Browsing Economics (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Debt Overhang in Emerging Europe?
(2011)This paper assesses the extent to which debt overhang poses a constraint to economic activity in Emerging Europe, as the region emerges from the recent financial and economic crisis. At the macroeconomic level, it ... -
Decomposing patterns of emission intensity in the EU and China: how much does trade matter?
(ESRI, 26/07/2013)This paper uses data from the World Input Output Database (WIOD) to examine channels through which CO2 emissions are embodied within and imported into the European production process. We apply a metric to calculate sectoral ... -
Decomposing the Impacts of Overeducation and Overskilling on Earnings and Job Satisfaction: An Analysis Using REFLEX data
(ESRI, 05/07/2011)This paper uses the REFLEX dataset to test the hypothesis that the generally observed negative impacts of overeducation and overskilling on both job satisfaction and earnings can be attributed to under-utilisation in ... -
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 ... -
Determinants of ICT Adoption: Evidence from Firm-level Data
(Routledge, 30/10/2011)We analyse factors driving inter- and intra-firm diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) using data from Irish manufacturing firms over the period 2001 to 2004. We find that the path of ICT diffusion ... -
Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom
(ESRI, 29/10/2010)Vegetarianism is increasing in the western world. Anecdotally, this trend can be attributed to heightened health, environmental and animal welfare concerns. In this paper we investigate the factors associated with vegetarianism ... -
Did Bank Lending Stifle Innovation in Europe During the Great Recession?
(2019)Using the 2008-09 Global financial crisis and the 2012 Euro area sovereign debt crisis as natural experiments, we investigate the effects of contractions in credit supply on R&D spending in a large sample of European firms. ... -
Disasters and Development: Natural Disasters, Credit Constraints and Economic Growth
(ESRI, 06/10/2011)We demonstrate, using a simple two-period equilibrium model of the economy, the potential effects of extreme event occurrences - such as natural or humanitarian disasters - on economic growth over the medium- to long-term. ... -
The Distribution of Income and the Public Finances
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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
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Distributional Impact of Tax, Welfare and Public Sector Pay Policies: 2009-2012
(ESRI, 2012)The banking and fiscal crises, coupled with the worldwide Great Recession, have led to major declines in Ireland?s national income. In this article, we examine the direct impacts of changes in income?related taxes and ... -
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, ... -
Economic Assessment of the Euro Area: Autumn 2010
(EUROFRAME - European Forecasting Network, 2010)The recovery in the world economy from the deepest recession since the 1930s strengthened during the first half of 2010, aided by strong policy measures and restocking. The overall performance of the world economy, ... -
Economic Costs of Ocean Acidification: A Look into the Impacts on Shellfish Production
(ESRI, 15/06/2011)Ocean acidification is increasingly recognized as a major global problem. Yet economic assessments of its effects are currently almost absent. Unlike most other marine organisms, mollusks, which have significant commercial ... -
The Economic Impact of Climate Change in the 20th Century
(ESRI, 22/02/2011)The national version of FUND3.6 is used to infrapolate the impacts of climate change to the 20th century. Carbon dioxide fertilization of crops and reduced energy demand for heating are the main positive impacts. Climate ...
