Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 09, No. 1, 1977 by Title
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Input-output approach to cost-benefit-analysis of energy conservation methods
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1977)In this paper is proposed a method of using Input-Output (I-O) techniques for cost-benefit (G-B) analysis, in order to compare one method of conserving energy with another. Only energy conservation will be considered, ... -
Irish consumer expectations and the adaptive expectations model
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1977)Dynamic economic models frequently require some hypothesis about expectations of future values of economic variables. Price expectations have received particular attention but expectations also arise in other contexts. The ... -
Labour and the Irish party system revisited - party competition in the 1920s
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1977)In the 1969 General Election the Labour Party received more votes than at any other time in its electoral history. Nevertheless, despite this success, Labour continues to be one of the smallest social democratic parties ... -
Randomization and Von Neumann function - variance formula and a problem
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1977)A difficulty with randomisation treatment was expressed as follows: `The problem is to determine if there is a contiguity effect, i.e. if c (the contiguity ratio) has a significantly low value after the elimination of q ... -
Study of factor structure of attitudinal measures of major social psychological constructs in an Irish sample
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1977)Within social psychology, the study of attitudes has been a central concern since the first quarter of this century. In fact, some early theorists (e.g. Thomas and Znaniecki, 1918 and Watson, 1925) regarded attitude as so ...