Jason Loughrey
Research Officer - Agricultural EconomicsResearch Interests
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Land Markets
- Economics of the Beef sector
- Farm Viability
- Risk analysis
Current Projects
MEASURE - Research about widening the inclusion of economic and technical data collection in the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Funded by DAFM. Task leader.
ITAD – Research about technology adoption decisions, knowledge sourcing and farm incomes in Ireland. PI.
Risk Management – Research about income volatility, the adoption of risk management tools and the risk coping in response to price shocks. PI.
Education
2005 - 2010: PhD in Economics., National University of Ireland, Galway
2003-2004: M.Econ.Sc., National University of Ireland, Galway
2000-2003: B.Comm., National University of Ireland,
Professional Membership
EAAE - European Association of Agricultural Economists
AESI - Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland
View Jason's publications on:
Orcid | Google Scholar | Researchgate | IDEAS
Selected Publications
Loughrey, J. and Geoghegan, C. (2024). Learning from Agricultural Land Market Regulation Policies in EU Member States. The Economic and Social Review, 55(2, Summer), pp. 245-271.
Pardeshi, S., Loughrey, J. and O'Connor, D. (2024). Farm Investment and Adoption of Fixed Milk Price Contracts on Irish Dairy Farms. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(1), pp. 23-23.
Loughrey, J. and Vidyaratne, H. (2023). The empirical demand for farm insurance in Ireland: a quantile regression approach. Agricultural Finance Review, 83(4/5), pp. 572-596.
Loughrey, J., O'Donoghue, C. and Conneely, R. (2022). Alternative measures of family farm viability–incorporating gap measures. Journal of Rural Studies, 89, pp. 257-274.
Loughrey, J., O’Connor, D., Donnellan, T., Hennessy, T. and Thorne, F. (2021). Income volatility on dairy farms in Ireland. Journal of the
Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 50(4), 53-78.
Loughrey, J., Donnellan, T., and Hanrahan, K. (2020). The agricultural land market in the EU and the case for better data provision. EuroChoices, 19(1), pp. 41-47.
Shefali Pardeshi - Munster Technological University
Ernest Amrago - University College Cork