Dr. Aidan Kane BA (Mod.) PhD
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Biography:
| Dr Aidan Kane is a lecturer in economics at NUI Galway. His BA and PhD are from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. His research interests are principally in Irish economic history, and in particular, the construction of historical datasets, mainly related to Irish public finance, from the 18th century to the present, using a range of web, programming, and relational database technologies. He also has an interest in the political economy of innovation policy in Ireland, having served as director of the University's Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) from 2002 to 2006. (CISC is now titled the Whitaker Institute). He principally teaches Irish economic history, Ireand's economy in a global context, introductory macroeconomics, at undergraduate level, and he supervises students in respect of final year projects, theses/placements in taught postgraduate programmes, and at PhD level. Dr Kane is programme director of the Higher Diploma in Economic Science at NUI Galway and is director of undergraduate studies in economics within the department. |
Research Interests
| Keywords: economic history, Irish economic history, fiscal history, innovation policy My research interests are principally in Irish economic history, and in particular, the construction of historical datasets, mainly related to Irish public finance, from the 18th century to the present, using a range of web, programming, and relational database technologies. These include Perl, MySQL, and php, as well as the use of OCR technologies for data capture. I also have an interest in the political economy of innovation policy in Ireland, having served as director of the University's Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) from 2002 to 2006. (CISC is now titled the Whitaker Institute |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Kane, A. (1999) 'Innovation Policy in Ireland: Economic Ideas and Institutional Diversity'. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 28 :115-126. [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1995) 'Public Expenditure: Trends and Prospects'. Irish Banking Review, . [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1994) 'Irish Property Rights: A Public Choice Perspective'. Studies, . [Details] |
Working Paper
| Kane, A. (2001) Indicators and Evaluation for Science, Technology and Innovation.. Dublin: Irish Council for Science Technology and Innovation. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (2001) Rationales for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Ireland.. Dublin: Working Paper for Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (2001) Irish Membership of CERN: an economic evaluation.. Dublin: Report for the Department of Public Enterprise. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1997) Into EMU without the UK: managing the consequences.. Galway Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1996) Monetary Union and Optimal Currency Areas.. Poitiers: Paper for Erasmus Intensive Course. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1995) Fiscal aggregates for the Irish central government since 1922. Dublin Economics Workshop. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1995) Accounting for Government: the Irish Case.. Foundation for Fiscal Studies. Working Paper [Details] |
| Kane, A. (1993) Reform in Irish Public Financial Procedures. Foundation for Fiscal Studies. Working Paper [Details] |
Database
| Kane, A. (2009) Database of Irish central and local government expenditure and revenue 1922/23 to 1963/64, c80,000 items, 2006-2009. Database [Details] |
| Kane, A. (2010) Database of finances of Grand Jurys of Ireland c. 1775 to 1898 c60,000 items, 2010. Database [Details] |
| Kane, A. (2011) Database of detailed components of Irish public debt of central and local government 1922/23 to 1990 c12,000 items, 2011. Database [Details] |
| Kane, A. (2011) Database of revenues of Ireland 1688-1799 c7,000 items, 2011. Database [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 1999. Title: Barrington Medal |
Committees
| Committee : Editorial advisory board, for Administration, IPA, Dublin |
| Committee : Archives group, NUI Galway |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Francis Conlan, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
Modules Taught
| 2013/2014 : Principles of Macroeconomics |
| 2013/2014 : Research Paper I |
| 2013/2014 : Research Paper II |
| 2013/2014 : Ireland, Europe, and the Global Economy |
| 2013/2014 : Irish Economic History |