Donal Palcic is a Lecturer in Economics. Donal's primary area of research is in public sector economics with a particular focus on the privatisation of state-owned enterprises. Donal recently co-authored a book on the Irish privatisation experience and has also published a number of refereed journal articles and book chapters on the same topic. He is a member of the Privatisation and Public Private Partnerships (P4) research group based in UL. Donal has also discussed privatisation-related issues both in the press and on national radio on various occasions (see P4 media page for details).
 

Books
Palcic, D. and E. Reeves (2011) Privatisation in Ireland: Lessons from a European Economy, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 9780230248922
[ Click here for book details and here for table of contents, introduction and index ]

Refereed Journal Articles
Palcic, D. and E. Reeves (2011) "Privatization, Employee Share Ownership and Governance: The Case of Eircom", Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 437-454.
[ Article avaiable on Wiley Online Library ]

Palcic, D. and E. Reeves (2010) "Organisational Status Change and Performance: The Case of Ireland's National Telecommunications Operator", Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 34, No. 5-6, pp. 299-308. 
[ Article available on ScienceDirect ]

Palcic, D. and E. Reeves (2010) "Costly Business: Privatisation and Exchequer Finances in Ireland", Administration, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 29-53.
[ Article available on ULIR ]