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Authored Books

Driver, Ciaran and Temple, Paul (2012) The Unbalanced Economy: A Policy Appraisal. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Driver, Ciaran and Moreton, David (1992) Investment, Expectations and Uncertainty. Oxford: Blackwell.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame, eds. (2018) Corporate Governance in Contention. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Williamson, Janet, Driver, Ciaran and Kenway, Peter, eds. (2014) Beyond Shareholder Value: the reasons and choices for corporate governance reform. London: TUC.

Book Chapters

Driver, Ciaran and Harris, Laurence (2021) 'Investment in South Africa.' In: Oqubay, Arkebe, Tregenna, Fiona and Valodia, Imraan, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 441-466.

Driver, Ciaran (2021) 'Broadening the ambit of industrial strategy to include latent demand and corporate governance.' In: Berry, Craig, Froud, Julie and Barker, Tom, (eds.), The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, pp. 149-160. (Building Progressive Alternatives)

Driver, Ciaran (2018) 'Investment, industrial strategy and corporate governance.' In: Berry, Craig, (ed.), What do we really mean when we talk about Industrial Strategy? Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University, pp. 168-173.

Driver, Ciaran (2018) 'Fixing the Corporation: a Management or a Governance issue?' In: Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame, (eds.), Corporate Governance in Contention. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 239-260.

Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame (2018) 'Corporate Governance and Why it Matters.' In: Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame, (eds.), Corporate Governance in Contention. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-24.

Williamson, Janet, Driver, Ciaran and Kenway, Peter (2014) 'Introduction.' In: Williamson, Janet, Driver, Ciaran and Kenway, Peter, (eds.), Beyond Shareholder Value: the reasons and choices for corporate governance reform. London: TUC, pp. 6-15.

Bo, Hong and Driver, Ciaran (2012) 'Agency Theory, Corporate Governance, and Finance.' In: Dietrich, M. and Krafft, J., (eds.), Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Driver, Ciaran (2012) 'Governance, Innovation and Finance.' In: Clarke, Thomas and Branson, Douglas, (eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance. London: Sage Publications, pp. 496-519.

Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame (2008) 'Stakeholder Champions: How to Internationalize the Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda.' In: Stoll, Mary Lyn, Palmer, Daniel E. and Zakhem, Abe J., (eds.), Stakeholder Theory: Essential Readings in Ethical Leadership and Management. Amhurst, New York: Prometheus Books.

Driver, Ciaran and Tidd, Joe (2000) 'Measuring Innovation by Market and Financial Indicators.' In: Tidd, Joe, (ed.), From Knowledge Management to Strategic Competence: measures of technological, market and organisational innovation. London: Imperial College Press. (Series on technology management, vol. 3)

Journal Article

Driver, Ciaran (2024) 'South African Manufacturing: The challenge of growth with jobs.' Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 68. pp. 433-445.

Driver, Ciaran (2023) 'Macroeconomics with Firms and Stockmarkets.' Contributions to Political Economy, 42 (1). pp. 117-127.

Meade, Nigel and Driver, Ciaran (2023) 'Differing behaviours of forecasters of UK GDP growth.' International Journal of Forecasting, 39 (2). pp. 772-790.

Driver, Ciaran (2022) 'Why Starmer can't be Blair.' Fabian Review; the quarterly magazine of the Fabian Society, 134 (4). pp. 15-16.

Driver, Ciaran, Grosman, Anna and Scaramozzino, Pasquale (2020) 'Dividend Policy and Investor Pressure.' Economic Modelling, 89. pp. 559-576.

Kenc, Turalay and Driver, Ciaran (2020) 'Leverage, uncertainty and investment decisions.' Economics Letters, 190 (109052).

Driver, Ciaran and Meade, Nigel (2019) 'Enhancing survey‐based investment forecasts.' Journal of Forecasting, 38 (3). pp. 236-255.

Driver, Ciaran and Muñoz-Bugarin, Jair (2019) 'Financial Constraints on Investment: Effects of Firm Size and the Financial Crisis.' Research in International Business and Finance, 47. pp. 441-457.

Jiang, Lin, Kling, Gerhard, Bo, Hong and Driver, Ciaran (2017) 'Why do firms adopt stock options and who benefits? A natural experiment in China.' Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 46. pp. 124-140.

Driver, Ciaran and Guedes, Maria João Coelho (2017) 'R and D and CEO departure date: do financial incentives make CEO’s more opportunistic?' Industrial and Corporate Change, 26 (5). pp. 801-820.

Driver, Ciaran (2015) 'Advertising's Elusive Economic Rationale: Public Policy and Taxation.' Journal of Economic Surveys, 31 (1). pp. 1-16.

Bo, Hong, Driver, Ciaran and Lin, Hsiang-Chun Michael (2014) 'Corporate Investment during the Financial Crisis: Evidence from China.' International Review of Financial Analysis, 35 (2014). pp. 1-12.

Driver, Ciaran, Trapani, Lorenzo and Urga, Giovanni (2013) 'On the use of cross-sectional measures of forecast uncertainty.' International Journal of Forecasting, 29 (3). pp. 367-377.

Driver, Ciaran and Guedes, Maria João Coelho (2012) 'Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies.' Research Policy, 41 (9). pp. 1565-1577.

Driver, Ciaran and Imai, Katsushi (2011) 'Testing the uncertainty–investment relationship using survey data on capital stock disequilibrium.' Applied Economics Letters, 18 (4). pp. 305-310.

Driver, Ciaran and Temple, Paul (2010) 'Why do Hurdle Rates Differ from the Cost of Capital?' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 34 (3). pp. 501-523.

Driver, Ciaran and Muñoz-Bugarin, Jair (2010) 'Capital Investment and Unemployment in Europe: Neutrality or Not?' Journal of Macroeconomics, 32 (1). pp. 492-496.

Driver, Ciaran (2009) 'Transformation of the CBI Capacity Utilization Series: Theory and EVidence1.' Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 48 (4). pp. 339-352.

Driver, Ciaran and Oughton, Christine (2008) 'Dynamic Models of Regional Innovation: Explorations with British Time-Series Data.' Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1 (2). pp. 205-217.

Driver, Ciaran and Hall, Stephen G. (2008) 'Production Constraints and the NAIRU.' Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 2.

Driver, Ciaran, Temple, Paul and Urga, Giovanni (2008) 'Real Options - Delay vs. Pre-Emption: Do Industrial Characteristics Matter?' International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26 (2). pp. 532-545.

Driver, Ciaran (2008) 'Varieties of Governance.' Recherches économiques de Louvain = Louvain economic review, 74. pp. 425-453.

Driver, Ciaran (2007) 'Business optimism for Small, Medium and Large Firms: Does It Explain Investment.' Fiscal Studies, 8 (2). pp. 205-255.

Driver, Ciaran (2007) 'Capital Crimes.' New Economy, 3 (2). pp. 121-125.

Driver, Ciaran, Temple, Paul and Urga, Giovanni (2006) 'Contrasts Between Types of Assets in Fixed Investment Equations as a Way of Testing Real Options Theory.' Journal of Business Economics and Statistics, 24 (4). pp. 432-443.

Crane, Andrew, Driver, Ciaran, Kaler, John, Parker, Martin and Parkinson, John (2005) 'Stakeholder democracy: towards a multi-disciplinary view.' Business Ethics: A European Review, 14 (1). pp. 67-75.

Driver, Ciaran and Shepherd, David (2005) 'Capacity utilisation and corporate restructuring: a comparative study of the US, UK and other EU countries.' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29 (1). pp. 119-140.

Driver, Ciaran, Temple, Paul and Urga, Giovanni (2005) 'Profitability, Capacity and Uncertainty: A Model of UK Manufacturing Investment.' Oxford Economic Papers, 57 (1). pp. 120-141.

Thompson, Grahame and Driver, Ciaran (2005) 'Stakeholder champions: how to internationalize the corporate social responsibility agenda1.' Business Ethics: A European Review, 14 (1). pp. 56-66.

Driver, Ciaran and Urga, Giovanni (2004) 'Transforming Qualitative Survey Data: Performance Comparisons for the UK.' Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66 (1). pp. 71-90.

Driver, Ciaran, Imai, Katsushi, Temple, Paul and Urga, Giovanni (2004) 'The effect of uncertainty on UK investment authorisation: Homogenous vs. heterogeneous estimators.' Empirical Economics, 29 (1). pp. 115-128.

Driver, Ciaran and Shepherd, David (2003) 'Inflation and Capacity Constraints in Australian Manufacturing Industry.' The Economic Record, 79 (245). pp. 182-195.

Driver, Ciaran and Thompson, Grahame (2002) 'Corporate Governance and Democracy: The Stakeholder Debate Revisited.' Journal of Management and Governance, 6. pp. 111-130.

Driver, Ciaran (2002) 'Fine Words Spin No Yarn: Capital Investment in the UK.' New Economy, 9 (4). pp. 230-235.

Driver, Ciaran and Valletti, Tommaso (2001) 'Additive and Multiplicative Uncertainty Revisited: What Explains the Contrasting Biases?' Journal of Economics, 79 (2). pp. 187-198.

Driver, Ciaran and Whelan, Brendan (2001) 'The Effect of Business Risk on Manufacturing Investment: Sector Survey Evidence From Ireland.' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 44 (4). pp. 403-412.

Driver, Ciaran, Temple, Paul and Urga, Giovanni (2001) 'The Influence of Uncertainty on Fixed Investment in the UK: A Macro or a Micro Phenomenon.' Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 48 (4). pp. 361-382.

Driver, Ciaran and Meade, Nigel (2001) 'Persistence of Capacity Shortage and the Role of Adjustment Costs.' Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 48 (1). pp. 27-48.

Driver, Ciaran (2000) 'Capacity Utilisation and Excess Capacity: Theory, Evidence and Policy.' Review of Industrial Organization, 16 (1). pp. 69-87.

Driver, Ciaran (1999) 'Contrasting Effects of Risk on Investment in Two Sectors: Evidence from Ireland on Real Options.' Economics Letters, 64 (3). pp. 315-318.

Driver, Ciaran, Karakitsos, Elias and Bunyard, Mark (1999) 'Investment Performance, Capital-Widening and Economic Policy.' Economic Issues, 4 (1). pp. 93-100.

Driver, Ciaran and Goffinet, Fabrice (1998) 'Investment under Demand Uncertainty, Ex-Ante Pricing, and Oligopoly.' Review of Industrial Organization, 13 (4). pp. 409-423.

Driver, Ciaran and Dowrick, Steve (1997) 'Investment Intentions as an indicator of actual investment in Australian Manufacturing.' Australian Economic Papers, 36 (68). pp. 90-105.

Driver, Ciaran, Abubacker, Sonia and Argitis, Georgios (1996) 'Capacity Choice under Monopoly, Flexible Price and Demand Uncertainty.' Southern Economic Journal, 63 (2). p. 526.

Driver, Ciaran, Yip, Paul and Dakhil, Nazera (1996) 'Large Company Capital Formation and Effects of Market Share Turbulence : Micro-data Evidence from the PIMS Database.' Applied Economics, 28 (6). pp. 641-651.

Tidd, Joe, Driver, Ciaran and Saunders, Peter (1996) 'Linking Technological, Market and Financial Indicators Of Innovation.' Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 4 (3). pp. 155-172.

Driver, Ciaran and Saw, Chit-Wei (1996) 'Performance of Structural Change Indices: Analysis Using Real and Simulated Data.' Applied Economics Letters, 3 (3). pp. 187-188.

Driver, Ciaran (1996) 'Stagnation as a Problem of Transition: Arguments and Proposals.' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 20 (5). pp. 553-564.

Driver, Ciaran (1994) 'Structural Change in the UK 1974–84: an Input–Output Analysis.' Applied Economics, 26 (2). pp. 153-158.

Driver, Ciaran, Lambert, Peter and Vial, Stéphane (1993) 'Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results.' Bulletin of Economic Research, 45 (1). pp. 59-68.

Driver, Ciaran (1993) 'What is to be done about private services?' Public Money and Management, 13 (3). pp. 53-56.

Driver, Ciaran (1992) 'The Origin of Predictable Behavior: Comment.' American Economic Review, 82 (1). p. 368.

Driver, Ciaran and Moreton, David (1991) 'The Influence of Uncertainty on UK Manufacturing Investment.' The Economic Journal, 101 (409). pp. 1452-1459.

Driver, Ciaran (1990) 'Structural Change in UK Industry 1975–85.' Applied Economics, 22 (10). pp. 1443-1449.

Driver, Ciaran (1990) 'The effects of accelerated capital scrapping: one-off or ongoing?' International Review of Applied Economics, 4 (2). pp. 199-208.

Driver, Ciaran, Kilpatrick, Andrew and Naisbitt, Barry (1988) 'The sensitivity of estimated employment effects in input-output studies: an example of the use of marginal versus average coefficients.' Economic Modelling, 5 (2). pp. 145-150.

Driver, Ciaran and Naisbitt, Barry (1987) 'Cyclical variations in service industries' employment in the UK.' Applied Economics, 19 (4). pp. 541-554.

Arestis, Philip and Driver, Ciaran (1987) 'The effects of income distribution on consumer imports.' Journal of Macroeconomics, 9 (1). pp. 83-94.

Driver, Ciaran, Kilpatrick, Andrew and Naisbitt, Barry (1986) 'The Employment Effects of UK Manufacturing Trade Expansion with the EEC and the Newly Industrialising Countries.' European Economic Review, 30 (2). pp. 427-438.

Driver, Ciaran (1986) 'The scrapping behaviour of concentrated and non-concentrated industries in the UK.' Applied Economics, 18 (3). pp. 249-263.

Driver, Ciaran, Kilpatrick, Andrew and Naisbitt, Barry (1985) 'The Employment Effects of Changes in the Structure of UK Trade.' Journal of Economic Studies, 12 (5). pp. 19-38.

Driver, Ciaran (1985) 'Social innovation and the division of labour.' Futures, 17 (3). pp. 279-281.

Driver, Ciaran (1984) 'Testing the Gershuny hypothesis.' Futures, 16 (5). pp. 508-512.

Arestis, Philip and Driver, Ciaran (1983) 'U.K. Unemployment and Post-Keynesian Remedies.' Metroeconomica, 35 (3). pp. 275-291.

Driver, Ciaran (1983) 'Import substitution and the work of the sector working parties.' Applied Economics, 15 (2). pp. 165-176.

Arestis, Philip and Driver, Ciaran (1980) 'Consumption out of Different Types of Income in the U.K.' Bulletin of Economic Research, 32 (2). pp. 85-96.

Davies, Howard, Dorward, Neil, Driver, Ciaran and Topple, Martin (1980) 'State aid and industrial characteristics.' Applied Economics, 12 (4). pp. 413-427.

Driver, Ciaran (1973) 'Blood Collection Policies?Towards a Cost Minimum.' Social Policy and Administration, 7 (1). pp. 20-29.

Zidebman, Adrian and Driver, Ciaran (1973) 'A Markov Chain Model of the Benefits of Participating in Government Training Schemes.' The Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies, 41 (4). pp. 401-417.

Monographs and Working Papers

Driver, Ciaran, Grosman, Anna, Scaramozzino, Pasquale and Lesame, Keagile (2023) Dividends Policy and Payouts: Evidence from South Africa. Pretoria: South African Reserve Bank Working Paper Series WP/23/03.

Driver, Ciaran and Temple, Paul (2013) Evidence Paper 8: Capital Investment: what are the main long-term trends in relation to UK manufacturing businesses, and how do these compare internationally? London: in 'The future of manufacturing: a new era of opportunity and challenge for the UK'. London: Foresight, UK Government Office for Science.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Driver, Ciaran and Kenway, Peter (2024) At the Helm. Fabian Society News and Insight [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Driver, Ciaran (2020) A real stake for workers. Fabian News and Insight Long Read [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Driver, Ciaran, Grosman, Anna and Scaramozzino, Pasquale (2020) How investor pressure leads to higher dividend payouts. LSE Business Review [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]