Academic Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • “Investment Financing and Financial Development: Evidence from Viet Nam" (with Carol Newman), Review of Finance, forthcoming.
  • “Investment Efficiency, State-owned Enterprises and Privatisation: Evidence from Viet Nam" (with Edgar Morgenroth and Thuy Ha), Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
  • "SME Recovery Following a Financial Crisis: Does Debt Overhang Matter?", (with Martina Lawless and Brian O'Connell), Journal of Financial Stability, 2015, published online.
  • “Does Decoupling Affect Financing Constraints for Agricultural Investment?” (with T. Hennessy), Food Policy, forthcoming.
  • "Financial Structure and Diversification of European Firms", (with Martina Lawless and Brian O'Connell), Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (23), 2379-2398.
  • "Do Credit Constraints Affect SME Investment and Employment?", (with Petra Gerlach and Brian O'Connell), Economic and Social Review, 2015, 46 (1), 51-86.
  • "Non-Bank Financing in Ireland: A Comparative Perspective", (with Martina Lawless and Derek Lambert), Economic and Social Review, 2015, 46 (1), 131-161.
  • “Bank-Lending Constraints, Trade Credit and Alternative Financing during the Financial Crisis: Evidence from European SMEs" (with Eddie Casey), Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014, 27 (C), 173-194
  • “Does Financial Liberalisation Improve Access to Investment Finance in Developing Countries?", Journal of Globalization and Development, 2014, 5 (1), 34-60.
  • “Corruption and the Efficiency of Capital Investment in Development Countries” (with Prof. Finn Tarp), Journal of International Development, 2014, 26 (5), 567-597.
  • “Does Bank Market Power Affect SME Financing Constraints?” (with R. Ryan and F. McCann), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2014, 49 (C), 495-505.
  • “Financing Constraints and Agricultural Investment: Evidence from the Irish Financial Crisis” (with C. Newman and T. Hennessy), Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 65 (1), 152-176.
  • "Credit Requirements for Irish Firms in the Recovery" (with Niall McInerney, Martina Lawless, and Kieran McQuinn), Quarterly Economic Commentary: Special Articles, 2014.

Book Reviews

  • "Growth with Financial Stability: Central Banking in an Emerging Economy” (with P. McQuade), Journal of International Development, 25 (7), pp. 1029-1031, 2013.

Book Chapters

  • "Investment Financing and Financial Development: Evidence from Viet Nam” (with C. Newman), Understanding Banks in Emerging Markets, Voxeu e-books.