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Following the Euro changeover in January 2002, consumers across the Euro Area perceived a sharp rise in inflation, in … currency changeover increased consumers' perceptual error when assessing the value of monetary amounts. Under plausible …
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We critically examine and empirically test the hypothesis that the strong socioeconomic gradients characterising attendance at arts events result from similar gradients in preferences for the arts, in line with existing theories of demand for the arts derived from orthodox consumer theory. To...
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, systematic overestimation of inflation by Irish consumers, which varies by social group. In contrast to previous work in this …
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Transition to electric vehicles is among one public policy to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector in Ireland. While EV adoption rates are increasing there is broad scepticism about achieving ambitious national policy targets. Using microdata on commuting behaviour and standardised...
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The public/private mix in Irish health care is nowhere more evident than in the acute hospital system where both public and private patients can be treated in public hospitals by the same consultant. By undertaking new analyses of data from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme, this study...
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This study uses country-level panel data on consumption in Ireland and seven other OECD countries to examine the evolution of Irish consumption patterns as Ireland underwent rapid macroeconomic growth. Consumption levels obviously increased due to substantially higher incomes, but it is less...
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Domestic water demand is influenced both by the number of households and their characteristics, in particular the extent to which they employ water-using appliances. This paper focuses on domestic ownership of water-using appliances in Ireland, a country where rapid economic and demographic...
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Nutritional labelling is a means of communicating the nutritional content of food to consumers. When a nutritional … label is salient and understandable, consumers tend to make more healthy choices. Nutritional labelling policies can also …-Score, and the availability of healthier options on real consumer decisions in an online purchasing task in Ireland. Consumers …
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