Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, April, 1990 by Title
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Interest and non-interest terms in the process of mortgage market clearing: a reply
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)Thom (1990) argues that, in a situation of excess mortgage demand, loan applicants "with relatively low LV ratios (high DR ratios) have their demands satisfied while those with relatively high LV ratios are placed in a ... -
Interest and non-interest terms in the process of mortgage market clearing: a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)In a recent contribution to this Review Browne (1988) considers the problem of estimating mortgage demand and supply functions in situations where the speed of interest rate adjustment is insufficient to eliminate excess ... -
Interest and non-interest terms in the process of mortgage market clearing: a rejoinder
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)In his reply to my comment Browne claims that the failure of variations in the downpayment ratio to shift market demand "is no more than a mere hypothesis which does not ,..., possess much apriori appeal." The bases of my ... -
Irish voter rationality: the 1987 Irish General Election revisited
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)In their study of Irish voters in 1987 Laver, Marsh and Sinnott concluded that there was little evidence of rational voting. This paper re-examines the question, using the same data, and finds evidence of rationality among ... -
Minor parties in Irish political life, 1922-1989
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)This article examines the role in Irish politics of parties other than the three "permanent" ones with a view to filling a recognised gap in political research. Minor parties are grouped into four loose categories on the ... -
Occupational endogeneity and gender wage differentials for young workers: An empirical analysis using Irish data
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)This paper presents estimates of the unexplained gender wage gap for young workers controlling for occupational endogeneity. Two contrasting econometric techniques are employed to control for occupational endogeneity. One ... -
Perceptions of the causes of The Troubles in Northern Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)This paper uses data collected in the Irish Mobility Study (1973) to explore intra-Catholic patterns of differentiation, and differences in the attitudes of Catholics and Protestants, towards the causes of The Troubles. ...