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Globalisation and Ireland s Export Performance
(ESRI, 26/03/2013)This paper provides empirical evidence on Ireland?s export performance in the context of increased globalisation over the past ten years. Using insights from recent contributions to international trade and economic growth ... -
Goldilocks and the Three Electricity Prices: Are Irish Prices "Just Right"?
(2011)In this paper we analyse the 2008 electricity price in the Irish All-Island Market. We test whether this price is `efficient? by comparing it to the electricity price in Great Britain. This analysis suggests that around ... -
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 ... -
Growing older and growing apart? Population age structure and trade
(2023)Purpose This paper explores the empirical relationship between population age structure and bilateral trade. Design/methodology/approach The author includes age structure in both log and Poisson pseudo-maximum ... -
Household Formation and Tenure Choice
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Housing and Austerity: A Two-Way Street
(Royal Irish Academy, 2017)Simon Wren-Lewis’s chapter in this volume outlines a general theory of austerity. Underpinning it is a desire for policymakers – as well as the social sciences – to learn from the experience of austerity over the last ... -
Housing Assistance Payment: Potential impacts on financial incentives to work
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019)Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on ... -
How Impact Fees and Local Planning Regulation Can Influence Deployment of Telecoms Infrastructure
(ESRI, 26/08/2011)This paper examines how local government planning regulations and charges affect the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. We explore the economic rationale for local government regulation of such infrastructure, ... -
How Might the EU's Common Agricultural Policy Affect Trade and Development After 2013?
(International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2010)The Commission?s Communication on the CAP post 2013 published in November 2010 sets out three options for the future shape of Europe?s Common Agricultural Policy. This paper explains the background and rationale for ... -
Human Capital and Growth of Information and Communication Technology-intensive Industries: Empirical Evidence from Open Economies
(2013)This paper examines the effect of human capital on the growth of ICT-intensive industries using data from a sample of open economies over the period 1980-1999. Our econometric analysis suggest that value added and employment ... -
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 Climate on Tourist Destination Choice
(ESRI, 20/02/2012)We examine the determinants of holiday destination choice for tourists from 182 countries over a fifteen year time period. Our sample is much larger than that used by previous studies. The results are similar. Tourists ... -
The impact of electricity storage on wholesale electricity prices
(2013)This paper analyzes the impact of electricity storage on the production cost of a power system and the marginal cost of electricity (electricity price) using a unit commitment model. Also real world data has been analyzed ... -
The Impact of Fiscal Policy on the Economy
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The Impact of Government Policy on Private Car Ownership in Ireland
(2011)We construct a model of the stock of private cars in the Republic of Ireland. The model distinguishes cars by fuel, engine size and age. The modelled car stock is built up from a long history of data on sales, and calibrated ... -
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 Incentive to Invest in Thermal Plants in the Presence of Wind Generation
(ESRI, 18/12/2012)In a deregulated market, the decision to build new thermal power plants rests with private investors and they will decide whether to invest on the basis of expected profits. This paper evaluates how such profits are affected ... -
Inequality and the Crisis: The Distributional Impact of Tax Increases and Welfare and Public Sector Pay Cuts
(2010)The economic crisis impacts directly on the distribution of income via unemployment and private sector wages, but the way policy responds in seeking to control soaring fiscal deficits is also central to its distributional ...