Colin O'Reilly, PhD

Department

Economics and Finance

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• 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.

Articles

• Economica
  O'Reilly, Colin, An Index Measuring State Capacity, 1789–2018 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

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