RSS 1.0The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1981
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A new look at the irish land question
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)Behind the land question in nineteenth century Ireland lie two different conceptions of property and hence of landlord-tenant relations. One reflects communal notions and stresses tenants' prescriptive rights; the other ... -
Role-imposition or role-improvisation - some theoretical principles
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)Two assumptions are made. First, role-improvisation and structural determination of role content are viewed as opposing processes inherent in all situations. Second, the relative importance of these processes is assumed ... -
Localism, candidate selection and electoral preferences in ireland - the general-election of 1977
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)Irish parties tend to choose parliamentary candidates who have strong local attachments. Party is known to be the dominant factor in electoral choice but many voters, particularly rural voters, are often said to prefer ... -
Factor demand and factor substitution in selected sectors of the irish food-industry
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)In this paper the degree of substitution between capital services, labour, material and fuel was estimated for the meat and milk processing sectors of the Irish food industry. The responsiveness of these inputs to price ... -
A comparison of the bounds, beta-approximate, and exact variants of 2 tests for heteroscedasticity based on ordinary least-squares residuals
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)Precis: This paper compares the small sample empirical size, power and incidence of inconclusiveness of the bounds tests for heteroscedasticity proposed by Szroeter (1978) and Harrison and McCabe (1979). It also examines ...
