[4] He credits fellow economist Joel Mokyr, whom he met in 1977 through Michael Edelstein, his graduate thesis advisor at Columbia, as the "greatest influence" his academic work.
He has written and published seven books in addition to numerous journal articles and collaborations, with over 100 academic papers available online.
[10] Earlier in 2008, he gave an open verdict on the future of the Celtic Tiger economy that was about to wind down.
[11] He was also interviewed in an In Our Time (BBC) discussion programme on the Great Irish Famine in April 2019.
[12] The American Conference for Irish Studies awarded the James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize to two of his books, Black '47 and Beyond (1999) and Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce (2006).