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Electrical Appliance Ownership and Usage in Ireland
(ESRI, 09/02/2012)Past research into the determinants of appliance ownership has identified associations with socioeconomic characteristics of households. Few studies have examined the intensity with which different sorts of households use ... -
Employment Protection and Innovation Intensity
(2012)We examine the impact of the strictness of employment protection legislation on innovation intensity. To this purpose, we use a panel of annual data from OECD countries over the period 1990-1999 and estimate difference-i ... -
Equality and Discrimination: Lessons from a Research Programme and a Conference
(ESRI, 2011)Despite legislation outlawing discrimination across the EU, inequalities between groups appear to be an enduring feature of Irish and European societies. The extent to which inequality is due to discrimination is a matter ... -
The ESRI Energy Model
(ESRI, 2012-02-21)In Ireland, the energy sector has undergone significant change in the last forty years. In this period, there has been a significant increase in the demand for energy. This increase has been driven by economic and demographic ... -
An Estimate of the Value of Lost Load for Ireland
(ESRI, 2010)This paper estimates the value of short term lost load in the all island electricity market which includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The value of lost load, also known as the value of security of ... -
Estimating Historical Landfill Quantities to Predict Methane Emissions
(ESRI, 2009)We estimate Irish historical landfill quantities from 1960 -2008 and Irish methane emissions from 1968-2006. A model is constructed in which waste generation is a function of income, price of waste disposal and, household ... -
Euro area CDS spreads in the crisis: The role of open market operations and contagion
(ESRI, 07/02/2013)This paper studies euro area CDS spreads during the financial crisis. We examine the impact of the crisis on both commercial banks and sovereigns, and focus on two questions. First, have the ECB?s open market operations ... -
A Framework for Pension Policy Analysis in Ireland: PENMOD, a Dynamic Simulation Model
(2011)This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore behavioural responses to pensions policy counterfactuals in Ireland. The model is based upon the life-cycle ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 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 ... -
Internationalisation and the Innovation Activities of Services Firms
(ESRI, 19/09/2011)This paper examines the relationship between the internationalisation of firms in services and their innovation performance. We use firm?level data over the period 2004? 2006 and estimate an augmented structural model ... -
Irish and British Historical Electricity Prices and Implications for the Future
(ESRI, 10/04/2013)This paper compares retail and wholesale electricity prices in SEM, the market of the island of Ireland, and BETTA in Great Britain. Wholesale costs are much lower in BETTA. We show that this is mostly because the wholesale ... -
The Irish Economy Today: Albatross or Phoenix?
(2011)In 2001 the policy issues facing Ireland were very different than they are today. Growth had surpassed expectations and the high level of unemployment of the 1980s and early 1990s had been eliminated. Instead of ...