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.
Regulation & governance Chambers Dustin, etal A Practical Measure of Red Tape 2025
Economics letters O’Reilly Colin, etal The legal protection of women’s property rights, factors of production, and economic growth 255, p. 112504 2025
Journal of Comparative Economics O'Reilly Colin, etal Freedom from unit roots? The time series properties of democracy and economic freedom 2025
Contemporary economic policy O’Reilly Colin, etal Women's property rights equality and entrepreneurial activity 2024
Applied economics O'Reilly Colin, etal The dynamics of non-intervention: applying the dynamic common correlated effects estimator to state-level economic freedom, p. 1 - 15 2024
The independent review (Oakland, Calif.) O'Reilly Colin, Governance in the Aftermath of Violent Internal Conflict 29:3, p. 389 - 401 2024
European journal of law and economics Murphy Ryan H., etal Freedom through taxation: the effect of fiscal capacity on the rule of law 2023
The Journal of development studies Murphy Ryan, etal The Expansive Corridor: Testing Acemoglu and Robinson (2019) ahead-of-print:ahead-of-print, p. 1 - 16 2023
Journal of entrepreneurship and public policy O'Reilly Colin, Barriers to entry, entrepreneurship and income inequality within the USA 11:4, p. 332 - 356 2022
SSRN Electronic Journal Chambers Dustin, etal Regulation and Income Inequality in the United States 2022
Economica O'Reilly Colin, etal An Index Measuring State Capacity 2022
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC CHOICE Haveman Scott, etal Tax policy and charitable giving: an evaluation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 and its impact on charitable contributions 36:2, p. 189 - 207 2021
European Journal of Political Economy Chambers Dustin, etal Regulation and income inequality in the United States, p. 102101 - 102101 2021
Public Choice Chambers Dustin, etal The Economic Theory of Regulation and Inequality 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Iowa 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in North Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wisconsin 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in South Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Illinois 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Kansas 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wisconsin 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wyoming 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wyoming 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Michigan 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Kansas 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Minnesota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Illinois 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Iowa 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Indiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Minnesota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in South Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in North Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Indiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Michigan 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Louisiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, etal The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Louisiana 2021
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change O'Reilly Colin, Violent Conflict and Institutional Change, p. 257 - 317 2020
Quarterly journal of business and economics Manish G, etal Financial Regulation and Income Inequality 58:3, p. 33 - 52 2020
Applied Economics Letters Murphy Ryan H., etal The champions of capitalism? National leaders and the institutional channel 27:8, p. 647 - 650 2020
SSRN Electronic Journal Murphy Ryan, etal Assessing State Capacity Libertarianism, p. 735 - 767 2020
O'Reilly Colin, Market Rules: Bankers, Presidents, and the Origins of the Great Recession 2019
Empirical economics Murphy Ryan H, etal Applying panel vector autoregression to institutions, human capital, and output 57:5, p. 1633 - 1652 2019
Public Choice Manish G. P., etal Banking regulation regulatory capture and inequality 180:1-2, p. 145 - 164 2019
The journal of regional analysis & policy Chambers Dustin, etal Entry Regulations and Income Inequality at the Regional Level 49:1, p. 31 - 39 2019
Econ journal watch Murphy Ryan H, etal 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 O’Reilly Colin, etal Post-Genocide Justice: The Gacaca Courts 36:5, p. 561 - 576 2018
Comparative economic studies O'Reilly Colin, etal Exogenous Resource Shocks and Economic Freedom 59:3, p. 243 - 260 2017
Contemporary economic policy O'Reilly Colin, etal DO INSTITUTIONS MITIGATE THE RISK OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS? 35:3, p. 532 - 541 2017
Applied Economics Letters Biswas Arnab, etal Civil War and Economic Growth: The Case for a Closer Look at Forms of Monilization 23:15, p. 1057 - 1061 2016
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY O'Reilly Colin, War and the growth of government 40:Part A, p. 31 - 41 2015
World Development O’Reilly Colin, Household Recovery from Internal Displacement in Northern Uganda 76, p. 203 - 215 2015
The economics of transition O'Reilly Colin, Firm Investment decisions in the post-conflict context 23:4, p. 717 - 751 2015
Comparative economic studies O'Reilly Colin, Investment and institutions in post-civil war recovery 56:1, p. 1 - 24 2014