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Dr Liam Delaney PhD
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Biography:
| Liam Delaney is a senior researcher in the UCD Geary Institute and was recently appointed as a permanent lecturer in UCD holding a joint appointment with the UCD School of Public Health and Population Science and UCD School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and a first class honours BA in Economics and Psychology from Trinity College Dublin where he was an IRCHSS post-graduate research fellow. He previously was a researcher in the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). He is currently conducting research involving strong collaborations with researchers in public health, social psychology, neuroscience, epidemiology, nutrition, microbiology, sociology and other fields. My personal home page is The home page of the research centre that I coordinate is The blog that I use for updates and to discuss relevant literature is: |
Research Interests
| Applied Econometrics, Neuroeconomics, Economic Psychology, Human Discounting, Contingent Valuation, Media Economics, Cultural Economics, Microeconometrics, Economic Psychology, Behavioural Economics. I have experience of teaching undergraduate and advanced graduate courses in econometrics. I also have substantial experience in the development and execution of large inter-disciplinary social scientific projects involving survey data and mixed method frameworks. Sponsor: Diageo Ireland |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : A New Benchmark for Progress: Subjective Living Standards Start Date / End Date : 01-DEC-08 / 30-SEP-10 |
| Sponsor : EC Framework Title : Upgrading the survey of Health, Ageing & Retirement in Europe - preparatory phase (SHARE-PREP) Start Date / End Date : 01-JAN-08 / 31-DEC-10 |
Book Chapters
| Delaney, L., Fahey, T.; (2006) 'The Financing of Horse Racing in Ireland' In: Callan, T (eds). Budget Perspectives 2007. Dublin: ESRI. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Michael Daly & Liam Delaney & Colm P. Harmon; (2009) 'Psychological and Biological Foundations of Time Preference'. Journal of the European Economic Association, 7 (2-3):659-669.  [Details] |
| Delaney, Liam & O'Toole, Francis; (2008) 'Individual, household and gender preferences for social transfers'. Journal of Economic Psychology, 29 (3). [Details] |
| Carol Newman & Liam Delaney & Brian Nolan,; (2008) 'A Dynamic Model of the Relationship Between Income and Financial Satisfaction: Evidence from Ireland'. Economic and Social Review, 39 (2):105-130. [Details] |
| Liam Delaney & Francis O'Toole,; (2008) 'Preferences for specific social welfare expenditures in Ireland'. Applied Economic Letters, 15 (12):985-989. [Details] |
| Liam Delaney & Francis O¿Toole; (2006) '"Willingness to pay: individual or household?'. Journal of Cultural Economics, 30 (4):305-309. [Details] |
| Delaney, L., and O'Toole, F.,; (2004) 'Contingent Valuation and Irish Public Service Broadcasting'. Economic and Social Review, 35 (4):321-350. [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., Harmon, C., and Wall, P. ; (2008) 'Behavioural Economics and Irish Drinking: Evidence from a College Study'. Economic Inquiry, 46 (1):29-36. [Details] |
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| Delaney, L., and O'Toole, F. ; (2007) 'Demand for Pensions, Child Benefit and Unemployment Spending in the Republic of Ireland'. Applied Economics Letters, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., and O'Toole, F.; (2007) 'Decomposing Demand for Public Expenditure in Ireland'. Applied Economics Letters, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Lucey, B., and Delaney, L.; (2007) 'A psychological, attitudinal and professional profile of economists working in Ireland'. Journal of Socio-Economics, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., and O'Toole, F.; (2006) 'Eliciting Household and Individual Valuations and Aggregation'. Journal of Cultural Economics, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., and O'Toole, F.,; (2004) 'Irish Public Service Broadcasting: A Contingent Valuation Analysis'. Economic and Social Review, 35 :321-350. [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., Wall, P., and O'hAodha, F., ; (2008) 'Social capital and self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland: Evidence from the European Social Survey'. Irish Medical Journal, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., O'Toole, F.; (2006) 'Contingent Valuation and the Distributional Effects of State-Financed Broadcasting'. Journal of Media Economics, 19 (2):83-98. [Details] | |||||||||
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Honours and Awards
| Year: 2001. Title: IRCHSS Postgraduate Research Fellow |
Conference Contributions
| McGloin, A., Delaney, L., et al ; 'Perceptions of Nutrition in Young Male Apprentices'. [Poster Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Conference, Dublin . |
| Ni Chobthaigh, B., and Delaney, L., ; Policy Determinants of Irish Infant Mortality. [Poster Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Conference, Dublin . |
| Delaney, L., and Kelleher, C; Respondents Differ in Standards for Evaluating Key Aspects of Medical Care. [Poster Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Conference, Dublin . |
| Delaney, L; Neuroeconomics and Domain Discounting. [Oral Presentation], University of Limerick Economics Department, Limerick . |
| Delaney, L; Electrophysiological markers of hyperbolic discounting in money and health: A high-density ERP study. [Oral Presentation], Geary Institute Behavioural Seminar Series, Dublin . |
| Delaney, L; Sport and Social Capital in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Presentation to the Ulster GAA Council Annual Meeting, Stormount . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; The Economic Psychology of Risk and Choice. [Invited Oral Presentation], Presentation to the Dublin Economics Workshop Annual Conference, Kenmare . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Surveying the Student Population in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Irish Universities Quality Board Annual Conference, Galway . | |||||||||
| Malone, K., and Delaney, L; Economics and Suicide. [Oral Presentation], New Perspectives in Economics and Medicine, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Ageing in Ireland: Evidence from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement. [Oral Presentation], Irish Gerontological Society Annual Conference, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Economics and Psychiatry. [Oral Presentation], Presentation to UCD Psychiatry, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., ; Web Surveying and Health Risk Behaviour. [Invited Oral Presentation], Measurement Experimentation and Social Sciences Conference, Holland . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L. Harmon, C., Wall, P., and Ryan, R., ; Anchoring Vignettes and Student Mental Health: Evidence from an Irish College Study. [Poster Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Wall, P., and Delaney, L.; Gambling in Ireland: Some Public Health Considerations. [Oral Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L.; Ageing, Health and Psychological Well-Being. [Oral Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; The relationship between age and mental health is highly non-linear and multidimensional. [Oral Presentation], Geary Institute Seminar Series, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney. L,; ''Anchoring Vignettes. [Oral Presentation], Irish Health Psychology Reading Group, Dublin . | |||||||||
| McKenzie, K., Delaney, L., McGloin, A., and Sweeney, L; Frontier Methods in Health Risk Behaviour and Perception. [Oral Presentation], Psychology Health and Medicine, Psychology Society of Ireland, Health Psychology Division, Maynooth . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Validating Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales. [Oral Presentation], Psychology Health and Medicine, Psychology Society of Ireland, Health Psychology Division, Maynooth . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; (2006) Peer, Sibling and Parental Effects on Health-Risk Behaviours and Reporting. [Oral Presentation], Geary Institute Seminar Series, Dublin , 12-DEC-06. | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; (2006) Attitudes to Public and Private Health Care Provision. [Oral Presentation], Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Council (PEPC), Paris , 08-NOV-06. | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., and Wall, P; (2006) Social Capital and Health in Ireland: Quantitative Evidence and Gaps. [Oral Presentation], Early Life Influences, Social Capital and Health: Working Programme of the Health Research Board Unit for Health Status and Health Gain, Dublin , 13-AUG-06. | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., Harmon, C., and Wall, P; (2008) Behavioural Economics and Irish Drinking. [Oral Presentation], Western Economics Association Annual Conference, San Diego , 01-MAY-08 - 01-MAY-08. | |||||||||
| Corrigan H, Delaney L, Kelleher CC and Wall P; Acceptability of a dietary Intervention project in primary schools: post-evaluation with parents and teachers. [Oral Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., and McKenzie, K; The use of choice experiments in turnout research. [Oral Presentation], Political Science Association Annual Conference, Reading . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L., Newman C., and Nolan, B; Reference Dependent Financial Satisfaction. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, NUI Galway and the Irish Economics Association Annual Conference, Galway . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Psychology and Economics: An Overview. [Invited Oral Presentation], Student Economic Review Workshop, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; (2006) Issues in the Psychology and Economics of Risk Taking. [Oral Presentation], UCD Geary Institute Seminar Series, Dublin , 06-DEC-06. | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Happiness, Life Satisfaction, Psychological Distress and the Celtic Tiger. [Oral Presentation], Trinity College Dublin Brown Bag Seminar November 2005, Dublin . | |||||||||
| McKenzie, K. and Delaney, L; Persistent and Occasional Non-Voting in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], British Psychological Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh 2005, the ISNE Annual Policy Conference 2005 and the Political Science Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Belfast, October 2005, Edinburgh, Belfast . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L. and Newman, C; Financial Satisfaction Over the Course of the Irish Economic Boom. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Trinity College Dublin Brown Bag Seminar May 2005, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Sport and Social Capital in the United Kingdom. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Paper presented to the ippr and DCMS seminar, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Culture, Community and Civil Renewal. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Paper presented to the ippr conference, Home Office . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L and Collins, M; Options for Reform: Policy Reforms for Budget 2005. [Oral Presentation], Pre-budget Submission of the Irish Society of New Economists to the Department of Finance, ISNE 2003, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Stated Preference Methodologies and Broadcasting: International Experience. [Oral Presentation], Presentation to the ippr and BBC, October 2004, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Results of a Nationwide Survey of Preferences for Social Welfare Policy in Ireland. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Paper presented to the Irish Social Policy Association Annual Conference, September 2004, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L. Collins, M., and O'Toole, R; The State We're In: Proceedings of the Annual Policy Conference of the Irish Society of New Economists. [Oral Presentation], ISNE 2004, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Gender, Social Attitudes, Personal Values and Research Paradigm Alignment: A Case Study of Irish Economists. [Oral Presentation], Presented to the annual meeting of the heterodox economics society conference, Leeds, July 2004, Leeds . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Personal Values of Irish Economists. [Oral Presentation], Presented to the Irish Society of New Economists Annual Policy Conference, July 2004, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Eliciting Household and Individual Valuations: Implications for Cultural Economics. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference on Cultural Economics, Chicago . | |||||||||
| Lucey, B. and Delaney, L; A psychological, attitudinal and professional profile of economists working in Ireland. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], IEA Conference in Belfast, April 2004, Belfast . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L and Collins, M; Options for Reform: Policy Reforms for Budget 2004. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Pre-budget Submission of the Irish Society of New Economists to the Department of Finance, ISNE 2003, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Report on the use of E-Learning in Senior Freshman Intermediate Economics. [Oral Presentation], International Conference on E-Learning, Trinity College, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Collins, M., Delaney, L. and O'Toole, R; The State We're In: Proceedings of the Annual Policy Conference of the Irish Society of New Economists. [Oral Presentation], ISNE 2003, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Welfare Effects and Distributional Issues in Irish Public Broadcasting: Results of a Nationwide Survey. [Oral Presentation], Irish Economics Association Annual Conference, Limerick . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L and O'Toole, F; Results of a Nationwide Survey of Preferences for Broadcasting Services. [Oral Presentation], Report to the RTÉ Executive Board, February 2003, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L and Collins, M; Options for Reform: Policy Reforms for Budget 2003. [Oral Presentation], Pre-budget Submission of the Irish Society of New Economists to the Department of Finance, ISNE 2002, Dublin . | |||||||||
| Delaney, L; Irish Public Broadcasting in a New Competitive Market: A Contingent Valuation Analysis. [Oral Presentation], Paper Presented to the 12th Biennial Conference on Cultural Economics, Rotterdam . | |||||||||
| Liam Delaney ; Neurological Correlates of Health Decision Making. [Poster Presentation], Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Conference, Dublin . | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : School of Public Health and Population Science Research & Innovation |
| Committee : School of Public Health and Population Science Postgraduate Studies |
| Committee : Centre for Behaviour and Health UCD Geary Institute |
Education
| Year 2005 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: Economics |
| Year 2001 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: BA (Hons.) Subject: Psychology |
Consultancy
| Client: : Type of Consultancy |
Other Activities
| Selected Media Delaney, L. and Ryan, M., "Economics, Psychology and Financial Decision-Making", Business and Finance, March 15th, 2007 Wall, P., and Delaney, L., "Society's response to ageing". Business and Finance, October 5th, 2006. Delaney, L. "Obesity is taking a toll on Ireland's health", Business and Finance, September 7th, 2006. Delaney, L., and Wall, P., "Business with a Conscience", Business and Finance, June 1, 2006. Delaney, L., and Wall, P., "Could the Irish Tiger Economy be laid low by bird-flue", Business and Finance, May 4, 2006. Delaney, L., and Wall, P., "Nothing to fear but ill-health", Business and Finance, April 6, 2006. Sylvia Thompson "Rates of depression increase by a fifth for people aged 50-70". Times Health Supplement, February 28th, 2006. Includes comments on Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement from Liam Delaney. Articles about my policy work frequently appears in major national media outlets including the Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Business Post, Main Evening RTE News, Irish Examiner, Business and Finance, Newstalk, RTE Radio 1, and several others. I have also appeared on Newstalk, Prime Time, Tubridy Radio Show and other broadcast outlets. |
Internal Collaborators
| Internal Collaborations in UCD include Cecily Kelleher, Patrick Wall, Jean Kennedy and Aileen McGloin in the School of Public health and Population Science; Colm Harmon, Orla Doyle, Kenneth McKenzie, Kevin Denny in the Geary Institute; Pearl Treacy in the School of Nursing and Midwifery; Kevin Malone in the UCD School of Medicine |
External Collaborators
| External Collaborations in include Richard Roche in Maynooth; Jim Smith, Arie Kapteyn and Arthur Van Soest at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica; Francis O'Toole and Carol Newman in Trinity College Dublin. |
Teaching Interests
| See my blog for regular updates to teaching and seminars http://gearybehaviourcenter.blogspot.com/ Lecturer UCD, PhD Econometrics, 2007 UCD, Masters of Public Health, Module on Risk Perception and Risk Communication. November - December, 2006. UCD, Undergraduate Econometrics II 2004 - Present. UCD, Graduate Econometrics I , 2005 - Present. NUI Galway, Graduate Econometrics of Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables, Short Course, March 2006 and April 2007.
Trinity College Dublin, Undergraduate Intermediate Macroeconomics. 2002 - 2004. Trinity College Dublin, Undergraduate Cognitive Science of Thinking. 2001 - 2002. |
Recent Postgraduates
| I have supervised a number of Masters Students: Fearghal O'hAodha, MA Economics 2006-2007: "Determinants of Portfolio Allocation: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey" Paula Farrell, MBA 2006-2007: "On the Financing of the Horse Racing Industry in Ireland" Edel O"Keefe, MA Economics 2006 – 2007: "Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide in OECD Countries" My current supervision includes: Brona Ni Chobhthaigh, MA History 2006 -: "Policy Determinants of Irish Infant Mortality", (Joint Supervisor). Eibhlin Hudson, PhD Economics, 2007 -: "Childhood Health Inequalities" (Part of Advisory Committee). David Comerford, PhD Economics, 2007 -: "Behavioural Aspects of Transport Choice" (Main Supervisor). Martin Ryan, PhD Economics, 2007 –: "Outcomes of Higher Education" (Part of Advisory Committee). Lorna Sweeney, PhD Public Health 2007 -: "Perceptions of Mental Health and Suicide" (Part of Advisory Committee). Emer Carey O"Loughlin, MSC Medicine 2007 –: "Determinants of Female Suicide in Ireland" |
Current Postgraduate Students
| David Comerford, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Modules Taught
| 200900 ECON30270 Economics: Behavioural Economics and Public Policy |
| 200900 PHPS40470 Public Health & Population Sci: Health Economics |
| 200800 ECON30140 Economics: Applied Econometrics II |
| 200800 ECON40080 Economics: Econometrics |
