Browsing ESRI Working Papers by Author "LEAHY, EIMEAR"
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Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom
LEAHY, EIMEAR; TOL, RICHARD S. J.; LYONS, SEAN (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 ... -
The Distributional Effects of Value Added Tax in Ireland
LEAHY, EIMEAR; LYONS, SE?N; TOL, RICHARD S. J. (ESRI, 2011)In this paper we examine the distributional effects of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Ireland. Using the 2004/2005 Household Budget Survey, we assess the amount of VAT that households pay as a proportion of weekly disposable ... -
Electrical Appliance Ownership and Usage in Ireland
LEAHY, EIMEAR; LYONS, SEAN; WALSH, SHARON (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 ... -
An Estimate of the Value of Lost Load for Ireland
LEAHY, EIMEAR; TOL, RICHARD S. J. (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 ... -
Greener Homes: An Ex-Post Estimate of the Cost of Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction using Administrative Micro-Data from the Republic of Ireland
LEAHY, EIMEAR; TOL, RICHARD S. J. (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 ...