Dr Adrian Gourlay

BSc (Surrey), MSc (York), PhD (Loughborough)

  • Lecturer in Economics
  • Director of Undergraduate Programmes in Economics

Research groups and centres

Module Organiser:

  • Economics of the Welfare State (ECB035 & ECC017)
  • Economics of Banking and Financial Markets (ECP100)
  • Macroeconomics for Business (BSB023)

Research interests

Applied microeconomics and industrial economics (diffusion of new technology and firm diversification).

Featured publications

  • 'The Determinants of Technology Diffusion: Evidence from the UK Financial Sector' (with E.J. Pentecost), 2002, Manchester School, 70(2), pp.185-203.
  • 'Export Intensity in UK Firms' (with J.S. Seaton), Applied Economics Letters, 10(8), 2003, 471-477.
  • 'UK Export Behaviour at the Firm Level' (with J.S. Seaton), 2004, Economic Issues, 9(2), September, pp.3-19.
  • 'The Determinants of Firm Diversification in UK quoted companies' (with J.S. Seaton), 2004, Applied Economics, 36(18), October, pp.2059-2071
  • 'Explaining the Decision to Export: Evidence from UK Firms' (with J.S. Seaton), Applied Economics, 2004.