Department of Economics, NUI Galway : Eithne Murphy

Ethos and history

Eithne Murphy has studied at University College Dublin, Kiel Institute for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (Florence) and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. She has previously worked in the Irish Civil Service, University College Dublin and Teagasc. Her principal current research is in the history of thought as it relates to international trade theory. She is also engaged in collaborative ongoing quantitative and theoretical research in: (i) the cost of children in Ireland; (ii) inflation indices and poverty; (iii) agri-environmental schemes in Ireland. In the past, she has also written on European Union issues.

Selected Publications

Murphy, E. (1989). Comparative advantage in dairying: an inter-country analysis within the European Community, European Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 16, No. 1.

Murphy, E. (with S. Hynes et al.) (2008). Modelling habitat conservation and participation in agri-environmental schemes: a spatial analysis. Forthcoming in Ecological Economics.

Murphy, E. (with J. Bradley) (1989). Ireland, 1992 and the Structural Funds: An Economic Perspective, Studies, Vol. 78, No. 311.

Murphy, E. (with D. Bredin & S. Fountas) (2003). An empirical analysis of short run and long run Irish export functions: does exchange rate volatility matter, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2.

Murphy, E. (2002). The Nice Treaty and the Irish Referendum: what values are at stake, Studies, pp. 114-124, June.

Murphy, E. (with E. Garvey). A Consumer Price Index for Low Income Groups in Ireland, 1989-2001, Combat Poverty Agency WP 04/03.

Murphy, E. (1988). Comparative advantage in dairying: an intra-national study for Ireland, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Vol. 13.

Murphy, E. (with S. Hynes et al.) (2008). The impact of REPS participation on farm chemical input usage and the production of negative externalities. Forthcoming in Journal of Environmental Economics.

Murphy, E. (1999). 'Market, State and Community' in E. O'Shea and M. Keane (eds.) Essays in European Integration, Oaktree Press.

Murphy, E. (with E. Garvey) (2008). Cost of living indices and flexible consumption behaviour. Forthcoming in the International Review of Applied Economics.

Murphy, E. (2001). 'Market Failure' in G. Turley & M. Maloney (eds.) Principles of Economics: An Irish Textbook, Gill and Macmillan.

Murphy, E. (1988). The implications for Ireland of the Single European Act, Studies, Vol. 77, No. 305.

Murphy, E. (with T. van Rensburg and P. Rocks) (2008). Commonage land and farmer uptake of the rural environment protections scheme in Ireland. Forthcoming in Land Use Policy.

Murphy, E. (2001). 'International Trade' in G. Turley & M. Maloney (eds.) Principles of Economics: An Irish Textbook, Gill and Macmillan.

Murphy, E. (with B. Lally) (1998). Agriculture and the Environment in Ireland: Directions for the Future, Administration, Vol. 46, No. 1.