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The Effect of REFIT on Irish Wholesale Electricity Prices
(Economic & Social Studies, 2011)
This paper evaluates the likely effect of REFIT, the Irish scheme to support renewable electricity generation, on the wholesale price of electricity. The cost of REFIT is passed on to Irish consumers. Here we calculate ...
Competition in Primary Healthcare in Ireland: More and Better Services for Less Money
(Economic & Social Studies, 2011)
Understanding precisely the nature of competition in primary healthcare has an important role to play in understanding how to improve the delivery of healthcare services. This is particularly the case in Ireland, where the ...
Race-to-the-Bottom or -Top at Home or Abroad: Health and Safety Standards and the Multinational Firm
(Economic & Social Studies, 2011)
We develop a model to illustrate potential complexities in the relationship between corporate geographical diversification and the health and safety (H&S) standards set in national jurisdictions. A firm, that initially has ...
The Life-cycle Impact of Alternative Higher Education Finance Systems in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, 2011)
With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher education institutions on State funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has ...
The Causality Between Economic Growth and Immigration in Germany and Switzerland
(Economic & Social Studies, 2011)
This paper analyses the relationship between immigration and the economic growth in Germany and Switzerland during the period 1970-2005 by using a cointegration approach. Both countries have gone through a similar learning ...