Dr Rónán Gallagher, CFA
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance
Rónán is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School. His research interests lie primarily in the field of empirical corporate finance with particular focus on corporate pension schemes, payout policy and investment. His work has been published in international outlets such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the European Journal of Finance, the British Accounting Review and the Journal of Risk and Insurance. He teaches Financial Markets and Equity Valuation across both postgraduate and executive programmes in Finance. He is a CFA Charterholder and previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Queen's University Belfast and in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Recent Publications
Institutional Ownership & Investment by Private Companies
with Prof Seth Armitage and Dr Jiaman Xu
The Elusive Relation Between Pension Discount Rates & Deficits
with Prof Seth Armitage and Dr Jiaman Xu
with Dr Barry Quinn and Prof Timo Kuosmanen
Working Papers
Power-Law Distributions in Venture Capital Returns: Implications for Portfolio Management
with Dr Pia Helbing & Prof Filippo Menolascina (2025)
Stock Based Remuneration: To Issue or Repurchase ?
with Prof Seth Armitage & Dr Pia Helbing (2025)
Market Expectations & Managerial Turnover: Evidence From a Frequent Feedback Setting
with Dr Barry Quinn (2025)
Selected Older Publications
Teaching
Undergraduate
Financial Institutions & Markets (QUB)
Fixed Income (QUB)
Postgraduate
Financial Markets & Investment (UoE)*
Equity Valuation (UoE)*
Global Financial Markets & Emerging Economies (UoE)
Fixed Income (UoE)
Financial Engineering (QUB)*
Credit Risk Management (QUB)
Executive
MBA Finance (UoE)
Fundamentals of UK Pensions (UoE)
Quantitative Equity Investment (UoE)
UoE =University of Edinburgh QUB = Queen's University Belfast * = Current Teaching
Contact Information
Email: ronan.gallagher (at) ed.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh Business School
29 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9JS