Browsing Economics (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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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 ... -
Many Unions, One Estimate? Disaggregating the Currency Union Effect on Trade
(2023)A large literature estimates the impact of currency unions on trade. Often ignored in these estimates are the dramatic differences in the characteristics of countries adopting common currencies, hidden by aggregation ... -
The Marginal Damage Costs of Different Greenhouse Gases: An Application of FUND
(ESRI, 2011)We use FUND 3.5 to estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride emissions. We show the results of a range of sensitivity analyses, focusing on the impact of carbon dioxide ... -
A Match Made in Maastricht: Estimating The Treatment Effect of the Euro On Trade
(2023)Why do estimates of the European Monetary Union (EMU) effect on trade vary so greatly? Rose (2017) shows that the largest factor determining the size of EMU trade estimates is the choice of sample, with studies using only ... -
Measuring Credit Constraints for Irish SMEs
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Measuring Fiscal Stance
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Merger Control in Ireland: Too Many Unnecessary Merger Notifications?
(ESRI, 18/04/2011)The market for corporate control plays an important role in ensuring that assets are deployed in an efficient and effective manner. However, on occasion, mergers might lead to a reduction in competition and a consequent ... -
Modified Ramsey Discounting for Climate Change
(ESRI, 2011)The Ramsey rule for the consumption rate of discount assumes a transfer of money of a (representative) agent at one point in time to the same agent at another point in time. Climate policy (implicitly) transfers money not ... -
Okay Boomer... Excess Money Growth, Inflation, and Population Aging
(2022)What determines the strength of the relationship between money growth and inflation? A large literature suggests that it has weakened since the 1980s, without a definitive explanation of the cause. I explore how population ... -
On International Equity Weights and National Decision Making on Climate Change
(ESRI, 2011)Climate change is a moral problem. The main reason to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a concern for faraway lands (Schelling 2000), distant futures (Nordhaus 1982), and remote probabilities (Weitzman 2009). The people ... -
Optimal Interconnection and Renewable Targets in North-West Europe
(ESRI, 22/12/2011)We present a mixed-integer, linear programming model for determining optimal interconnection locations using a cost minimisation approach. Optimal interconnection and capacity investment decisions are determined under ... -
Options for increasing tax
(The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2015)The UK’s public finances are still in a weakened state. In 2015–16, the government expects to borrow 3.6% of national income over and above the borrowing that can be expected to disappear as the economy recovers, leading ... -
Options for raising tax revenue in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2021)Future spending pressures combined with potential declines in corporation and motor tax receipts mean that significant future tax increases are likely to be needed in the years ahead. While these should be avoided until ... -
Partial Credit Guarantees: Principles and Practice
(2009)Partial credit guarantee schemes have experienced renewed interest from governments keen to promote financial access for small enterprises, not least as a response to the credit crunch in advanced economies. While the ... -
Peaks and Troughs: Economics and Political Economy of Central Bank Independence Cycles
(Oxford University Press, 2019)This chapter investigates the endogenous evolution of central bank institutional design over the past four decades. From a theoretical perspective, it employs a stylized political economy model to highlight some key ... -
Pharmaceuticals Delivery in Ireland. Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck
(ESRI, 2012)The recommendations contained in this report are designed to ensure that taxpayers get better value for money from the ?1.9 billion public pharmaceutical budget, but also that the cash paying patients benefits too. ... -
The political economy of food system transformation in the European Union
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Political institutions, voter turnout, and policy outcomes
(2012)This paper tests whether constitutions directly affect economic outcomes. By introducing citizens? political participation as the driving force connecting institutions to policy outcomes, we empirically show that voter ... -
Population age structure and secular stagnation: Evidence from long run data
(2023)A large literature has reopened the secular stagnation hypothesis, first proposed near the end of the great depression as a warning for anemic growth resulting from long run trends in population aging. In this paper, I ... -
Portfolio Effects and Firm Size Distribution: Carbonated Soft Drinks
(Economic and Social Review, Editorial Board, 2002)We use rich brand level retail data to demonstrate that the firm size distribution in Carbonated Soft Drinks is mainly an outcome of the degree to which firms own a portfolio of brands across segments of the market, and ...
