Browsing ESRI Research Bulletins by Subject "Economics"

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    • The Banking Sector and Recovery in the EU Economy 

      FITZGERALD, JOHN (ESRI, 2011)
      The financial crisis of the last three years has seen a dramatic change in the EU financial sector. Since the early 1990s, with the completion of the internal market, there had been a growing trend towards an EU financial ...

    • Commuting Behaviour and Car Ownership in Ireland 

      NOLAN, ANNE (ESRI, 2010)
      Rapid economic, demographic and social change in Ireland over the past fifteen years, with associated increases in car dependence and congestion, has focused policy on encouraging more sustainable forms of travel. Data for ...

    • The Effects of the Euro on Intra-Euro Area Exports 

      SIEDSCHLAG, IULIA (ESRI, 2011)
      An important argument for the adoption of the euro was the expectation that it would boost trade. Existing theory suggests several channels through which the euro would enhance trade. First, eliminating exchange rate ...

    • International Transmission of Business Cycles 

      SIEDSCHLAG, IULIA (ESRI, 2010)
      Increased international economic integration over the past two decades has stimulated a growing academic and policy interest in the analysis of the international transmission of business cycles. There has been renewed ...

    • The Macro-economic Impact of Changing the Rate of Corporation Tax 

      FITZGERALD, JOHN (ESRI, 2011)
      The size and importance of the market services sector within the Irish economy has increased dramatically since the mid 1990s and the sector now accounts for a significant share of overall exports. The rise in output and ...

    • On International Equity Weights and National Decision Making on Climate Change 

      TOL, RICHARD (ESRI, 2011)
      Climate change is a moral problem. The main reason to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a concern for faraway lands (Schelling 2000), distant futures (Nordhaus 1982), and remote probabilities (Weitzman 2009). The people ...

    • The Regional Dimension of the Unemployment Crisis 

      MORGENROTH, EDGAR (ESRI, 31/01/2013)

    • Selling State Assets: Three Options 

      TOL, RICHARD; GORECKI, PAUL (ESRI, 2011)
      Under the EU/IMF Programme for Financial Support for Ireland, the government undertook to consider the potential for disposing of State assets. In the 2011 Programme for Government a target of up to ?2 billion was set for ...

    • What Has Happened to Marginal Tax Rates? 

      KEANE, CLAIRE; CRILLY, NIAMH; WALSH, JOHN R; CALLAN, TIM (ESRI, 2011)
      As the economy boomed in the early 2000s, income tax rates were reduced, tax credits were increased and the standard rate band was widened. With the onset of the crisis in 2007-2008, and the collapse of revenues from capital ...