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Economic and Social Research Institute
Nonprofit•Dublin, Ireland•
About: Economic and Social Research Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Dublin, Ireland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & European union. The organization has 425 authors who have published 1530 publications receiving 41567 citations.
Topics: Population, European union, Irish, Poverty, Health care
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide empirical evidence on the patterns and dynamics of exports by Irish firms over the past two decades from a highly detailed data set of export records at the firm-product-destination level.
Abstract: This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the patterns and dynamics of exports by Irish firms over the past two decades from a highly detailed data set of export records at the firm‐product‐destination level. We identify patterns of export concentration and specialisation and how these evolved over time. Firms’ strategies for export growth along product and destination markets mixes are then examined and the contributions of intensive (average sales) and extensive (number of products or markets) margins to overall exports and to export growth are calculated. We find that most exporting firms are quite small, selling a few products to a small number of destinations while export values are dominated by a relatively small group of highly globalised large firms selling many products to many destinations. Continuing exporters frequently introduce new products, drop products and enter and exit markets. Export growth in the case of Irish‐owned exporters appears largely driven by the extensive margin of product and destination changes. However, the opposite pattern holds for foreign‐owned firms with growth mainly coming from the intensive margin.
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TL;DR: This paper investigated the presence of order effects across multiple valuation tasks for consumer goods, whereby earlier goods are valued more highly than later goods, and found that goods in the first task are valued significantly higher than later valued goods, evidence of experimental novelty effects.
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TL;DR: The authors discusses alternative mechanisms through which these three growth rates converge and relates them to different theoretical approaches to the determinants of growth, including the evolution of the North-South technology gap and the pattern of specialization.
Abstract: The interaction between the effective ( y E ) and the natural rates of growth ( y N ) is a central part—implicitly or explicitly addressed—in all growth models. A stable equilibrium requires these two rates to converge; otherwise, one or more key macroeconomic variables would be rising or falling without bounds. In addition, the Keynesian tradition stressed the key role of the Balance-of-Payments constraint as a determinant of the equilibrium growth rate in the long run ( y BP ). This paper discusses alternative mechanisms through which these three growth rates converge and relates them to different theoretical approaches to the determinants of growth. With this objective, we extend the model suggested by Setterfield (2010) to include the evolution of the North-South technology gap and the pattern of specialization as key components of the Kaldorian productivity regime. The importance of the National System of Innovation in shaping the learning parameters and outcomes of the model is stressed, drawing from the Schumpeterian literature. A successful development strategy may emerge when the NSI enhances indigenous technological capabilities that allow the South economy to catch-up with the technological frontier. JEL codes : E12, F43, O30
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TL;DR: This paper investigated attitudes to immigrants in Ireland in the period 2002 to 2012 and the role of economic recession, the increase in immigration, and respondents' level of education on understanding changing attitudes.
Abstract: This paper investigates attitudes to immigrants in Ireland in the period 2002 to 2012 and the role of economic recession, the increase in immigration, and respondents’ level of education on understanding changing attitudes. Attitudes to immigrants in Ireland became more negative as unemployment rose, but once we account for this, a higher proportion of immigrants was associated with more positive attitudes. Highly educated respondents (with third-level qualifications) report more favourable attitudes to immigrants than those with lower education. The attitudes of those with lower education were more responsive to economic conditions, meaning the gap in attitudes between high and low educated widened in recession.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the possible forecast assessment and operational challenges associated with this finding and developed a model to improve the forecast accuracy of wind energy forecast error, which is quite different from what would be reported if the method utilized elsewhere was employed.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Richard S.J. Tol | 116 | 695 | 48587 |
Mario Coccia | 72 | 398 | 12366 |
Marco Vivarelli | 58 | 265 | 9909 |
Joel W. Grube | 54 | 193 | 11499 |
Leslie Daly | 54 | 233 | 16133 |
René Kemp | 53 | 185 | 16666 |
Mark Wooden | 49 | 318 | 8783 |
Brian Nolan | 48 | 369 | 11371 |
Richard J. T. Klein | 47 | 126 | 18096 |
Christopher T. Whelan | 46 | 189 | 6687 |
Patrick Honohan | 44 | 234 | 9853 |
Richard Breen | 43 | 148 | 11007 |
Richard Layte | 42 | 212 | 7281 |
Katrin Rehdanz | 40 | 161 | 6453 |
Emer Smyth | 39 | 168 | 4245 |