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The Banking Sector and Recovery in the EU Economy
(2010)Banks within Europe have become larger and more international. We use a micro data set to investigate the impact of size on banks Net Interest Margin and show larger banks lower borrowing costs for firms which raises ... -
Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters
(ESRI, 23/02/2012)This paper critically examines initial applications of Behavioural Economics (BE) to policymaking. It focuses primarily but not exclusively on what can be learnt from the early adopters of policies inspired by BE, notably ... -
Carbon Tax Scenarios and their Effects on the Irish Energy Sector
(ESRI, 20/09/2011)In this paper we use annual time series data from 1960 to 2008 to estimate the long run price and income elasticities underlying energy demand in Ireland. The Irish economy is divided into five sectors: residential, ... -
Choice, Price and Service Characteristics in the Irish Broadband Market
(ESRI, 15/05/2012)Using detailed plan-level data, this paper examines the choice, price and quality of broadband services available to consumers in Ireland over time. We find modest geographical (county level) variation in broadband services. ... -
The Climate Change Response Bill 2010: An Assessment
(ESRI, 25/01/2011)Climate change is an important problem. It would be desirable to have legislation that would put Ireland on a low-cost and equitable trajectory to a zero-carbon economy. The draft Climate Change Response Bill 2010 will not ... -
Climate Policy Under Fat-Tailed Risk: An Application of Dice
(ESRI, 2011)Uncertainty plays a significant role in evaluating climate policy, and fat-tailed uncertainty may dominate policy advice. Should we make our utmost effort to prevent the arbitrarily large impacts of climate change under ... -
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the EU 20/20/2020 Package
(ESRI, 2011)The European Commission did not publish a cost-benefit analysis for its 2020 climate package. This paper fills that gap, comparing the marginal costs and benefits of greenhouse gas emission reduction. The uncertainty about ... -
Crisis, Response and Distributional Impact: The Case of Ireland
(ESRI, 20/06/2013)Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, as a result of the bursting of a remarkable property bubble, an exceptionally ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Distance Effects, Social Class and the Decision to Participate in Higher Education in Ireland
(2012)While a number of international studies have attempted to assess the influence of geographic accessibility on the decision to participate in higher education, this issue has not been addressed in detail in an Irish context. ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...