This paper examines the prediction that human behavior changes the outcome of market predictability, indicated by a difference in asset pricing model estimated prediction error, calculated using the Sharpe ratio, Jensen's alpha, and the Treynor measure for publicly traded firms in the consumer...

This paper uses the Irish component of the Comparative Candidate Survey project to explore constituency level campaigns in Ireland. In the context of generalisations about candidate-centred politics, it addresses three questions: how far do local campaigns focus on the candidates themselves,...

Given the raft of upcoming referendums on the new EU constitution, the question of what determines voting in EU referendums is of considerable importance. Are referendums on EU treaties decided by voters’ attitudes to Europe (the ‘issue voting’ explanation) or by voters’ attitudes to...

Against a background of the Irish government’s concerns with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the British government’s wishes for a more quantitative Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), our study conducts a relative impact assessment of the study of politics, government, political...

Are referendums on EU treaties decided by voters’ attitudes to Europe (the ‘issue-voting’ explanation) or by voters’ attitudes to their national political parties and incumbent national government (the ‘second-order election model’ explanation)? In one...