John Eakins

Biography

John Eakins has been a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Cork University Business School in University College Cork since 2002. Previously he worked as a Research Assistant in the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). John completed a PhD in April 2013 on Irish household energy expenditures in the School of Economics, University of Surrey, UK. John's current research interests are in the areas of environmental and energy economics, sports economics and transport economics. He has published in these areas in European Sport Management Quarterly, International Gambling Studies, Transport Policy, Applied Economics and the Economic and Social Review academic journals as well as presenting his research at wide range of national and international conferences. He is a principal investigator on two EPA funded research projects. John currently teaches empirical research methods and microeconomics to undergraduate Arts students as well as econometrics to postgraduate Masters students. John is Co-Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee within the Department of Economics and is a member of the Academic Development and Standards Committee within the Cork University Business School.

Grants and Honours

11/03/2023 - EPA Funding (Value €250,000): The Role of Irish Small Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Transition to a More Circular Economy, Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
01/01/2021 - CUBS PhD Scholarship (Value: €92,000). The Effect of Environmental Enforcement of Industry on Environmental Outcomes., University College Cork
06/09/2019 - Best Overall Paper, The Changing Dynamic of the Regulated and the Regulator Relationship: The implications for Environmental Enforcement, Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
06/09/2019 - Best Paper Award for the Corporate Social Responsibility Track at the 2019 IAM Conference, The Changing Dynamic of the Regulated and the Regulator Relationship: The implications for Environmental Enforcement, Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
01/09/2019 - SEAI Funding (Value €540,000): Community Engagement in Wind Energy: Innovative approaches to achieving a social license (Co-Wind),, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
01/01/2019 - EPA Funding (Value €250,000): Residential Solid Fuel Use in Ireland and the Transition Away from Solid Fuels., Environmental Protection Agency
23/07/2018 - EPA Funding (Value €50,000): To measure environmental outcome/impacts from EPA licensing and enforcement activities,, Environmental Protection Agency
01/06/2018 - College of Business and Law Research Excellence Publication Award (Value €2500), University College Cork
01/06/2018 - College of Business and Law Research Excellence Conference Fund, University College Cork
01/01/2011 - Best Session Paper - Irish Transport Research Network Conference 2011, Irish Transport Research Network Conference

Other Activities

14/02/2023 - 'Community owned/co-owned wind farms: What factors influence citizen participation?'. Wind Energy Ireland Annual Conference 2023, Dublin
23/11/2022 - 'Residential Solid Fuel Use in Ireland and the Transition Away from Solid Fuels'. EPA National Air Event 2022, Kilkenny
14/09/2022 - ‘Innovative Approaches to Achieving a Social License’ - 2022 SEAI National Energy Research & Policy Conference, Dublin
25/08/2022 - 'Residential solid fuel use in Ireland and the transition away from solid fuels' Presentation on EPA Research Report 407 to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications., Online
01/07/2022 - RTE Brainstorm - "Can community-owned wind farms help achieve energy freedom?"
28/06/2022 - 'Results from a National Survey on Innovative Approaches to Achieving a Social License'. 12th Irish Wind Energy Research Network (IWERN) Meeting, SEAI Virtual Conference
24/06/2022 - 'An analysis of the factors affecting Irish citizens' willingness to invest in wind energy projects'. Mistral Final Conference: Managing the Dynamics Of Social Acceptance. St. Gallen, Switzerland
21/06/2022 - 'An Examination of the Extent and Characteristics of the Non-Traded Residential Solid Fuel Market in'. Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS 2022), Manchester, UK
20/06/2022 - 'Environmental outcomes and the Porter Hypothesis: The impact of environmental regulations and compli'. 32nd Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2022), Belfast
05/05/2022 - 'An analysis of the factors affecting Irish citizens’ willingness to invest in wind energy projects'. Irish Economics Association (IEA), Annual Conference 2022, Limerick
05/04/2022 - 'An analysis of the factors affecting Irish citizens' willingness to invest in wind energy projects'. Wind Europe Annual Event 2022. Bilbao, Spain.
05/04/2022 - 'Community Benefit Funds and Public Willingness to Accept Onshore Wind Energy: Results from a Choice Experiment'. Wind Europe Annual Event 2022. Bilbao, Spain.
05/04/2022 - 'Drivers of Community Acceptance of Wind Farm Developments: Results of a National Survey'. Wind Europe Annual Event 2022. Bilbao, Spain.
17/06/2021 - 'An Examination of the Non-Traded Residential Solid Fuel Market'. 31st Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2021), Online
17/06/2021 - 'An Examination of the Non-Traded Residential Solid Fuel Market'. 31st Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2021), Online
16/06/2021 - 'Can Community Engagement in Wind Energy Help to Achieve a Social Licence to Operate: Results from a National Survey'. 31st Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2021), Online
02/12/2020 - RTE Brainstorm - "Is it time to reduce the use of solid fuels to heat our homes?"
21/10/2020 - 'Residential solid fuel use in Ireland and the transition away from solid fuels'. 30th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2020), Online
17/01/2020 - RTE Brainstorm - "Will higher GAA ticket prices mean less fans at matches?"
15/11/2019 - 'Residential solid fuel use in Ireland and the transition away from solid fuels'. Presentation to the Local Authority Solid Fuel Implementation Group, Tipperary
16/10/2019 - 'Residential solid fuel use in Ireland and the transition away from solid fuels'. EPA National Air Event 2019 organised by the NIECE Network, Kilkenny
30/08/2019 - 'The Changing Dynamic of the Regulated and the Regulator Relationship' Irish Academy of Management 2019 Annual Conference, Dublin
24/05/2019 - 'The Demand for Sports Related Goods. Evidence from the Irish Household Budget Survey.'. 5th Annual Sport Economics Workshop, UCC, Cork
11/04/2019 - 'The Changing Dynamic of the Regulated and the Regulator Relationship' 17th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals. The Role of Environmental Law in the Transition to Sustainability, UCC, Cork
31/08/2018 - 'An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Location of Swimming Pools and Deprivation Indices in Ireland'. 10th ESEA Conference on Sport Economics, Liverpool, UK
05/05/2018 - RTE Brainstorm - "Will the new-look championship mean more cash for the GAA?"
01/02/2018 - RTE Brainstorm - "Why are Irish electricity prices so high?"
29/08/2017 - 'An Examination of the Influence of Locational and Individual Characteristics on Travel to Work Time.' 8th Irish Transport Research Network (ITRN) conference, Dublin
01/09/2016 - 'The Mystics and the Market – An Analysis of Premier League Outcome and Score Predictions.' 8th ESEA Conference on Sport Economics, Groningen, Netherlands
06/04/2016 - 'Mystics and the Market: Predictions in the English Premier League'. Sports Business, Health and Exercise Seminar, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford
09/09/2015 - 'Sport, Time and Money: A comparison of the determinants of time spending versus money expenditure on specific sports activities' 23rd European Association Sport Management (EASM) Conference, Dublin
04/09/2014 - 'Household Spending on Sports Related Goods: Evidence from the Irish Household Budget Survey.' 6th European Sports Economics Association Conference in Sports Economics, Antwerp, Belgium
22/08/2013 - 'An Analysis of the Choice of Transport Mode for Travel to Work and Shopping.' 42nd Annual Conference Regional Science Association International: British & Irish Section, Cambridge, UK
23/08/2012 - 'An Econometric Analysis of Household Transport Expenditures'. Irish Society of New Economists 2012, UCC, Cork
26/06/2012 - 'Evaluating the Irish Car Scrappage Scheme: Sales Stimulus and Environmental Impact'. UCC School of Economics Research Symposium, UCC. Cork
30/11/2011 - 'The Free Electricity Allowance and the Electricity Expenditure-Income Relationship…Updated'. School of Economics Lunchtime Seminar, UCC, Cork
31/08/2011 - 'An Econometric Analysis of Irish Residential Transport Expenditures.' Irish Transport Research Network: Energy and Transport, Annual conference 2011, UCC, Cork
10/05/2011 - 'An Analysis of the Determinants of Irish Residential Energy Expenditures'. PhD Seminar Programme, Department of Economics, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
15/04/2011 - 'A Double Hurdle Model of Irish Energy Expenditures'. 25th Annual Irish Economic Association Conference, Limerick
26/08/2010 - 'A Double Hurdle Model of Irish Residential Energy Expenditures'. 39th Annual Conference of the Regional Science Association International - British and Irish Section, Glasgow, UK
29/06/2010 - 'An Econometric Analysis of Irish Household Energy Expenditures'. University College Cork, Department of Economics Research Symposium, UCC, Cork
25/06/2010 - 'An Econometric Analysis of Irish Household Energy Expenditures'. 3rd International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics (EMEE2010), University of Surrey, Guilford, UK
25/03/2009 - 'An Analysis of the Determinants of Irish Residential Energy Expenditures'. PhD Seminar Programme, Department of Economics, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
01/10/2002 - 'Budget 2003: Macroeconomic Context and Fiscal Stance'. ESRI's Budget Perspectives Conference, Ireland
01/05/2002 - 'Economic Factors Impacting on Alcohol Use'. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Summer Scientific Meeting, 2002, Dublin
10/05/2001 - 'Household Income Effects and Implementation Options'. Green and Bear it? Implementing Market-based Policies for Ireland's Environment. ESRI Conference, Ireland
01/04/2001 - 'Modelling Demand for Alcohol in Ireland: A Dynamic AIDS Approach'. 15th Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Galway, Ireland.

Thesis

2019 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN LOW-CARBON ASSETS: FROM CITIZEN TO PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS, University College Cork (Thesis Reviewer)
2019 - Examining Attitudes and Quantifying Strategies for Risk Management for Irish Dairying, University College Cork (Thesis Reviewer)
2023 - Rent seeking and Economic Growth, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2023 - Competitiveness of the Irish Dairy Industry from Farm to Trade: An International Statistical and Econometric Approach, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2025 - Linking Carbon Markets: Linkages between the EU and US Carbon Price., University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2022 - GAA facilities and area deprivation., University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)

Publications

Journal article

Year	Publication
2016	EAKINS, J. (2016). An application of the double hurdle model to petrol and diesel household expenditures in Ireland. Transport Policy. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.01.005. Details
2003	EAKINS, J., GALLAGHER, L. A. (2003). Dynamic almost ideal demand systems: An empirical analysis of alcohol expenditure in Ireland. Applied Economics. doi:10.1080/0003684032000066796. Details
2003	CONNIFFE, D., EAKINS, J. (2003). Does the stochastic specification of the linear expenditure system matter? Economic and Social Review.
2012	CROWLEY, F., EAKINS, J., JORDAN, D. (2012). Participation, expenditure and regressivity in the Irish lottery: Evidence from Irish household Budget Survey 2004/2005. Economic and Social Review.
2015	EAKINS, J. (2015). Household car ownership in Ireland across time: An analysis of the effects of expansion and contraction in the Irish economy. International Journal of Transport Economics.
2016	EAKINS, J. (2016). Household gambling expenditures and the Irish recession. International Gambling Studies. doi:10.1080/14459795.2016.1157698. Details
2016	EAKINS, J. (2016). An examination of the determinants of Irish household sports expenditures and the effects of the economic recession. European Sport Management Quarterly. doi:10.1080/16184742.2015.1067238. Details
2016	THIBAUT, E., EAKINS, J., VOS, S., SCHEERDER, J. (2016). Time and money expenditure in sports participation: The role of income in consuming the most practiced sports activities in Flanders. Sport Management Review. doi:10.1016/j.smr.2016.12.002. Details
2017	THIBAUT, E., EAKINS, J., VOS, S., SCHEERDER, J. (2017). The determinants and income elasticities of direct and indirect sports expenditure categories. European Sport Management Quarterly. doi:10.1080/16184742.2017.1341539. Details
2018	EAKINS, J. (2018). An analysis of the determinants of sports participation and time spent in different sporting contexts. Managing Sport and Leisure. doi:10.1080/23750472.2018.1527713. Details
2021	BUTLER, D., BUTLER, R., EAKINS, J. (2021). Expert performance and crowd wisdom: Evidence from English Premier League predictions. European Journal of Operational Research, 288 (1), 170 - 182. doi:10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.05.034. Details
2020	THIBAUT, E., EAKINS, J., WILLEM, A., SCHEERDER, J. (2020). Financial barriers for sports consumption: the dynamics of the income–expenditure relation. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal. doi:10.1108/SBM-04-2019-0026. Details
2023	EAKINS, J., SIRR, G., POWER, B. (2023). Informally sourced solid fuel use: Examining its Extent and Characteristics of the users in the residential sector in Ireland. Energy Policy, 172 (113293). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113293. Details
2023	SIRR, G., POWER, B., RYAN, G., EAKINS, J., O’CONNOR, E., MAITRE, J. L. (2023). An analysis of the factors affecting Irish citizens’ willingness to invest in wind energy projects. Energy Policy, 173. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113364. Details
2023	EAKINS, J., SIRR, G., POWER, B. (2023). Informally sourced solid fuel use: Examining its extent and characteristics of the users in the residential sector in Ireland. Energy Policy, 172. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113293. Details

Book chapter

Year	Publication
2021	EAKINS, J. (2021). Spatial Distribution and Sports Infrastructure. Advances in Sports Economics. Agenda Publishing.
2001	AVEROUS, C., CONVERY, F., EAKINS, J., FITZGERALD, J., HORE, J., SCOTT, S., ... PEARCE, D. (2001). Household Income Effects and Implementation Options. Green and Bear it? Implementing Market-based Policies for Ireland's Environment? Proceedings of a Conference held on 10th May 2001. ESRI.

Dissertation

Year	Publication
2013	EAKINS, J. (2013). An Analysis of the Determinants of Household Energy Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from the Irish Household Budget Survey.

Report

Year	Publication
2020	POWER, B., EAKINS, J., O'CONNOR, E., MCINERNEY, C., HELLEBUST, S., SULLIVAN, T. (2020). Research 316: Environmental Outcomes from Licence Enforcement Activity. Retrieved from http://www.epa.ie/researchandeducation/research/researchpublications/researchreports/research316.html
2022	EAKINS, J., POWER, B., DUNPHY, N., SIRR, G. (2022). Residential Solid Fuel Use in Ireland and the Transition Away from Solid Fuels. Retrieved from https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/air/research-407-residential-solid-fuel-use-in-ireland-and-the-transition-away-from-solid-fuels.php Details
2022	EAKINS, J., POWER, B., SIRR, G., DUNPHY, N. (2022). Residential Solid Fuel Use in Ireland and the Transition Away from Solid Fuels. EPA Report 407. Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency by Cork University Business School and the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork.. Retrieved from https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/epa-research-2030-reports/research-407-residential-solid-fuel-use-in-ireland-and-the-transition-away-from-solid-fuels.php
2004	SCOTT, S., EAKINS, J. (2004). Carbon Taxes: Which Households Gain or Lose?. EPA, ERTDI Report Series 20. Retrieved from https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/socio-economics/carbon-taxes-which-households-gain-or-lose-.php
2003	EAKINS, J., CURTIS, J. (2003). Environmental Accounts for Ireland 1994-2000. Central Statistics Office, Dublin, Ireland.. Retrieved from https://www.esri.ie/publications/environmental-accounts-for-ireland-1994-2000
2001	SCOTT, S., EAKINS, J., CURTIS, J., FITZGERALD, J., HORE, J. (2001). Environmental Accounts: time series and eco-taxes.. Report to the European commission DG XI in cooperation with Eurostat B1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin.. Retrieved from https://www.esri.ie/publications/environmental-accounts-time-series-and-eco-taxes
2019	EAKINS, J., POWER, B., CONNOR, E. O., MCINERNEY, C., HELLEBUST, S., SULLIVAN, T. (2019). Environmental Outcomes from Licence Enforcement Activity. EPA Research Report 316. Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency by Cork University Business School and the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork. Retrieved from https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/socio-economics/research-316-environmental-outcomes-from-licence-enforcement-activity.php

Other

Year	Publication
2011	EAKINS, J. (2011). An Econometric Analysis of Irish Residential Transport Expenditures. Proceedings of the 2nd Irish Transport Research Network: Energy and Transport Annual Conference 2011. Proceedings of the ITRN.
2017	EAKINS, J., DORAN, J. (2017). An Examination of the Influence of Locational and Individual Characteristics on Travel to Work Time. Proceedings of the 8th Irish Transport Research Network (ITRN) conference. Proceedings of the ITRN.
2002	BERGIN, A., DUFFY, D., EAKINS, J., MCCOY, D. (2002). Forecasting the Public Finances and the Macroeconomic Context for Budget 2003. In: Danny McCoy, Tim Callan and David Madden eds. Budget Perspectives 2003. ESRI.

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