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Macro-level perspective of consumer ethnocentrism: a panel data study in Turkey
Altintas, Murat Hakan; Harcar, Talha; Dulgeroglu, Ismail; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 4, pp. 402-421
This article analyses the relationship between the main antecedents of and imports/GNP ratio as a subtle reflector of macro-level consumer ethnocentrism (CE). We constructed a model that reflects the macro level ethnocentrism in a domestic country. This ratio expresses the economy openness of a...
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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
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EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
Barrios, Salvador; Bertinelli, Luisito; Heinen, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
in Ireland are recipients of local R&D spillovers. Foreign affiliates do, however, gain from the size of the R&D stock in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835815
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The non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) in a small open economy: The irish context
Meyler, Aidan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
In Ireland the link between real disequilibrium (such as the unemployment gap) and inflation (either price or wage) is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836343
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The net contribution of the Agri-Food Sector to the inflow of funds into Ireland: a new estimate
Riordan, Brendan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This new analysis of Ireland’s Balance of International Payments (BOP) shows a surprisingly large net contribution from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836541
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A statistical measure of core inflation
Meyler, Aidan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
This paper examines alternative statistically-based measures of core inflation in Ireland over the period 1976-1999. A …
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Political budget cycles and social security budget increases in the Republic of Ireland, 1923-2005
Cousins, Mel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines social security increases in Ireland as a case study of the existence of political budget cycles in … European countries. Ireland is an appropriate country to examine, first because it has a system of proportional representation … Ireland in relation to social security expenditure. It draws a number of conclusions as to the existence and incidence of …
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Hedging Effectiveness under Conditions of Asymmetry
Cotter, John; Hanly, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We examine whether hedging effectiveness is affected by asymmetry in the return distribution by applying tail specific metrics to compare the hedging effectiveness of short and long hedgers using Oil futures contracts. The metrics used include Lower Partial Moments (LPM), Value at Risk (VaR) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837212
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A Survey of Explanations for the Celtic Tiger Boom
O'Malley, Eoin - Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), … - 2012
This paper surveys the literature that attempts to explain what caused the Celtic Tiger boom. The suggested explanations that are covered include fiscal stabilisation, tax cuts, delayed convergence, privatisation and deregulation, strong growth in export markets, supply of labour, education, the...
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Eligibility for free GP care and the utilisation of GP services by children in Ireland
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne - In: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 15 (2015) 1, pp. 3-27
<Para ID="Par1">The majority of the Irish population pay the full out-of-pocket price of a GP visit, with only those on low incomes exempt. While there is an extensive literature analysing the impact of the Irish system of eligibility for free GP care on GP visiting rates among adults, there is a lack of...</para>
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