice Ireland, 2010)The welfare state is not an end in itself. It is a means to an end ? the wellbeing of all people. The future of the welfare state has been a topic of discussion and argument for more than 30 years on issues ranging from ... -
Greener Homes: An Ex-Post Estimate of the Cost of Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction using Administrative Micro-Data from the Republic of Ireland
(ESRI, 2011)We assess the subsidy for the installation of biomass boilers and wood gasification boilers under the Greener Homes Scheme in Ireland. We find that the (implicit) subsidy per tonne of carbon dioxide avoided varies hugely ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Ireland's Recession on the Labour Market Outcomes of its Immigrants
(ESRI, 29/09/2010)In the mid 2000s Ireland experienced a large inflow of immigrants, partly in response to strong economic growth but also in response to its decision to allow full access to its labour market when EU expansion occurred in ... -
The Internal EU Electricity Market: Implications for Ireland
(ESRI, 2011)The European Union is creating a single electricity market. Like the single European market for goods and other services, if the price of electricity is lower in France than Ireland, traders will export electricity from ... -
Ireland in EMU: More Shocks, Less Insulation?
(2006)Despite anchoring the Irish monetary system to a single currency, EMU has triggered sizable exchange rate and especially interest rate shocks to the Irish economy (albeit not appreciably greater than under previous regimes). ... -
Irish Government Debt and Implied Debt Dynamics: 2011-2015
(ESRI, 06/09/2011)This article examines the debt dynamics facing the Irish State over the period 2011 to 2015. The analysis takes account of the reduction in interest rates on EU borrowing agreed at the EU Council meeting in July 2011 and ... -
The Macro-economic Impact of Changing the Rate of Corporation Tax
(ESRI, 2011)The size and importance of the market services sector within the Irish economy has increased dramatically since the mid 1990s and the sector now accounts for a significant share of overall exports. The rise in output and ...
