Publications - Working Papers

Year	Title	Download	Paper No.
2012
	Modelling the Gross Cost of Transporting Pig Slurry to Tillage Spread Lands in a Post Transition Arrangement within the Nitrates Directive		12wpre04
	Reamonn Fealy, Cathal O’Donoghue, Kevin Hanrahan, Michael Martin and Rogier P.O. Schulte

	Explaining the non-economic behaviour of farm foresters: The effect of productivist and lifestyle motivations		12wpre03
	Peter Howley, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O'Donoghue

	The role of non-pecuniary benefits in the labour allocation decision of farmers.		12wpre02
	Peter Howley, Emma Dillon and Thia Hennessy

	Factors affecting the level of farm indebtedness: the role of farming attitudes.		12wpre01
	Peter Howley and Emma Dillon
2011
	Landscape aesthetics: Assessing the general publics’ rural landscape preferences		11wpre05
	Peter Howley

	Muintir na Tire Seeks Funding for Rural Sociology in 1960s Ireland		11wpre04
	Maria Feeney and Peter Murray

	Recent Trends in Employment and Unemployment: Assessing the impact of the economic downturn on part-time farmers		11wpre03
	David Meredith

	The Evolution of a Collective Response to Rural Underdevelopment		11wpre02
	Kevin P. Heanue, Kieran O’Donohue and Michael O’Neill

	The role of investment, fundamental Q and financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions: an analysis pre and post financial crisis		11wpre01
	Conor M. O'Toole, Carol Newman and Thia Hennessy

2010
	Seasonality and Costs of Production on Irish dairy farms from 1994-2008		10wpre01
	Paul Smyth, Laurence Harte and Thia Hennessy

	A Review of the Social Benefits of Joint Farming Ventures		10wpre02
	Áine MackenWalsh

	Can’t See the Wood for the Trees: The Returns to Farm Forestry in Ireland		10wpre03
	Breen, J., Clancy, D., Ryan, M., Wallace, M.

	Agriculture, Rural Development and Potential for a ‘Middle Agriculture’ in Ireland		10wpre04
	Áine MackenWalsh

	The importance of accounting for unobserved heterogeneity, state-dependence and differences in residual variances across groups: An application to Irish Farmers land market participation decisions.		10wpre05
	Stephen O’Neill and Kevin Hanrahan

	Public access to the countryside: An exploration of the costs and benefits of farmland walking trails		10wpre06
	Peter Howley, Edel Doherty, Cathal Buckley, Stephen Hynes, Tom van Rensburg and Stuart Green

	The Rural Development Programme (2007-2013) and Farmer Innovation: A Review to Date and Look to the Future.		10wpre07
	Kevin Heanue and Áine Macken Walsh

	Consideration of landscape in the framework documentation during the evolution of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) in the Republic of Ireland.		10wpre08
	Jackie Whelan, John Fry and Stuart Green

	The Irish Rural Environmental Protection Scheme and lack of Strategic Environmental Assessment		10wpre10
	Jackie Whelan and John Fry

	Modelling the impact of the recession on greenhouse gases from agriculture in Ireland		10wpre11
	Patrick R. Gillespie , Trevor Donnellan , and Kevin Hanrahan

	Recent Trends in Unemployment; Assessing the Impact of Economic downturn on part-time farmers		10wpre12
	David Meredith

	Occupational fatalities amongst farm workers in Ireland, 1992 – 2008		10wpre13
	D. Meredith, J. McNamara and J. Grant

2009
	The 2003 CAP reform: Do decoupled payments affect agricultural production?		09wpre01
	Peter Howley, Trevor Donnellan and Kevin Hanrahan

	CAP reform post 2013: Examining the equity dimensions of agricultural support		09wpre02
	Peter Howley, Trevor Donnellan and Kevin Hanrahan

	The Spatial Pattern of Health Service Utilisation in Ireland		09wpre03
	Ms. Karyn Morrissey, Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue and Prof. Graham Clarke

	Cap reform: implications for Ireland		09wpre04
	Peter Howley, Trevor Donnellan and Kevin Hanrahan

	Modelling the potential supply of energy crops in Ireland: results from a probit model examining the factors affecting willingness to adopt		09wpre05
	Breen, J., Clancy, D., Moran, B., and Thorne, F.

	Countryside Preferences: Exploring individuals’ WTP for the protection of traditional rural landscapes		09wpre06
	Peter Howley, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O Donoghue

	Understanding preferences for walking attributes		09wpre07
	Peter Howley, Cathal Buckley, Stephen Hynes and Tom Van Rensburg

	Examining Access to Acute & Community Care Psychiatric Services for Depression Suffers in Ireland		09wpre08
	Dr. Karyn Morrissey, Prof. Graham Clarke, Dr. Stephen Hynes & Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue

	European Regional Science Association (ERSA): Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness		09wpre09
	Dr. Áine MackenWalsh

	An Examination of Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions in Rural Ireland		09wpre10
	Dr. Karyn Morrissey, Ms. Antoinette Daly, Prof. Graham Clarke, Dr. Dimitris Ballas & Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue

	The citizen versus consumer hypothesis: Do welfare estimates differ?		09wpre11
	Peter Howley, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O Donoghue

	The Spatial Distribution of Labour Force Participation & Market Earnings at the Sub-National Level in Ireland		09wpre12
	Dr. Karyn Morrissey & Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue

	Foot-and-Mouth Disease control costs compared: An Irish case study		09wpre13
	Emma J. Dillon , Alan Matthews and Fiona Thorne

	Recent Labour Market Trends in Ireland		09wpre14
	Emma J. Dillon , Jasmina Behan , Thia Hennessy & David Meredith

	An investigation of the level of structural change in the agrifood sector of Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands		09wpre15
	D. Clancy, A. Kazukauskas, C. Newman & F. Thorne.

	A Review of Alternative Technical and Policy-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Abatement Strategies in the context of Irish Agriculture		09wpre16
	Breen, J P and Donnellan, T

2008
	Dr. Who? An Assessment of G.P. Utilisation Rates across Galway City & County		08wpre01
	Karyn Morrissey, Stephen Hynes, Prof. Graham Clarke, Cathal O’Donoghue

	Comparisons between Ireland and other developed nation on the provision of public access to the countryside for walking – Are there lessons to be learned?		08wpre03
	C. Buckley, S. Hynes & T. van Rensburg

	Conservation under the Irish Rural Environmental Protection Scheme: What land cover types are being protected?		08wpre04
	Stephen Hynes, Niall Farrelly, Eithne Murphy, Cathal O’Donoghue

	Assessing the availability of off-farm employment and farmers’ training needs		08wpre05
	Jasmina Behan and Mark O’ Brien

	Agricultural Extension Advisory Services: The Challenge of Implementing a Multifunctional Advisory Programme		08wpre06
	Maura Farrell, Dr. John McDonagh & Dr. Marie Mahon

	Aggregating Consumer Surplus Values in Travel Cost Modelling Using Spatial Microsimulation and GIS Techniques		08wpre07
	John Cullinan, Stephen Hynes, Cathal O’Donoghue

	A Discounted Cash Flow Analysis of Financial Returns from Biomass Crops in Ireland		08wpre08
	D Clancy, J Breen, A Butler, F Thorne and M Wallace.

	Assessing the Sustainability of Irish Agriculture		08wpre09
	Emma J. Dillon, Thia Hennessy, Stephen Hynes & Verena Commins

	Adoption of GM Technology at Farm Level		08wpre10
	Conor Keelan, Fiona S. Thorne, Paul Flanagan, Carol Newman and Ewen Mullins

	The Inefficiencies of Regionalised Trade of Milk Quota		08wpre11
	Thia Hennessy, Shailesh Shrestha, Laurence Shalloo and Michael Wallace

	Are far off hills really greener? The Impact of REPS on Farmer Behaviour		08wpre12
	Stephen Hynes, Cathal O’Donoghue, Eithne Murphy and Ann Kinsella

	Rare Species Conservation on Irish Farmland: Benefits and Costs		08wpre13
	Stephen Hynes and Nick Hanley

	Access to farmland for walking in the Republic of Ireland – The attitude of landowners		08wpre14
	Cathal Buckley, Stephen Hynes, Tom M van Rensburg, Edel Doherty

	Partnership And Subsidiarity: An Irish Case Study Of Rural Development.		08wpre15
	Dr. Áine Macken-Walsh

	Rural Regeneration and Developing the Broader Rural Economy		08wpre16
	Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue and Dr. Áine Macken-Walsh

	Explaining the variability in the Economic Performance of Irish Dairy Farmers 1998-2006		08wpre17
	Paul Smyth, Anne Marie Butler and Thia Hennessy

	The Role of Spatial Planning in Sustainable Rural Development		08wpre18
	David Meredith

	Examining the Role of Off-Farm Income in Insulating Vulnerable Farm Households from Poverty		08wpre20
	Mary Keeney and Mark O’ Brien

	Outward Population Shifts: Towards a Greater Understanding of Residential Behaviour		08wpre22
	Dr. Peter Howley

	An Examination of Residential Preferences for Less Sustainable Housing		08wpre24
	Dr. Peter Howley, Dr. Mark Scott and Dr. Declan Redmond

	Addressing the ‘Liveability’ Concerns of Residents in High Density Housing		08wpre25
	Dr. Peter Howley

	Modelling Structural State Dependency in Agri-Environmental Schemes		08wpre27
	Stephen Hynes and Eoghan Garvey

	Measuring Industrial Agglomeration in a Rural Industry: The Case of Irish Furniture Manufacturing		08wpre30
	Kevin P. Heanue

2007
	Measuring the sustainability of agriculture		07wpre01
	E. Dillon, T. Hennessy, S. Hynes, C. Garnache & V. Commins

	Embeddedness and innovation in low and medium tech rural enterprises		07wpre02
	K. Heanue & D. Jacobson

	A contingent valuation assessment of recreational demand on farm commonage in Ireland.	paper unavailable	07wpre03
	C. Buckley, T. van Rensburg & S. Hynes

	Is off-farm income driving on-farm investment?		07wpre04
	T. Hennessy & M. O'Brien

	Part-time farming: off-farm and on-farm household efficiency measurement of Ireland farm households		07wpre05
	T. Zhang

	Understanding the Factors that Influence Dairy Farm Efficiency in Ireland		07wpre06
	J. Carroll, C. Newman and F. Thorne

	A Panel Data Random Effects Model of Agri-Environment Programme Participation		07wpre08
	S. Hynes, E. Dillon, T. Hennessy and E. Garvey

	A Negative Binomial Discrete Choice Model of Forestry Recreation in Ireland		07wpre09
	S. Hynes, B. Cahill, E. Dillion

	A Combined Stated-Revealed Preference Model of Recreation in Irish Forestry		07wpre10
	S. Hynes and B. Cahill

	Demographic Dependency in Ireland 2002		07wpre11
	David Meredithl

	Modelling Commuting Catchments in Ireland: A Hierarchical Approach using GIS.		07wpre12
	Meredith, D., Charlton, M., Foley, R., and Walsh, J.

	European Rural Regions: Current Trends, Future Prospects		07wpre13
	David Meredithl

	Governance and Sustainability:: Impacts off the Common Fisheries Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland		07wpre14
	David Meredith and Joan McGinleyl

	Rural Areas in Transition:: Evidence of Rural Restructuring in the Republic of Ireland		07wpre15
	David Meredithl

	Identification and Classification off Rural Spaces for Planning Purposes in a Data Poor Environment:: Bosnia Herzegovina		07wpre16
	David Meredithl

	Innovation, Education And Partnership In Peripheral Rural Ireland		07wpre17
	Kevin Heanue

	Commonage -What are the financial returns to agriculture from a common property resource?		07wpre18
	Cathal Buckley, Tom van Rensburg and Stephen Hynes

	Estimating Catchment Area Population Indicators for Outdoor Recreation Sites in Ireland		07wpre19
	John Cullinan, Stephen Hynes and Cathal O’Donoghue

2006
	Modelling the Impact of Decoupling on Structural Change in the Farming Sector: integrating econometric and optimisation models		06wpre01
	T. Hennessy and T. Rehman

	Using Continuous and Finite Mixture Models to Account for Preference Heterogeneity in a group of Outdoor Recreationalists		06wpre02
	S. Hynes, N. Hanley, C. O’Donoghue

	Agricultural versus Recreational Activity on Marginal Farm Land: A Discrete-Choice Model of Recreational Activity on Irish Farm Commonage		06wpre03
	S. Hynes, C. Buckley and T. van Rensburg

	Up the proverbial creek without a paddle: Accounting for variable participant skill levels in recreational demand modelling.		06wpre04
	S. Hynes, N. Hanley and E. Garvey

	Comparing welfare estimates using Choice Experiments and Contingent Behaviour Methods		06wpre05
	M. Christie, N. Hanley, and S. Hynes

	BENEFIT ESTIMATES FOR LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS: SEQUENTIAL BAYESIAN DESIGN AND RESPONDENTS’ RATIONALITY IN A CHOICE EXPERIMENT STUDY		06wpre06
	D. Campbell, W. G. Hutchinson and R. Scarpa

	Using mixed logit models to derive individual-specific WTP estimates for landscape improvements under agri-environmental schemes: evidence from the Rural Environment Protection Scheme in Ireland		06wpre07
	D. Campbell, W. G. Hutchinson and R. Scarpa

	Quantifying the landscape benefits arising from the Rural Environment Protection Scheme: results from a public survey		06wpre08
	D. Campbell, W. G. Hutchinson, R. Scarpa, T. O’Leary, A. McCormack and B. Riordan

	Integrating landscape improvement indices and discrete choice experiments: evidence from the Rural Environment Protection Scheme in Ireland		06wpre09
	D. Campbell, W. G. Hutchinson, R. Scarpa

	Lexicographic preferences for rural environmental landscape improvements: implications on individual-specific willingness to pay estimates		06wpre10
	D. Campbell, W. G. Hutchinson, R. Scarpa

	The Effect of Decoupling on Farming in Ireland: A Regional Analysis		06wpre11
	S. Shrestha, T. Hennessy and S. Hynes

	Analysing the impact of decoupling at a regional level in Ireland: A farm level dynamic linear programming approach		06wpre12
	S. Shrestha and T. Hennessy

	The Contribution of Off-Farm Income to the Viability of Farming in Ireland		06wpre13
	M. O'Brien and T. Hennessy

	Productivity in Irish Agriculture		06wpre14
	A. Matthews, C. Newman and F. Thorne

	Changing Distribution of Ireland's Population 1996 - 2006: Urban/Rural Analysis		06wpre15
	D. Meredith

	Identification of Rural Regions for Planning Purposes		06wpre16
	D. Meredith
	Delineating Daily Activity Spaces in Rural Areas		06wpre17
	J. Lennon & M. J. Keane

	Projections of future levels of Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from the Irish Agriculture Sector		06wpre18
	T. Donnellan & K. Hanrahan

	Simulating a National Market for Milk Quota		06wpre19
	S. Shrestha, T. Hennessy, L. Shalloo & P. Dillon

	Community Action in post-socialist Lithuania: Third Sector participation in a Rural Partnership Programme		06wpre20
	A. Macken-Walsh


2005
	How Decoupled Are Decoupled Payments? The Evidence from Ireland		05wpre01
	T. Hennessy and F. Thorne

	Decoupled Payments and the Decision to Produce		05wpre02
	J. Breen, T. Hennessy and F.Thorne

	The Role of Risk in the Decision to Produce Post-Decoupling A Stochastic Budgeting Example		05wpre03
	F. Thorne and T. Hennessy

	The Implications of Common Agricultural Policy Reform for Irish Farmers’ Participation in off-farm Labour Markets		05wpre04
	T. Hennessy, J. Behan and T. Rehman

	Trends in Farm Income Mobility and Inequality in Ireland		05wpre05
	S. Hynes and C. O'Donoghue

	Building a Static Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Model: Statistically Matching the Irish National Farm Survey to the Irish Census of Agriculture		05wpre06
	S. Hynes,* K. Morrissey and C. O’Donoghue

	Examining the Competitiveness of Cereal Production in Selected EU Countries		05wpre07
	F.S. Thorne

	The Economic Evaluation of a GM Free Country: an Irish Case Study		05wpre08
	F.S. Thorne, K. Hanarahan and E. Mullins

	Examining the Relative Competitiveness of Milk Production: An Irish Case Study (1996 – 2004)		05wpre09
	F.S. Thorne and W. Fingleton


2004
	Modelling the Succession in Irish Farming		04wpre01
	T. Hennessy and T. Rehman

	Measuring the Competitiveness of Irish Agriculture (1996-2000)		04wpre02
	F.S. Thorne

	The Impact of the ‘Fischler Reforms’ on Irish Tillage Farms		04wpre03
	F.S. Thorne

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2001
	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market Implications of Extensification for Cattle Farming in Ireland		01wpre01
	L. Dunne, U. Shanahan and J. O’ Connell

2000
	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market Extensification An Analysis of National and Competitive Issues		00wpre01
	L. Dunne, U. Shanahan and J. O’ Connell

1999
	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market: Cattle and Beef Prices in the EU		99wpre01
	J. O’ Connell, L. Dunne and U. Shanahan

	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market Direct Payments and Cattle Margins in Ireland		99wpre02
	L. Dunne, U. Shanahan and J. O’Connell

	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market Inter-Country Comparisons of Direct Payments and Total Revenue for Beef		99wpre03
	J. O’Connell, L. Dunne and U. Shanahan

	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market Aids to Private Storage – an evaluation		99wpre04
	J. O'Connell, L. Dunne, and U. Shanahan

	Development of a Strategic Approach for a Single EU Beef Market An Evaluation of Changes in the EU Intervention System and Labelling Regulations in Relation to Irish Cattle Prices		99wpre05
	J. O’Connell, L. Dunne, and U. Shanahan