The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the  joint winners of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2018

Winners                                                                                                                                                

• Patterns of firm level productivity in Ireland

Javier Papa, Luke Rehill and Brendan O’Connor

• Lifting the Lid: The Private Financing of Motorway PPPs in Ireland

Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves and Anne Stafford

Highly Commended                                                                                                                                  

• Capital Taxes Research Paper

Martina Shirran

• Universal GP Care in Ireland: Potential Cost Implications

Sheelagh Connolly, Anne Nolan, Brendan Walsh, Maev Ann Wren (

• The Gender Impact of Irish Budgetary Policy 2008 – 2018

Karina Dooley, Maxime Bercholz, Tim Callan, Claire Keane, John Walsh

• The Cyclicality of Irish Fiscal Policy Ex-Ante and Ex-Post

David Cronin, Kieran McQuinn

• New Dwelling Completions

Laura Flannelly, Kieran Culhane

• Higher Education Outcomes 2010 -2014 

Brendan O’Dowd, Kieran Culhane

• Upsetting the Applecart: Tax Based industrial Strategy In Ireland and Europe

David Jacobson

• Central Technical Appraisal Parameters

Daniel O’Callaghan & Sean Prior

• Productivity in Ireland

Michael Connolly,  Eóin Flaherty, Yvonne Hayden

• Blog Posts & commentary on economic debate and Brexit

Tony Connolly, RTE

• Commentary in the Irish Times focused on Brexit

Chris Johns, Irish Times

• Blog Posts & commentary on economic debate and Brexit

Kevin O’Rourke The Irish Economy