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‘Williamson's Fallacy’ in Estimation of Inter-Regional Inequality
Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2017
When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943787
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Socioeconomic Progress Across the Major Indian States : Converging or Diverging
Goli, Srinivas; Arokiasamy, P.; Reddy, Bheemeshwar - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by using convergence hypothesis. Earlier studies that examined regional disparities of development used per capita State Net Domestic Product (SNDP) as an important proxy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154852
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Regional Competitiveness of Tourism Cluster: A Conceptual Model Proposal
Ferreira, João; Estevão, Cristina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Tourism is characterized for being a sector that has been highlighted as one of the activities with greatest potential …, tourism accepts the prominence role of being a strategy for local development. In this context the search for competitiveness …, in regional development and in countries’ competitiveness, it is important to analyze its potential in tourism. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992876
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Eco-Innovation – Does Additional Engagement Lead to Additional Rewards?
Doran, Justin; Ryan, Geraldine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Purpose Eco-innovation is any form of product, process or organisational innovation that contributes towards sustainable development. Firms can eco-innovate in a variety of ways. In this paper we identify nine different eco-innovation activities - including such items as reducing material use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259123
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Estimation of the Contribution of the Biosector to Ireland’s Net Foreign Earnings: Methodology and Results
Riordan, Brendan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
An estimate of the contribution of the biosector to Ireland’s net foreign earnings in 2008 was recently published by … the Supply and Use and Input-Output Tables for Ireland. The 'biosector' comprises the agriculture, forestry and fishing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260484
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Regulation and Firm Perception, Eco-Innovation and Firm Performance
Doran, Justin; Ryan, Geraldine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Abstract Purpose - Recent OECD (2010, 2011) reports argue that eco-innovation is the key to realising growth. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of eco-innovation and to compare the impact of eco-innovation and non-eco-innovation on firm performance. The paper provides insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260992
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Strategies for Managing Bank’s Legacy Assets:part 2 (of 2) Assessment of strategies and their implementation
Jenk, Justin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This two-part working paper series represents a distillation of practical approaches with regard to the successful management of so-called “legacy assets” which include both impaired as well as non-performing loans, particularly in those in the real estate and property sectors. This two-part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265335
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Strategies for Managing Banks’ Legacy Assets: part 1 (of 2) context, setting the scene, Spain 2012
Jenk, Justin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This two-part working paper series represents a distillation of practical approaches with regard to the successful management of so-called “legacy assets” which include both impaired as well as non-performing loans, particularly in those in the real estate and property sectors. This two-part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265349
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The politics of poor law reform in early twentieth century Ireland
Cousins, Mel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper looks at the reform of poor relief in Dublin (the capital city of the then Irish Free State) in the 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it examines the introduction of the Poor Relief (Dublin) Act, 1929 and the role of political parties and interest groups in shaping its final outcome....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260091
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Bayesian VAR Models for Forecasting Irish Inflation
Kenny, Geoff; Meyler, Aidan; Quinn, Terry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
degree of uncertainty. The results are also consistent with previous research in the Central Bank of Ireland which stresses a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835547