About PMCA's Founder

The founder and Managing Director of PMCA Economic Consulting is Dr. Pat McCloughan, a leading consultant economist with over 30 years of professional experience in Ireland, the UK and internationally. His qualifications, expertise and experience mean that he is active across all practice areas of economic consulting, including economic impact assessment, economic appraisal, competition economics and litigation support requiring expert economist inputs.

Practice Areas

PMCA Economic Consulting is an Irish-owned economic consultancy practice, whose client-committed approach means that assignments are directed towards helping business, government and various other organisations on specific issues using economic principles and evidence-based economic analysis competitively.

Economic Impact Assessment
Economic Impact Assessment
An economic impact assessment study of an activity (for example an existing development already in...
Economic Appraisal
Economic Appraisal
Economic appraisal refers to the analysis and assessment of projects in receipt of public funding...
Competition (Including State Aid)
Competition (Including State Aid)
Competition policy generally aims to make individual goods and services markets work better for...
Regulation
Regulation
Economic regulation may be necessary in situations where a market fails to function effectively and...
Litigation Support
Litigation Support
Litigation Support involves the provision of expert economist testimony (report and oral testimony)...
Economic Strategy
Economic Strategy
Economic strategy is a wide-ranging area of economic consulting, involving the application of...
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Latest Posts

Recent economic news items and PMCA comments

Extreme Concentration in Corporation Tax Net Receipts in Ireland
June 6, 2023
Extreme Concentration in Corporation Tax Net Receipts in Ireland
There has been much media coverage in recent days and weeks regarding corporation tax in Ireland...
Price Caps and ‘Gouging’ in the Irish Retail Grocery Market
May 15, 2023
Price Caps and ‘Gouging’ in the Irish Retail Grocery Market
Last week's meeting of the Retail Forum to consider the possible introduction of price caps on...
News at PMCA – New Office and Website
April 19, 2023
News at PMCA – New Office and Website
PMCA is delighted to announce the opening of a second office at the Mill Enterprise Centre in...