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Dr. Gerard Turley

Phd

Contact Details

Lecturer Above The Bar
Dept. of Economics
First Floor, St. Anthony's
NUI Galway
T: Ext. 3095
E: gerard.turley@nuigalway.ie
 
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Biography

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 and funding of local governments, intergovernmental fiscal relations and transition economics. He co-manages the www.localauthorityfinances.com website.

Selected Publications:
Designing and implementing a local residential property tax from scratch: Lessons from the Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 27, 2022.

The old and the new: A tale of two local property taxes in Ireland, IMFG Papers on Municipal Finance and Governance No.62, Toronto: Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, University of Toronto, 2022.

A review of Ireland's Local Property Tax, Administration, 70 (4), 2022.

Budget Institutions for Subnational Fiscal Discipline: Local Fiscal Rules in Post-Crisis EU Countries  in Local Public Finance: An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective, edited by Rene Geissler, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Christain Raffer, Springer, 2021 (with Christian Raffer and Stephen NcNena)

Equalisation Transfers and Local Fiscal Capacity: A New Methodology for Ireland, The Economic and Social Review, 52 (1), 2021 (with Stephen McNena)

A Reassessment of Local Government’s Financial Position and Performance: The Case of Ireland, Administration, 68 (2), 2020 (with Rémi Di medio and Stephen McNena)

Local Government Funding in Ireland: Contemporary Issues and Future Challenges, Administration, 67 (4), 2019 (with Stephen McNena)

Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Economic Analyis of Scale Economies in Ireland, The Economic and Social Review, 49 (4), 2018 (with John McDonagh, Stephen McNena and Arkadiusz Grzedinski)

Austerity and Irish Local Government Expenditure since the Great Recession, Administration, 66 (4), 2018 (with Stephen McNena and Geraldine Robbins)

Financing Local Government in the Twenty-First Century: Local Government Revenues in European Union Member States, 2000-2014’ in The Routledge Handbook on International Local Government, Routledge, 2018 (with Stephen McNena)

An Analysis of Local Public Finances and the 2014 Local Government Reforms, The Economic and Social Review, 47 (2), 2016 (with Stephen McNena)

Benchmarking the Financial Performance of Local Councils in Ireland, Administration, 64 (1), 2016 (with Geraldine Robbins and Stephen McNena)

A Framework to Measure the Financial Performance of Local Governments, Local Government Studies, 41 (3), 2015 (with Geraldine Robbins and Stephen McNena)

A Needs and Resources Assessment of Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System, The Economic and Social Review, 46 (3), 2015 (with Darragh Flannery and Stephen McNena)

Economic Transformation: From Central Palling to Market Economy, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behaviourial Sciences, Elsevier, 2015

From Boom to Bust? The Financial Performance of City and County Councils in Ireland, Administration, 62 (1), 2014 (with Geraldine Robbins and Stephen McNena)

The Impact of the Economic Boom and Bust on Local Government Finances in Ireland’, Administration, 61 (2), 2013 (with Darragh Flannery)

Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition, Routledge, 2013 (editor, with Paul Hare)



Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'A Review of Ireland's Local Property Tax'
Gerard Turley (2022) 'A Review of Ireland's Local Property Tax'. Administration, 70 (4) [Details]
(2021) 'Equalisation transfers and local fiscal capacity: A new methodology for Ireland'
Turley, G; McNena, S. (2021) 'Equalisation transfers and local fiscal capacity: A new methodology for Ireland'. The Economic And Social Review, 52 (1):53-74 [Details]
(2020) 'A reassessment of local government's financial position and performance: The case of Ireland'
Turley, G;Di Medio, R;McNena, S (2020) 'A reassessment of local government's financial position and performance: The case of Ireland'. Administration, 68 :1-35 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Local government funding in Ireland: Contemporary issues and future challenges'
Turley, G,McNena, S (2019) 'Local government funding in Ireland: Contemporary issues and future challenges'. Administration, 67 :1-26 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Ireland'
Turley, G;McDonagh, J;McNena, S;Grzedzinski, A (2018) 'Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Ireland'. The Economic And Social Review, 49 :463-488 [Details]
(2018) 'Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession'
Turley, G,McNena, S,Robbins, G (2018) 'Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession'. Administration, 66 :1-24 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Benchmarking the Financial Performance of Local Councils in Ireland'
Gerard Turley, Geraldine Robbins, Stephen McNena (2016) 'Benchmarking the Financial Performance of Local Councils in Ireland'. Administration, 64 (1):1-27 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2016) 'An Analysis of Local Public Finances and the 2014 Local Government Reforms'
Turley, G;McNena, S (2016) 'An Analysis of Local Public Finances and the 2014 Local Government Reforms'. Economic And Social Review, 47 :299-326 [Details]
(2015) 'A Needs and Resources Assessment of Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System'
Turley, G;Flannery, D;McNena, S (2015) 'A Needs and Resources Assessment of Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System'. Economic And Social Review, 46 :459-484 [Details]
(2014) 'Froom boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils'
Gerard Turley, Geraldine Robbins and Stephen McNena (2014) 'Froom boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils'. Administration, 62 (1):119-151 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) 'The impact of the economic boom and bust on local government budgets in ireland'
Gerard Turley and Darragh Flannery (2013) 'The impact of the economic boom and bust on local government budgets in ireland'. Administration, 61 (2):33-56 [ARAN Link] [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2016) Conversations with Leading NUI Galway Business Alumni.
Gerard Turley (2016) Conversations with Leading NUI Galway Business Alumni. Galway: NUI Galway. [Details]
(2013) Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition.
Gerard Turley and Paul Hare (2013) Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition. UK: Routledge. [Details]
(2011) Principles of Economics: An Irish Text.
Turley, Gerard (with Maureen Maloney and Francis O' Toole) (2011) Principles of Economics: An Irish Text. Gill & MacMillan [Details]
(2010) Transition Economics: Two Decades On.
Turley, Gerard (with Peter Luke) (2010) Transition Economics: Two Decades On. Routledge [Details]
(2006) Transition, Taxation and the State. Development and Transition Series.
Turley, Gerard (2006) Transition, Taxation and the State. Development and Transition Series. Ashgate [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2021) 'Budget Institutions for Subnational Fiscal Discipline: Local Fiscal Rules in Post-Crisis EU Countries'
Gerard Turley, Christian Raffer and Stephen McNena (2021) 'Budget Institutions for Subnational Fiscal Discipline: Local Fiscal Rules in Post-Crisis EU Countries' In: Local Public Finance: An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective. Switzerland: Springer. [Details]
(2018) 'Financing Local Government in the Twenty-First Century: Local Government Revenues in EU Member States, 2000-2014'
Turley, G., McNena, S. (2018) 'Financing Local Government in the Twenty-First Century: Local Government Revenues in EU Member States, 2000-2014' In: The Routledge Handbook on International Local Government. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd. [Details]
(2013) 'Transition Economies: The First Two Decades'
Gerard Turley (2013) 'Transition Economies: The First Two Decades' In: Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Tansition. UK: Routledge. [Details]
(2013) 'Introduction to the Handbook'
Paul Hare and Gerard Turley (2013) 'Introduction to the Handbook' In: Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition. UK: Routledge. [Details]
(2011) 'Development and Transition'
Gerard Turley (2011) 'Development and Transition' In: Principles of Economics: An Irish Text. Ireland: Gill & Macmillan. [Details]
(2008) 'Tax, Transition and the State: The Case of Russia In Robert McGee (ed) (2008) Taxation and Public Finance in Transition and Developing Economies'
Turley, Gerard (2008) 'Tax, Transition and the State: The Case of Russia In Robert McGee (ed) (2008) Taxation and Public Finance in Transition and Developing Economies' In: Springer. [Details]
(2002) 'Self-Employment Support in Urban Areas of Moscow's oblast In Active Labour Market Policies in Russia: A European Union Approach'
Turley, Gerard (with Larisa Makhova) (2002) 'Self-Employment Support in Urban Areas of Moscow's oblast In Active Labour Market Policies in Russia: A European Union Approach' In: European Union TACIS Programme. [Details]
(2002) 'Effective versus Statutory Taxation: Measuring Effective Tax Administration in Transition Economies In M Cuddy and R Gekker (2002) Institutional Change in Transition Economies'
Turley, Gerard (with Mark Schaffer) (2002) 'Effective versus Statutory Taxation: Measuring Effective Tax Administration in Transition Economies In M Cuddy and R Gekker (2002) Institutional Change in Transition Economies' In: Ashgate: [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'The Old and the New: A Tale of Two Local Property Taxes in Ireland'
Gerard Turley (2022) 'The Old and the New: A Tale of Two Local Property Taxes in Ireland' IMFG Papers on Municipal Finance and Governance, (62) . [Details]
(2022) 'Designing and implementing a local residential property tax from scratch: Lessons from the Republic of Ireland'
Gerard Turley (2022) 'Designing and implementing a local residential property tax from scratch: Lessons from the Republic of Ireland' Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (27) . [Details]

ANET/COS

  Year Publication
(2015) Economic Transformation: From Central Planning to Market Economy.
Gerard Turley (2015) Economic Transformation: From Central Planning to Market Economy. Oxford: Elsevier ANET/COS [Details]

Magazine Article

  Year Publication
(2022) The Future of Taxation and Welfare in Ireland. What does the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare mean for local government?.
Gerard Turley (2022) The Future of Taxation and Welfare in Ireland. What does the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare mean for local government?. Magazine Article [Details]
(2022) Taxing Empty Space: Taxing Vacant Properties during a Housing Crisis.
Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2022) Taxing Empty Space: Taxing Vacant Properties during a Housing Crisis. Magazine Article [Details]
(2021) After Lockdown. Municipal Finance and the Local Economy Post Covid-19: Revenues Reassigned and Rates Reduced.
Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2021) After Lockdown. Municipal Finance and the Local Economy Post Covid-19: Revenues Reassigned and Rates Reduced. Dublin: Local Authority Times, Institute of Public Administration Magazine Article [Details]
(2021) Getting the Right Balance: A Redesigned Revenue Equalisation Funding Model for Local Government.
Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2021) Getting the Right Balance: A Redesigned Revenue Equalisation Funding Model for Local Government. Dublin: Local Authority Times, Institute of Public Administration Magazine Article [Details]

Policy Contribution

  Year Publication
(2022) Property Tax as a Source of Local Government Funding.
Gerard Turley (2022) Property Tax as a Source of Local Government Funding. Policy Contribution [Details]
(2020) Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System.
Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2020) Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System. Whitaker Institute Policy Briefs Policy Contribution [Details]
(2020) Local Government Funding in Ireland.
Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2020) Local Government Funding in Ireland. Whitaker Institute Policy Contribution [Details]
(2018) Optimium Territorial Reforms and Local Authority Amalgamations. Does Size Matter?.
Gerard Turley, Stephen McNena, John McDonagh and Arkadiusz Grzedzinski (2018) Optimium Territorial Reforms and Local Authority Amalgamations. Does Size Matter?. Whitaker Institute Policy Contribution [Details]
(2016) The Financial Performance of Irish Local Government.
Robbins, G., Turley, G. and S. McNena (2016) The Financial Performance of Irish Local Government. NUI Galway: Whitaker Research Institute for Innovation and Societal Change - Policy Brief Series Policy Contribution [Details]

Reviews

  Year Publication
(2001) Skoog, Gun Eriksson The Soft Budget Constraint: The Emergence, Persistence and Logic of an Institution. Economic Systems.
Turley, Gerard (2001) Skoog, Gun Eriksson The Soft Budget Constraint: The Emergence, Persistence and Logic of an Institution. Economic Systems. Reviews [Details]
(2000) Berglof, Eric and Romesh Vaitilingam Stuck in Transit: Rethinking Russian Economic Reforms. Economics of Transition.
Turley, Gerard (2000) Berglof, Eric and Romesh Vaitilingam Stuck in Transit: Rethinking Russian Economic Reforms. Economics of Transition. Reviews [Details]

Teaching Interests

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

Internal Collaborators

  Name Description of Collaboration
Internal Collaborators
Maureen Maloney Stephen McNena Geraldine Robbins

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country Description of Collaboration
External Collaborators
Mark Schaffer Peter Luke Paul Hare Darragh Flannery Francis O Toole Christian Raffer