Browsing Economics (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Possible transitional arrangements related to agriculture in the light of the future EU - UK relationship: institutional issues
(European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies,, 2017)There is the potential for severe disruption of agri-food trade between the UK and the EU27 as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This study reviews the additional trade costs that might arise and how they might be avoided ... -
Post-2013 EU Common Agricultural Policy, Trade and Development
(International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 2011)The European Commission forwarded legislative proposals for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the European Council and the European Parliament in October 2011. These proposals, which build on an earlier ... -
Poverty Traps and Climate Change
(ESRI, 09/11/2011)We use a demo-economic model to examine the question of whether climate change could widen or deepen poverty traps. The model includes two crucial mechanisms. Parents are risk averse when deciding how many children to have; ... -
Probability theory and the Fagel collection at Trinity College Dublin - Newstalk 'Talking History' 05.09.10
(2010-09-05)Charles Larkin and Jacco Thijessen discuss probability theory and Trinity College Library's Fagel Collection -
Providing Quality Pharmacy Services: Good Intentions Are Not Enough
(ESRI, 2010)Elected representatives, like consumers, want reliable good quality medical services. Pharmacy services are no exception. Providing sound advice on which drug to take for a minor ailment, or the common side effects of a ... -
Public Policy Towards the Sale of State Assets in Troubled Times: Lessons from the Irish Experience
(ESRI, 10/10/2010)Governments throughout the western world and beyond are in the midst of a severe financial crisis and emerging from a sharp recession. Ireland is no exception. One of the options for strengthening public finances is the ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Connection Policy on Distributed Generation
(2007)Increasing connections for distributed generation (DG), and in particular wind generation, are being sought in power systems across the world. These increased applications present a significant challenge to the existing ... -
Quantifying the total net benefits of grid integrated wind
(2007)Throughout the world significant development is being encouraged in wind energy for electricity generation. A complete cost benefit analysis has been conducted in this paper on the impacts of grid connected wind generation. ... -
Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2010
(ESRI, 20/01/2011)The forecasts in this Commentary see GDP growing by 1? per cent in real terms in 2011 and by 2? per cent in 2012. The corresponding figures for GNP are ? per cent in 2011 and 1? per cent in 2012. Following the pattern ... -
Regional and Sectoral Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon: An Application of FUND
(ESRI, 2011)The social cost of carbon is an estimate of the benefit of reducing CO2 emissions by one ton today. As such it is a key input into cost-benefit analysis of climate policy and regulation. We provide a set of new estimates ... -
The Regional Dimension of the Unemployment Crisis
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Research and Policy Making
(ESRI, 24/09/2010)I am delighted to have the opportunity to present a lecture on Research and Policy Making. This topic is widely discussed internationally with an extensive international literature drawing on a range of different perspectives. ...
