The Foundation for Fiscal Studies presents the annual Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize to recognise outstanding contributors in the area of Irish fiscal policy. The aim is to recognise those who promote the study and discussion of fiscal, economic and social policy, and work that attempts to answer questions that relate to how we might make Ireland a better place to live.
Each year, nominations are invited for work that has added to the public knowledge or understanding in areas such as taxation, public expenditure and other related fiscal policy topics. The Prize aims to recognise work that focuses on practical problems rather than abstract puzzles, that raise questions about how policy impacts and might improve outcomes, or shed light on issues that really matter to the future of Ireland as a society as well as an economy.
PAST WINNERS
2020
The Potential Costs and Distributional Effect of COVID-19
Keelin Byrne, Karina Doorley, Mark Regan, Barra Roantree, Dora Ruda – ESRI
The Development of a Nowcasting Methodology to Quantify the Distributional Effect of the Pandemic
Cathal O’Donoghue, John McHale – NUIG, Denis M Sologan, Iryna Kyzyma
2019
Kelly De Bruin, Aykut Mert Yakut
2018
Patterns of Firm Level Productivity in Ireland
Javier Papa, Luke Rehill, Brendan O’Connor
Lifting the Lid: The Private Financing of Motorway PPPs in Ireland
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves, Anne Stafford
2017
Supporting Pension Contributions Through the Tax System: Outcomes, Costs and Examining Reform
Michael Collins, Gerard Hughes
2016
Modelling Higher Education Financing Reform for Ireland
Bruce Chapman, Aedin Doris
2015
The Financial Crisis in Ireland and Government Revenues
Rónán Hickey, Diarmaid Smyth – Central Bank of Ireland
2014
Effective Rates of Corporation Tax in Ireland
Seamus Coffey, Kate Levey
2013
Gerard Brady – IBEC