I am a Lecturer above the bar in Economics at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. My main research interest is in the applied microeconomics and microeconometrics. I received my master's degree in Economics and Business Administration (Diplom-Kauffrau) from European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder) in Germany (2003) and PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin (2008). My PhD work was related to the estimation of production and demand functions for German, Austrian and Swiss non-profit theatres. From 2008 until 2011, I was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, where I worked in the area of cultural economics. I joined the Department of Economics, University of Limerick in 2012. Since 2017, I am a leading member of the Economic Efficiency & Productivity Analysis research group based in Kemmy Business School.I am interested in studying the efficiency and productivity factors for the performing arts institutions and health organisations. My other recent research areas of interest are the tourism economics, health economics and economics of well-being.
Professional Activities
Award
2021 - Best Paper Award in Regional Studies, Regional Science (with K. Mulligan)
2019 - Kemmy Business School Faculty SEED Funding
2016 - Kemmy Business School Faculty SEED Funding
2008 - ACEI Presidents' Prize for the best graduate student paper at the 15th Conference of Association for Cultural Economics International in Boston.
2005 - PhD Fellowship
Education
2008 Trinity College Dublin - PhD
2003 Viadrina European University, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany - MA
2000 Viadrina European University, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany - BA
Employment
2008 Trinity College Dublin - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2005 Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin - Teaching Assistant
Public support for performing arts. Efficiency and productivity gains in eleven European countries
Castiglione C.;Infante D.;Zieba M. (2022) Public support for performing arts. Efficiency and productivity gains in eleven European countries.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Well-being and unemployment during the Great Recession: an empirical analysis across UK local authority districts.
Mulligan K.;Zieba M. (2020) Well-being and unemployment during the Great Recession: an empirical analysis across UK local authority districts..
Regional Studies, Regional Science :267-287
Technical and scale efficiency in public and private Irish nursing homes - a bootstrap DEA approach
Ni Luasa, S;Dineen, D;Zieba, M (2018) Technical and scale efficiency in public and private Irish nursing homes - a bootstrap DEA approach.
NEW YORK : SPRINGER Health Care Management Science :326-347
Technical efficiency in the Italian performing arts companies
Castiglione, C;Infante, D;Zieba, M (2018) Technical efficiency in the Italian performing arts companies.
DORDRECHT : SPRINGER Small Business Economics :609-638
Demand for Live Orchestral Music - The Case of German Kulturorchester
Zieba, M., O'Hagan, J. (2013) Demand for Live Orchestral Music - The Case of German Kulturorchester.
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik :225-245
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Other Journals
2013
Organisational Structure and Managerial Efficiency: A quasi-experimental analysis of German public theatres
Zieba, M.; Newman, C. (2013) Organisational Structure and Managerial Efficiency: A quasi-experimental analysis of German public theatres.
Homo Oeconomicus :497-534
An Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Efficiency Factors for Austrian and Swiss Non-Profit Theatres
Zieba, M. (2011) An Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Efficiency Factors for Austrian and Swiss Non-Profit Theatres.
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics :233-274
Output Characteristics and Other Determinants of Theatre Attendance: An Econometric Analysis of German Data
O'Hagan, J., Zieba, M. (2010) Output Characteristics and Other Determinants of Theatre Attendance: An Econometric Analysis of German Data .
Applied Economics Quarterly :147-174
