Director, Menard Family Institute for Economic Inquiry
Associate Professor
Colin O’Reilly is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University and is also a scholar in the Institute for Economic Inquiry. In 2014 Colin received his Ph.D. in economics from Suffolk University where he studied economic development and violent conflict. His research on institutions and economic development has been published in World Development and Economica. Colin has also published cross-country studies on economic growth and inequality in Empirical Economics and Public Choice.
Journal of Development Studies Ryan H. Murphy, Colin O'Reilly The Expansive Corridor: Testing Acemoglu and Robinson (2019) 59(7), p. 1060-1075 2023
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Colin O'Reilly, Barriers to entry, entrepreneurship and income inequality within the USA 11(4), p. 332-356 2022
Economica O'Reilly, Colin, Ryan H. Murphy An Index Measuring State Capacity, 17892018 89(335), p. 713-745 2022
European Journal of Political Economy Chambers, Dustin, Regulation and income inequality in the United States 2021
Public Choice Chambers, Dustin and O'Reilly, Colin, The Economic Theory of Regulation and Inequality 2021
Journal of Public Choice and Public Finance Haveman, Scott and O'Reilly, Colin, Tax Policy and Charitable Giving: An Evaluation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and Its Impact on Charitable Contributions 2021
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change O'Reilly, Colin, Violent Conflict and Institutional Change 29(2), p. 257-317 2021
Quarterly Journal of Finance & Accounting Manish, G.P. and O'Reilly, Colin, Financial Regulation and Income Inequality 53(3), p. 33-52 2020
Cato Journal Murphy, Ryan and O'Reilly, Colin, Assessing State Capacity Libertarianism 40(3), p. 735-767 2020
Applied Economics Letters The champions of capitalism? National leaders and the institutional channel 27(8) , p. 647-650 2020
Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy Entry Regulations and Income Inequality at the Regional Level 49(1), p. 31-39 2019
Empirical Economics Applying Panel Vector Autoregression to Institutions, Human Capital, and Output 57, p. 1633-1652 2019
Public Choice Banking regulation regulatory capture and inequality 180(1), p. 145-164 2019
Econ Journal Watch And the IMF Said, Let There Be Data, and There Was Data: Private Capital Stocks in the Eastern Bloc 15(3) , p. 290-300 2018
Development Policy Review Post-Genocide Justice: The Gacaca Courts 36(5) , p. 561-576 2018
Comparative Economic Studies Exogenous Resource Shocks and Economic Freedom 59(3), p. 243-260 2017
Contemporary Economic Policy Do Institutions Mitigate the Risk of Natural Conflicts? 35(3), p. 532-541 2017
Applied Economics Letters Civil War and Economic Growth: The Case for a Closer Look at Forms of Monilization 23 Issue 15, p. 1057-1061 2016
European Journal of Political Economy War and Growth of Government 40, p. 31-41 2015
World Development Household Recovery from Internal Displacement in Northern Uganda 76, p. 203-215 2015
Economics of Transition Firm Investment Decisions in Post-Conflict Context 23-4, p. 717-751 2015
Comparative Economic Studies Institutions and Investment in Post Civil War Recovery 56-1, p. 1-24 2014
Niederjohn M.S., O’Reilly C. (2019) Integrating the Economic Way of Thinking into US History Courses. In: Hall J., Lawson K. (eds) Teaching Economics. Springer. -0001
European Journal of Law and Economics Ryan H. Murphy, Colin O'Reilly Freedom through taxation: the effect of fiscal capacity on the rule of law -0001
Presentations
Barriers to Entry, Entrepreneurship and Inequality within the United States Association for Private Enterprise Education Conference 2022 2022
Women's Property Rights, Factors of Production and Economic Growth Southern Economics Association Conference 2021 2021
Women's Property Rights and Economic Growth Western Economics Association Virtual Conference 2021 2021
"Developing the Bottom Billion from the Bottom Up" Invited Public Talk at Emerson College in Boston, MA 2020
"Violent Conflict and Institutional Change" Southern Economics Association Conference. Tampa, FL 2019
"A Strong US Economy with Risks Around Every Corner" Public Talk to Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance - Omaha, NE (November 2019) 2019
"On Track or About to Derail: A Strong Economy with Risks Around Every Corner" Keynote Address at Union Pacific Executive Forum. (Omaha, NE) 2019
"Financial Regulation and Income Inequality" Mini-conference for the Quarterly Journal of Accounting and Finance - Institute for Economic Inquiry, Creighton University (July 2019) 2019
"Developing the Bottom Billion from the Bottom Up" (Young Scholar) Mont Pelerin Society - Texas (May 2019) 2019
"Assessing Economic Understanding in US History" Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference (April 2019) 2019
"Violent Conflict and Institutional Change" Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference (April 2019) 2019
"Oil Rents and State Economic Policy" Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference (April 2019) 2019
Southern Economics Association (November 2018) Presented: Can War Foster Institutional Change? 2018
Christopher Newport University (April 2018)Presented: Top Down or Bottom Up? Which Institutions Matter for Economic Development? 2018
Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference (April 2018)Presented: Civil War and Institutional ChangePresented: Assessing the Economic Way of Thinking 2018
Eastern Economic Association Conference (March 2018)Presented: Civil War and Institutional Change 2018
Southern Economic Association (November 2017)Presented: Oil Rents and State Economic Policy 2017
Emerson College (October 2017) Presented: F.A. Hayek's Modern Legacy 2017