• The implications of Brexit for the Irish health system 

  Turner, Brian (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020-09-08)

  While COVID-19 has rightly been the focus of attention in recent times, the previous issue of concern in Ireland - Brexit - has not gone away. Although the UK signed up to a transitional arrangement, if a trade deal is not ...
• Equity financing of technology-based firms in Ireland 

  Power, Jane Ellen (University College Cork, 2020-04)

  This thesis investigates the financing of technology-based firms in Ireland, with an emphasis on equity, using novel data gathered through fieldwork methods with 153 equity and 141 non-equity financed firms. Equity finance ...
• Bonus incentives and team effort levels: Evidence from the “Field” 

  Butler, Robert; Lenten, Liam J. A.; Massey, Patrick (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-05-22)

  This study explores the effect of bonus incentive mechanisms with a focus on how such a scheme influences aggregate production levels of teams of workers, specifically. We identify this using data from a highly competitive ...
• Expert performance and crowd wisdom: Evidence from English Premier League predictions 

  Butler, David; Butler, Robert; Eakins, John (Elsevier B.V., 2020-05-27)

  This paper analyses the forecasting accuracy of experts vis-à-vis laypeople over three seasons of English Premier League matches. We find that former professional football players have superior forecasting ability when ...
• A two-tiered public-private health system: Who stays in (private) hospitals in Ireland? 

  Murphy, Aileen; Bourke, Jane; Turner, Brian (Elsevier Ltd., 2020-05-13)

  Despite efforts to create a universal, single-tiered Irish health system, an unequal "two-tiered" system persists. The future blueprint for Irish health care, Sláintecare, recommends a separation of public and private ...

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