Robert Guttmann

Professor of Economics

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Barnard Hall 200D

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(516) 463-5292

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(516) 463-6519

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Degrees

PHD, 1979, Thames Polytechnic; MA, 1974, Univ Wisc Madison; BA, 1972, Univ Vienna (Wein)

Bio

Specialization: Money and Banking, International Trade and Finance, European Economic Integration, History of Economic Thought.

Robert Guttmann, Professor of Economics and currently also chair of the Department of Economics at Hofstra University, studied in Vienna (Austria) and the University of Wisconsin before obtaining his Ph.D. in London in 1979. He won "Distinguished Teacher of the Year" awards at Hofstra in 1989 and 2004. He teaches International Economics, Monetary Economics, Economic Integration in the European Union, and Public Finance. Widely published in monetary theory as well as money and banking, his latest book is "Cybercash: The Coming Era of Electronic Money" (Palgrave, 2003).He is currently working on a book about the financial crisis of 2008.

Teaching Interests

international economics; European integration and EU; monetary economics; history of economic thought; public finance and fiscal policy.

Research Interests

monetary theory; financial instability; international monetary reform.

Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
ECO 001	PRINC ECONOMICS I	Undergraduate
ECO 100	HONORS ESSAY	Undergraduate
ECO 115	ECO OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION	Undergraduate
ECO 125	MONETARY ECONOMICS	Undergraduate
ECO 142	INTERNATL ECONOMICS	Undergraduate
ECO 155	ECONOMICS INTERNSHIP	Undergraduate
INTD 003A	INTERNSHIP: UBS FINANCIAL	Undergraduate