Curriculum Vitae

Overview

Killian McCarthy is currently reading for a PhD at the Rijksuniversiteit (University of) Groningen, and for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of London. His research interests include: strategy and innovation, business and industrial organization, mergers and acquisitions, law and economics, commercial, contract and corporate law, money laundering and criminal activity.

 

Education

Killian began his studies with a Bachelor at the National University of Ireland, for which he took classes at University College Cork (Ireland). He studied for a double-major, and graduated (in 2005) with a 'Grade-One First-Class Honours'.

In 2006, Killian obtained a Masters (MSc) in Economics 'cum laude' while at the Universiteit Utrecht School of Economics (the Netherlands). In his research there he conducted a (micro-theoretical) analysis of the European airline industry, which considered the effects of networks and strategic alliances amongst firms on both competitiveness and consumer welfare.

In 2006 Killian entered the 'Multidisciplinary Economics Research (MPhil/PhD) Programme' at the Universiteit Utrecht Tjallings Koopmans Research Institute (the Netherlands), and as part of this he took classes at both the Technische Universiteit Delft, and the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (the Netherlands). He also spent time at the Universität Wien (Vienna, Austria), and worked there at the Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre. His research at this time centred on the analysis of mergers and acquisitions, and on the role of corporate strategy in predicting the relative success and/or failure of these ventures. He graduated in Sept 2008 'cum laude', and earned an (MPhil) Research Masters with the highest honours. 

In his current project, and with the assistance of his supervisors (Prof. dr. W.A Dolfsma of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and Dr. U. Weitzel of Universiteit Utrecht and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Jena, Germany), Killian hopes to extend his research in the field of strategy, and in the study of performance in mergers and acquisitions. 

 

Work Experience

Since 2006 Killian has variously researched for: the Chairholder of the Tjallings Koopmans Research Institute (Oct 06 - Jan 08); the Chair and Chairholder of Law and Economics (Oct 06 - July 08); the Chair and Chairholder of Public Sector Economics (Jan 07 - Sept 07); and the Chair of Macroeconomics (July 07 - Jan 08) at the Universiteit Utrecht School of Economics. He is currently employed as a full-time researcher at the Rijksuniversiteit Faculty of Economics & Business. 

In addition, Killian is currently the Chairman of PREBEM (the Netherlands Organisation for PhD Researchers in Business Economics and Management), and Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of GRASP (the Groningen Association for PhD Students).

 

Research Experience

A number of Killian's most recent working papers have been made available by the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) database at EconPapers and IDEAS, and on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Click here for more details.