Tag: survey
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Technology SMEs in Ireland.
Here is a link to a Bank of ireland report on the technology SME sector, featuring some survey work undertaken by myself and a doctoral student. More details tomorrow in the Irish Examiner column.
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Do we need more financial literacy?
A number of years ago I found myself, in collaboration with Constantin Gurdgiev, in the back of a taxi, in Dublin, with a US journalist. We were spending the afternoon taking taxis at random, with the journalist asking the taxi his or her views and knowledge on various financial and economic concepts. A piece subsequently…
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Buy to Let and other residential investments : why dont people sell?
One of the features of the Irish residential property boom and bust was the large number of people who purchased residential property for investment purposes. Figures for end 2012 suggest over 150,000 investment mortgages, accounting for some €31b. Now that the market has fallen a question that is often asked is why we do not…
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How tolerant or otherwise are irish adults in regard to financial risks? Evidence from a largescale survey
Short answer :they are tolerant, but it depends on a number of demographic and other factors. In particular, gender, age and the level of education matter. We also find little evidence of urban/rural divides in risk tolerance. This is to our knowledge the first benchmark survey of risk tolerance to be published for irish adults,…