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The effects of home energy efficiency upgrades on social housing tenants : evidence from Ireland
Coyne, Bryan; Lyons, Sean; McCoy, Daire - 2016
programme in Ireland, The SEAI Better Energy Communities Scheme, which provides funding for whole communities to upgrade the … improvement in Ireland, with many dwellings receiving a number of measures, such as cavity wall, external wall and attic …
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SWITCH : a tax-benefit model for Ireland linked to survey and register data
Keane, Claire; Doorley, Karina; Kakoulidou, Theano; … - 2022
We document the development and operation of the SWITCH model, Ireland's taxbenefit microsimulation model. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174930
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Predicting farms' noncompliance with regulations on nitrate pollution
Lunn, Pete; Lyons, Sean; Murphy, Martin - 2019
among farms in Ireland. Nutrient pollution harms water quality and ecosystems, and farms are subject to fines for … administrative data on farm and farmer characteristics collected by Ireland's Department of Agriculture. We identify significant …
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Housing Assistance Payment : potential impacts on financial incentives to work
Roantree, Barra; Callan, Tim; Savage, Michael; Walsh, John - 2019
Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on financial work incentives of transferring long-run Rent Supplement...
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Carbon tax scenarios and their effects on the Irish energy sector
Di Cosmo, Valeria; Hyland, Marie - 2011
underlying energy demand in Ireland. The Irish economy is divided into five sectors: residential, industrial, commercial …
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Technical efficiency and equity effects of environmental payments in Ireland
Tovar Reaños, Miguel Angel; Martinez Cillero, Maria - 2021
We investigate the relationship between farm level competitiveness and environmental performance using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). We use an Irish panel of farm level financial data for the years 2000-2017 to analyse the link between EU Common Agricultural Policy environmental payments,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694812
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The effect of REFIT on Irish electricity prices
Devitt, Conor; Malaguzzi Valeri, Laura - 2011
of on-shore wind in the Republic of Ireland the cost of the REFIT scheme is between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of the … capital grants, and that off-shore wind that is channelled to exports should not be supported by Irish consumers. -- Ireland …
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Welfare and competition effects of electricity interconnection between Great Britan and Ireland
Malaguzzi Valeri, Laura (contributor) - 2008
market. I simulate the wholesale electricity markets of Great Britain and the island of Ireland for 2005. I find that in … competition in Ireland, the less competitive of the two markets. Finally, it is unlikely that private investors will pay for the … ; Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003671612
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Equity effects of energy affordability interventions
Farrell, Niall - 2023
This paper compares the distributional effects of price cap and lump sum transfer policies to aid the affordability of subsistence electricity consumption. A lump sum transfer is more progressive than a comparable price cap on all units of electricity. We identify conditions under which these...
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The effects of an incremental increase in the Irish carbon tax towards 2030
De Bruin, Kelly C.; Yakut, Aykut Mert - 2019
tax. For this analysis an intertemporal computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, namely Ireland Environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986624