David Terkla

Professor, at UMass Boston since 1987

David G. Terkla is a Professor in the Economics Department and the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences. In addition to his many writings on the New England fishing industry, he has written a book and several articles on the importance of nontraditional cost factors to local economic development. He has also written on the importance of industry clusters and the location decisions of new Japanese plants in the United States. Professor Terkla has been involved in several projects related to environmental management and local and regional economic development issues, including valuation of uses of resources in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bay, analysis of protection policies for water dependent uses on urban waterfronts, analysis of potential conflicts between tourism and fishing industries in Gloucester, MA, analysis of transportation planning and development in Massachusetts, and studies of the manufacturing industry in Boston and the environmental and marine science and technology industries in Massachusetts.

Contact Information

Office: Wheatley 5-024

Phone: 617-287-6952

E-mail: david.terkla@umb.edu

David Terkla's Current Curriculum Vitae

Fall 2009 Office Hours 

Tuesday 12:30 - 1:30 and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment

Additional Hours for Spring 2010 Advising

Representative Publications

“Devolution of Employment and Training Policy: The Case of Older Workers,” (with P.B. Doeringer and A. Sum), Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol. 14, Nos. 3/4, 2003, pp. 37-60.

“What Attracts High Performance Factories? Management Culture and Regional Advantage,” (with P.B. Doeringer and C. Evans- Klock ), Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 34, Issue 5 (2004), pp. 591 - 618.

“National Differences in High Performance Management: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals in Manufacturing,” (with P.B. Doeringer and E. Lorenz), Cambridge Jounal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 2, March 2003, pp. 265-286.

Startup Factories: Leading Edge Practices and Regional Advantage for High-Performing Firms (with P. B. Doeringer and C. Evans- Klock ), Oxford University Press and the W.E.Upjohn Institute, 2002.