This thesis comprises three essays. The first examines the impact of factor, product and financial market integration on the labour share of income. In particular, we investigate how the changing composition of international ...

This thesis is composed of three chapters related to the measurement, analysis and application of cross-country data on the return on physical capital. In Chapter 1, we derive a database of returns on physical capital that ...

The research topic of this thesis lies in the area of international macroeconomics. In particular, key aspects of financial globalisation are analysed empirically. In the first essay, analysis of 21 industrial countries ...

This thesis re-inserts a number of key behind-the-scenes individuals and factors into the history of the Irish music industry, placing the commercial and artistic achievements of Ireland's popular music artists in their ...

The core of this thesis consists of three papers. Although independent, a common theme in each of the papers is the bilateral variation of cross border positions across countries, sectors and banks during the recent boom ...

This dissertation analyses the news media coverage of the 2005 general election campaign in the United Kingdom and the 2007 general election campaign in Ireland. The study also investigates the public opinion in those ...

This thesis studies multiparty systems in sub-Saharan Africa in the period 1989-2008. The characteristic of sub-Saharan Africa's party systems that shall be examined is the manner in which electoral support and legislative ...