Rita Buckley

Rita Buckley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Limerick. Her research focuses on Foreign Direct Investment, Productivity Spillovers, and the Software Industry, alongside broader interests in International Political Economy, Environmental Economics, and Technology Transfer.

• PhD from University of Limerick (2015)
• MA from Maynooth University (1994)
• BA from an unspecified institution (1992)

Buckley's work explores how multinational enterprises (MNEs) influence local economies, particularly through productivity spillovers in the Irish software sector. Her studies span globalization's impact on SMEs, environmental economic policies, and agricultural development in the context of UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Her publications include empirical analyses using panel data to assess MNE impacts (2010), conference presentations on SME survival strategies in globalized markets (2010), and studies on service sector productivity (2007). The majority of her work intersects economics, econometrics, and international business.