Director, Menard Family Center 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.
Forced labor: coercion and exploitation in the private economy Guerin I, Venkatasubramanian G, O'Reilly C, Roesch M, Sathya M, Empowering communities: lessons from Tamil Nadu, India [Book Chapter] 2009
O'Reilly C, Survival strategies of poor women in urban Africa 1995
Publications
Journal of Comparative Economics O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H., Freedom from unit roots? The time series properties of democracy and economic freedom 2025
Contemporary economic policy O’Reilly Colin, Sheehan Kathleen M., Women's property rights equality and entrepreneurial activity 2024
Applied economics O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H., 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., O'Reilly Colin, Freedom through taxation: the effect of fiscal capacity on the rule of law 2023
The Journal of development studies Murphy Ryan, O'reilly Colin, 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, O'Reilly Colin, Regulation and Income Inequality in the United States 2022
Economica O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H., An Index Measuring State Capacity 2022
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC CHOICE Haveman Scott, O'Reilly Colin, 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, O'Reilly Colin, Regulation and income inequality in the United States, p. 102101 - 102101 2021
Public Choice Chambers Dustin, O’Reilly Colin, The Economic Theory of Regulation and Inequality 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Iowa 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in North Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wisconsin 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in South Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Illinois 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Kansas 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wisconsin 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wyoming 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Wyoming 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Michigan 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Kansas 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Minnesota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Illinois 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Iowa 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Indiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Minnesota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in South Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in North Dakota 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Indiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Michigan 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, The Regressive Effects of Regulations in Louisiana 2021
Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, 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, O'Reilly Colin, Financial Regulation and Income Inequality 58:3, p. 33 - 52 2020
Applied Economics Letters Murphy Ryan H., O’Reilly Colin W., The champions of capitalism? National leaders and the institutional channel 27:8, p. 647 - 650 2020
SSRN Electronic Journal Murphy Ryan, O'Reilly Colin, 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, O'Reilly Colin, Applying panel vector autoregression to institutions, human capital, and output 57:5, p. 1633 - 1652 2019
Public Choice Manish G. P., O’Reilly Colin, Banking regulation regulatory capture and inequality 180:1-2, p. 145 - 164 2019
SSRN Electronic Journal O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H, Exogenous Resource Shocks and Economic Freedom 2019
The journal of regional analysis & policy Chambers Dustin, O'Reilly Colin, Entry Regulations and Income Inequality at the Regional Level 49:1, p. 31 - 39 2019
Econ journal watch Murphy Ryan H, O'Reilly Colin, 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, Zhang Yi, Post-Genocide Justice: The Gacaca Courts 36:5, p. 561 - 576 2018
Comparative economic studies O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H., Exogenous Resource Shocks and Economic Freedom 59:3, p. 243 - 260 2017
Contemporary economic policy O'Reilly Colin, Murphy Ryan H, DO INSTITUTIONS MITIGATE THE RISK OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS? 35:3, p. 532 - 541 2017
Applied Economics Letters Biswas Arnab, Mitra Aniruddha, Bang James T., O’Reilly Colin, 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
Exploit Interactive O'Reilly C, ELISE 2 project: exploitation of results and tasks undertaken by different partners 1999
Administrative science quarterly O'Reilly C, Main B, Crystal G, CEO compensation as tournament and social comparison: a tale of two theories 33:Jun 88, p. 257 - 274 1988
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES QUARTERLY O'Reilly C, Weitz B, MANAGING MARGINAL EMPLOYEES: THE USE OF WARNINGS & DISMISSALS 25:3, p. 467 - 484 1980