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Ireland will experience population ageing in the coming years, whereby the percentage of the population aged 65 and …
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successfully increased real switching behaviour in a large sample of consumers in Ireland. …
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Ireland. We assess the impact of a hypothetical gas supply disruption in both winter and summer in 2008 (with observed market …. Ireland produces much of its electricity from natural gas and the loss of this electricity accounts for the majority of the … approximately 8 billion euro in economic losses. We also discuss some options to increase Ireland's security of supply, and find …
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The analysis of gas emissions by an input-output subsystem approach provides detailed insights into pollution generation in an economy by revealing the channels by which the environmental burdens are caused and transmitted throughout the production system. In this paper we propose a...
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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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Ireland has signed up to ambitious targets for diverting municipal solid waste from landfill. These targets are likely … household waste management behaviour in Ireland is scarce, and policymaking could benefit from improved data and market analysis …. In this paper we use data from the EPA and CSO to estimate econometric models of household waste collection in Ireland …
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This paper analyses the medium-term effects of a carbon tax on growth and CO2 emissions in Ireland, a small open … an enhanced (detrimental) effect on Ireland's competitiveness. …
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Like most countries Ireland faces the double target of decreasing emissions and keeping energy costs low to maintain … electricity generation on the total electricity costs for the Island of Ireland for the year 2020 under a variety of scenarios on …
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This paper considers the impact of changes in the rate of corporation tax in Ireland affecting the services sector. A … output. The increase in profitability suggests that some of the increased output involved relocation of profits to Ireland by …
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This paper examines the determinants of household car ownership in Ireland, using longitudinal data for the period 1995 …-2001. This was a period of rapid economic and social change in Ireland, with the proportion of households with one or more cars …
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