Assistant Professor of Economics

Year Joined RCNJ: 2000

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7391
• Email: ggonpu@ramapo.edu
• Office: ASB-210
• Office Hours: Mon 2:15 P.M-3:45 P.M; Th 2:15pm – 3:45 PM ; Wed 4:10PM-5:30 by Appt. only

Education:

• B.Sc., University of Liberia
• M.A., Northwestern University
• Ph.D., University of Illinois

Courses Offered:

• Introduction of Macroeconomics
• Management Statistics
• Money and Economy Activity
• Consumer Economics
• International Finance

Teaching Interest:

• Macroeconomics
• Money and Banking
• Business Statistics
• Economic Development

Research Interest:

• Monetary Policy and Economic Activity
• Public Policy and Economic Activity

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Gonpu, G. (2017). Governance Quality, Institutional Credibility and the Flow of Remittances to Liberia.  Conference of the Liberian Studies Association, Mahwah, New Jersey.
• Gonpu, G. & Hamlett, C. (2016). Exploring the Link between Exchange Rates and the Prices of Primary Export Commodities: The Case of US-Liberian Dollar Exchange Rate.  7th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Syracuse, New York.
• Gonpu, G. (2015). Some Evidence on the Economic Determinants of the Persistence and Severity of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa.  2015 International Business Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Gonpu, G. (2014).  Governance, Budget Deficits and Financial Crisis: An Analysis of Government’s Role in the Liberian Banking Crisis.   International Business and Economics Research Journal, 13 (5).