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Economics, Finance and Global Business


Dr.  Alexandros Panayides
Chair / Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, SUNY Binghamton
M.A. - Economics, SUNY Buffalo
M.S. - Mathematics, University of Frankfurt

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
How improvements in telecommunications technology affect urban concentration and the growth of cities; how globalization affects the determination of wages and employment; mathematical models with applications to economics.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Managerial Economics (ECON705 & ECON/FIN415); International Economics (ECON370); Macroeconomics (ECON201)

 

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-2962

 

EMAIL:

PanayidesA@wpunj.edu


Dr. Giuliana Andreopoulos
Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, Cambridge University
M.Phil. - Economics, Cambridge University
B.A. - Political Science, University of Bolognay

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Developmental economics and, in particular, growth and changes in the structure of production. History of economic thought; early mathematical formulations of classical economics. Gender economics and, in particular, female economists in academia, unpaid work and consumption, women and development.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Economic Growth and Development (ECON360); Money and Banking (ECON/FIN310); Macroeconomics (ECON201) 


OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-3718

EMAIL:

AndreopoulosG@wpunj.edu



Dr. Sam N. Basu
Dean
of the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business /
Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. – Business Administration (Finance),
            University of Houston

MBA – University of Saskatchewan
B. Technology (Honors) – Indian Institute
              of Technology, Kharagpur
Certificate in Management Accounting

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Banking, Corporate Finance, New Venture Finance, Economic Deregulation, Retirement Finance, Strategic Financial Management.

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-2964

EMAIL:

basus@wpunj.edu


Dr. Francis Cai
MBA Director / Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Financial Economics, The City University of New York
M.S. - Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 
B.S.- Automation Control, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Investment Analysis; Asset Valuation; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure Analysis 

COURSES TAUGHT:
Investment Management (MBAE777); Advanced Managerial Finance (FIN430); Corporate Finance (FIN320); Business Statistics (ECON210)

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-2178

EMAIL:

CaiF@wpunj.edu


Dr. Haiyang Chen
Director: E*Trade Financial Learning Center/Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Finance, Kent State University
M.A. - Economics, Kent State University 
M.I.M. - Master of International Management, American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)
B.S. - Economics/International Trade, University of International Business and Economics

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Corporate Finance; Personal Finance; International Business 

COURSES TAUGHT: International Economics and Finance (ECON/FIN755)

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-3765

EMAIL:

ChenH@wpunj.edu


Dr. Richard Fosberg
 Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University
MBA -- Texas A&M University
BBA ---- Southwest Texas State University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Corporate Governance and Managerial Compensation

COURSES TAUGHT:
Corporate Finance (FIN320); Microeconomics (ECON202)

 

OFFICE PHONE: 

 973-720-2958

EMAIL:

 fosbergr@wpunj.edu


 Dr. Berch Haroian
Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, New York University
M.A. - Economics, New York University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Economic history; Money and banking

COURSES TAUGHT:
Money and Banking (ECON/FIN310); Microeconomic Principles (ECON202); Macroeconomic Principles (ECON201)

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-2411

EMAIL:

HaroianB@wpunj.edu


Dr. Cho-Kin Leung
Professor
(On Sabbatical)  

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, New York University
M.A. - Economics, New York University
B.A. - Wah Kui University (Now Chinese University)

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
The analysis of the economic adjustments in China after her admittance into the World Trade Organization.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Money and Banking (ECON/FIN310); Microeconomic Principles (ECON202); Macroeconomic Principles (ECON201)

 

OFFICE PHONE:

 973-720-2434

E-MAIL:

LeungC@wpunj.edu


 

Dr. Martin Gritsch
Interim Associate Dean / Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, Texas A&M University
Dipl.-Vw. - Economics, University of Siegen

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Immigration, executive compensation, teaching of economics and statistics.

 

OFFICE PHONE:

 973-720-3707

EMAIL: 

Gritschm@wpunj.edu


Dr. Taghi Ramin
Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, New York University
M.A. - Economics, Long Island University
B.S. - Economics, National University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Problems of less developed countries, urban problems, and environmental problems. 

COURSES TAUGHT:
Managerial Economics (ECON415); Microeconomic Principles (ECON202); Macroeconomic Principles (ECON201) 

 

OFFICE PHONE:

 973-720-2781

EMAIL: 

RaminT@wpunj.edu


Dr. Tricia Snyder
Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D.- Economics, The University of Tennessee
B.S. - Marketing/International Business, Florida State University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Financial Regulation, Public Finance and Tax Policy; Efficiency Effects of Horizontal Bank Mergers

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Microeconomics (ECON202); Macroeconomics (ECON201) 

 

OFFICE PHONE:

 973-720-2430

EMAIL:

SnyderT@wpunj.edu


Dr. Eric Stiles
Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Finance. New York University
M.Phil., Finance, New York University
Completed coursework for M.S., Statistics, New York University
A.B., Mathematics and Economics, Colgate University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

• Applied portfolio management techniques
• Asymmetric information in securities markets
• Option market anomalies

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Corporate Finance (FIN320); Principles of Investments(FIN435);  

 

OFFICE PHONE: 

 973-720-2221

EMAIL:

Stilese1@wpunj.edu


Dr. Paul Swanson
Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Economics, Columbia University
M.Phil. - Economics, Columbia University
M.A. - Economics ,Columbia University 
B.A. - Political Science, Iowa State University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
The determination of occupational wage rates.  I am also writing a quasi-textbook on the U.S. economy.

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Business Statistics (ECON 210); Diversity in Organizations (ECON355); Macroeconomic Principles (ECON 201) 

 

OFFICE PHONE: 

 973-720-2784

EMAIL:

SwansonP@wpunj.edu


 

 

 

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