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Nick O'Donovan's Outputs (4)

Demand, dysfunction and distribution: The UK growth model from neoliberalism to the knowledge economy (2021)
Journal Article
O’Donovan, N. (2023). Demand, dysfunction and distribution: The UK growth model from neoliberalism to the knowledge economy. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 25(1), 178-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481211058018

Theories of ‘growth models’ explain capitalist diversity by reference to shifting drivers of aggregate demand in different national economies. This article expands the growth models framework beyond its conventional focus on debt-driven and export-dr... Read More about Demand, dysfunction and distribution: The UK growth model from neoliberalism to the knowledge economy.

One‐off wealth taxes: theory and evidence (2021)
Journal Article
O'Donovan, N. (2021). One‐off wealth taxes: theory and evidence. Fiscal Studies, 42(3-4), 565-597. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12277

In periods where the national public debt has grown rapidly beyond ‘normal’ levels, the idea of drawing on the stock of national private wealth in order to pay down that debt, whether in whole or in part, has gained currency. ‘Capital levies’ or ‘one... Read More about One‐off wealth taxes: theory and evidence.

Personal Data and Collective Value: Data-Driven Personalisation as Network Effect (2021)
Book Chapter
O’Donovan, N. (2021). Personal Data and Collective Value: Data-Driven Personalisation as Network Effect. In Data-Driven Personalisation in Markets, Politics and Law (74-92). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108891325.006

Over recent years, economists, lawyers and regulators have become increasingly interested in the role played by ‘network effects’ in the digital economy: namely, the phenomenon whereby a platform becomes increasingly valuable to its users, the more u... Read More about Personal Data and Collective Value: Data-Driven Personalisation as Network Effect.