RSS 1.0The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter, 2005
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What can academics contribute to the study of financial stability?
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2005)There were hardly any banking crises between 1939 and 1971, so their later reemergence came as a surprise. Central bank supervisors responded practically by discovering and encouraging the adoption of current best practice ... -
Testing for variation in technical efficiency of hospitals in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2005)Funding in Irish hospitals is partially based on case mix, whereby resources are redistributed annually to hospitals with greater efficiency. Accurate measurement of efficiency is essential, so in this paper, we use Data ... -
Economic instruments and environmental policy
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2005)Environmental resources are scarce and many are getting scarcer. Resource allocation problems abound and recent experience is disheartening. Despite the growing scientific consensus on global warming, action to reduce ... -
Discretion and cyclicality in Irish budgetary management 1969-2003
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2005)This paper addresses the topic of cyclicality and discretion in Irish fiscal policy. In particular, we show that the level and nature of cyclicality varies across different expenditure components and we introduce a new ... -
An econometric analysis of charitable donations in the Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2005)This paper explores the variables that affect the probability of donating to charity and those that affect the size of donations by Irish households. The dataset employed is the Irish Household Budget Survey (HBS) 1999/2000, ...
