Browsing by Author "McCarthy, C."
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Econometric-model of television ownership
McCarthy, C.; Ryan, J. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1976)A Modified Log-Reciprocal model is proposed for time-series television ownership and is found to describe closely the British and Irish data. A similar model also fits the British time-series on the percentage of colour ... -
Estimates of a system of demand equations using alternative commodity classifications of Irish data, 1953-1974
McCarthy, C. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1977)The estimation of price and income elasticities for broad commodity groups has attracted a sizeable amount of attention from Irish researchers in recent years. As well as a series of single commodity studies, both from ... -
Party loyalty at referenda and general elections: evidence from recent Irish contests
McCarthy, C.; Ryan, T. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1976)The paper explores the extent of voter loyalty to party at different kinds of electoral contest. Voter transition matrices are computed using an estimation technique based on a quadratic programming algorithm. The data ...