After working for a time as a foreign exchange trader and economist, Gerard Turley joined the academic world at NUI Galway in 1990 and since then has lectured in Ireland, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the United States where in 2009 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. As for his educational qualifications, a B.A. and a M.A. from NUI Galway (or University College Galway as it was then) was later followed by a PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. He teaches economics to both undergraduate students and postgraduates of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics. He has worked on numerous international projects, funded by the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EC EuropeAid, Adam Smith Institute, UK Department for International Development and the George Soros Open Society Foundations. His research interests include local public finance, funding of local governments, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and transition economics. He co-manages the www.localauthorityfinances.com website.

Local government finance and Intergovernmental fiscal relations, local public finance and taxation, transition economics, irish economy

Economics of Local Government, Local Public Finance, Transition Economics,  Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Economics and the Global Economy, Economics and the Business Environment