North South University gour.goswami@northsouth.

edu
Department of Economics Phone: +880248952868
Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara Mobile: +8801714079208
Dhaka, [state] 1229 Fax: [fax]
Bangladesh Website:
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Gour Gobinda Goswami, Ph.D. in Economics

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gour_Goswami

Education

Aug 1999 – Aug 2003 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Ph.D., International Finance
Milwaukee, United States

Jul 1987 – Jun 1988 University of Dhaka

MSS, Economics
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jul 1985 – Jun 1987 University of Dhaka

BSS (Honors), Economics
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Thesis

Research Experience

Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 Treasurer (Chancellor's appointment as Treasurer)

North South University, Office of the Treasurer
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Additional: Acting VC for 6 months and Acting Pro-VC for two and a half
years.

Oct 2010 – present Professor (Full)

North South University, Department of Economics
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Teaching, research and consultancy

Sep 2003 – Dec 2014 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Chair, Department of
Economics, Proctor, Student Club Coordinator, Undergraduate Admission
Test Coordinator, Treasurer (in charge), Faculty Adviser of Young
Economists' Forum (YEF)
North South University, Department of Economics
 Dhaka, Bangladesh

Aug 2002 – Aug 2003 Research Assistant

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Center for Research on International
Economics
Milwaukee, United States

I worked with Professor Harvey Wilmeth

Aug 1999 – Aug 2003 Teaching Assistant

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Department of Economics
,

Aug 1999 – Aug 2003 Instructor

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Department of Economics
Milwaukee, United States

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor for the Department of Economics,

Research Assistant, Center for Research on International Economics (CRIE)

Statistics

RG Score 15.21

Publications 61

Reads 9,973

Citations 582

Awards & Grants

Nov 2018 Grant: Role of private universities in taking Bangladesh to the status of middle
income country

Dec 2006 Award: University Grants Commission Award

Dec 2003 Award: University Grants Commission Award

Aug 1999 Award: Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship, Department of

Economics and Center for Research on International Economics (CRIE),
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA (1999-2003)

Skills & Activities

Skills International Trade, Panel Data Econometrics, Time Series Forecasting,

Structural Equation Modeling, Research Methodology, Health Economics,
Public Debt Management, Exchange Rates, Applied Econometrics, Panel Data,
Trade, Time Series Econometrics, Econometric Analysis, Applied
 Macroeconomics, Econometric Modeling, Macroeconomics, Econometrics,
Development Economics, Educational Administration, Educational Leadership,
Financial Management, Private Sector Financial Management, University
Management, International Finance, Time Series Analysis, Forecasting,
Economic Modeling, Cointegration, Economic Forecasting, Financial Economics,
Foreign Exchange, International Economics

Languages Bangla, English

Scientific Memberships American Economic Association, Canadian Economics Association, Bangladesh

Economic Association, AEDSB

Interests Singing and listening to Music (Folk, Kirton, Rabindra, Nazrul)

Publication Highlights

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Samai Haider: Does political risk deter FDI inflow?: An analytical approach using
panel data and factor analysis. Journal of Economic Studies 03/2014; 41(2)., DOI:10.1108/JES-03-2012-
0041

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohammad Mashnun Hussain: From Projection to Model based Forecasting: Does it
alter the Debt Sustainability of Bangladesh?, Volume XXXVI, No. 3, pp. 1-41. Bangladesh Development
Studies 09/2013; 36(3).

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Sadaquat H. Junayed: Pooled Mean Group Estimation of the Bilateral Trade Balance
Equation: USA vis-a-vis her Trading Partners. International Review of Applied Economics 02/2006;
20(4):515-526., DOI:10.1080/02692170600874218

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour G. Goswami: The Impact of Corruption on the Black Market Premium.
Southern Economic Journal 01/2005; 71(3):483-493., DOI:10.2307/20062055

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Exchange Rate Sensitivity of Japan's Bilateral Trade
Flows. Japan and the World Economy 02/2004; 16(1):1-15., DOI:10.1016/S0922-1425(03)00016-1

Books

Book Chapters

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (2016). Chapter 14: Key Drivers of Growth and Reputation. In S. U.
Ahmed & Md. M. Rahman (Eds), Road to Excellence: A History of North South University (pp. 335-340).
Dhaka, Bangladesh: North South University.. Road to Excellence: A History of North South University,
1st edited by S. U. Ahmed & Md. M. Rahman, 06/2016: chapter 14: pages 335-340; North South
University., ISBN: 978-984-34-0809-2 Hardback

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Nazrin Khanom: Does higher education raise income inequality?. Bangladesh:
Population, Environment and Economy, Edited by Mohammad A. Mabud, 08/2014: chapter 14:
pages 214-238; South Asian Institute of Advanced Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Gour Gobinda Goswami: Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Economic Growth", in Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee
and Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin(eds.) Next Economic Growth: New Factors and New Perspectives, NOVA
Publishing Company, New York, June 2006, pp. 1-10 (Book Chapter).. Next Economic Growth: New
Factors and New Perspectives, Edited by Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Miguel-Angel Galindo
Martin, 06/2006: pages 1-10; NOVA Publishing.

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Free Market E,conomy: Bangladesh Perspective. SUST Economic Graffiti, Freshers'
Reception Issue 01/1996: pages 47-53; Department of Economics, Shahjalal University of Science &
Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (1995), “SAARC Agradhikaar Bhittik Banijya Byabastaa (SAPTA):
Ekti Porjaalochonaa?, in Habibur Rahman (eds.) Unnayan Bhabanaa, Volume 1, Number 1 (in Bangla)
IDEA, Sylhet, June 1995, 37-59 (Book Chapter).. Unnayan Bhabna, Edited by Habibur Rahman,
01/1995: pages 37-59;

Journal Publications

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Farzana Alamgir: Does Economic Growth Spillover More from the Eastern than the
Western Countries? Evidence from Bangladesh’s Four Decades of Growth Experience. South Asian Survey
04/2019; 25(1-2):59-83., DOI:10.1177/0971523119835620

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Abdul Mumit: Are Grades Inflated for Good Teaching Evaluations? Evidence From
Bangladesh. DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2018.05.003

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Tanima Ahmed: Testing monetarist-structuralist controversy in determining inflation
in Bangladesh. The Journal of Developing Areas 06/2017; 51(3):17-31., DOI:10.1353/jda.2017.0058

Gour Gobinda Goswami: My experience in research. Equilibrium 01/2015;

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Samai Haider: Does political risk deter FDI inflow?: An analytical approach using
panel data and factor analysis. Journal of Economic Studies 03/2014; 41(2)., DOI:10.1108/JES-03-2012-
0041

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (2014), Through the Eyes of Dr. Goswami, An Exclusive Interview
with The YEF Chronicle, The Tri-Annual Publication of NSU YEF, Issue 1/Spring 2014, pp. 6-7..

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohammad Mashnun Hussain: From Projection to Model based Forecasting: Does it
alter the Debt Sustainability of Bangladesh?, Volume XXXVI, No. 3, pp. 1-41. Bangladesh Development
Studies 09/2013; 36(3).

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. et. al (2013). Determinants of beggars’ income in Dhaka City: Do the
disabled beggars earn more than the able-bodied beggars? accepted for publication in a local journal of NSU
named Society, Economy, and Development, Volume 1, No. 2, pp. 35-54, March 2013.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohammad Zariab Hossain: Testing Black Market vs. Official PPP: A Pooled Mean
Group Estimation Approach”, The Empirical Economics Letters, Volume 12, Number 12, December 2013.
The Empirical Economics Letters 01/2013; 12(12):1291-1300.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Monirul Islam Sarker: Goswami, G. G. & Sarker, M. (2011). Nominal and Real
Effective Exchange Rates for Bangladesh: 1973:07–2008:12. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies,
June 2011, 2(6), 263-274.
Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (2011), Trade and Investment: Bangladesh in Focus, An Exclusive
Interview with The Executive Times, May 2011, pp. 18-27..

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (2010), Cover story on Boosting Investment, An Exclusive Interview
with The Executive Times, July 2010, pp. 16-18..

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Monirul Islam Sarker: Goswami, G. G. & Sarker, M. (2010). Exchange Rate
Sensitivity of In payments and Out Payments of Bangladesh: An Aggregate vs. Bilateral Approach, Bank
Parikrama, XXXIV & XXXV, 38-59..

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Kazi Sabbir Ahmed: Pooled Mean Group Estimation of the Bilateral Inpayments and
Outpayments for Bangladesh vis-à-vis Major Trading Partners.

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (2009), Cover Story on Bangladesh-India Relations: Trade and Transit,
An Exclusive Interview with The Executive Times, March 2009, pp. 17-27..

Abdul Mumit, Gour Gobinda Goswami: An Empirical Test of the Heckscher-Ohlin Model in OECD Countries:
A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Ilir Miteza, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Could Changes in Black Market Exchange
Rates be Expansionary in LDCs?. Economics Bulletin 03/2008; 6(13):1-9.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, A.K.M. Rahman: Disaggregated Spending and the Productivity Bias Hypothesis - The
Journal of Developing Areas, 41:2. The Journal of Developing Areas 01/2008; 41(2).

Gour Gobinda Goswami, A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman: Disaggregated Spending and the Productivity Bias
Hypothesis. Journal Of Developing Areas 01/2008; 41(2):79-98., DOI:10.1353/jda.2008.0003

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Bidyut Kumar Talukdar: The bilateral J-curve: Canada
versus her 20 trading partners. International Review of Applied Economics 01/2008; 22(1):93-104.,
DOI:10.1080/02692170701745952

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G.G. (2006), “Research Tips”, Equilibrium, Volume 2, June 2006, 47-51.
Equilibrium 06/2006; 2:47-51.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Military spending and the black market premium in
developing countries. Review of Social Economy 02/2006; 64(1):77-91.,
DOI:10.1080/00346760500530169

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Political rights, civil liberties, and the black market
premium on foreign exchange: Evidence from developing countries. Review of Political Economy 02/2006;
18(1):91-104., DOI:10.1080/09538250500354199

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Sadaquat H. Junayed: Pooled Mean Group Estimation of the Bilateral Trade Balance
Equation: USA vis-a-vis her Trading Partners. International Review of Applied Economics 02/2006;
20(4):515-526., DOI:10.1080/02692170600874218

Claire Economidou, Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Charikleia Economidou:

Bilateral J-curve between the UK vis-a-vis her major trading partners. Applied Economics 02/2006;
38(8):879-888., DOI:10.1080/00036840500399388

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour Gobinda Goswami, Solomon Mebratu: Black Market Premium and Income
Distribution. The Journal of Developing Areas 01/2006; 39(2):17-28., DOI:10.1353/jda.2006.0001
Claire Economidou, Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: How Sensitive are Britain's
Inpayments and Outpayments to the Value of the British Pound. Journal of Economic Studies 12/2005;
32(October):455-467., DOI:10.1108/01443580510631360

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Military spending as another cause of the failure of the
PPP. Applied Economics Letters 09/2005; 12(11):663-667., DOI:10.1080/13504850500188380

C. Economidou, M. Bahmani-Oskooee, G. Gobinda-Goswami: Export Led Growth Hypothesis Revisited: A

Panel Cointegration Approach. Scientific Journal of Administrative Development, 3, June 2005, 40-55..

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour G. Goswamil, Bidyut Kumar Talukdar: Exchange rate sensitivity of the
Canadian bilateral inpayments and outpayments. Economic Modelling 02/2005; 22(4-22):745-757.,
DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2005.05.006

Gour Gobinda Goswami, MOHSEN BAHMANI-OSKOOEE: Black Market Exchange Rates and Purchasing
Power Parity in Emerging Economies. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 02/2005; 41(3):37-52.,
DOI:10.1080/1540496X.2005.11052608

Gour Gobinda Goswami, MOHSEN BAHMANI-OSKOOEE, BIDYUT KUMAR TALUKDAR: The Bilateral
J-Curve: Australia Versus Her 23 Trading Partners. Australian Economic Papers 02/2005; 44(2):110-
120., DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8454.2005.00252.x

M. Bahmani-Oskooee, C. Economidou, G.G. Goswami: Export led growth hypothesis revisited: A panel
cointegration approach.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Saima Khan: Does Political Risk Lead to Purchasing Power Disparity? A Panel
Disaggregated Approach. Bangladesh Development Studies 01/2005; 31(1):25-55.,
DOI:10.2307/40795701

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour G. Goswami: The Impact of Corruption on the Black Market Premium.
Southern Economic Journal 01/2005; 71(3):483-493., DOI:10.2307/20062055

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Long-run nature of the relationship between the black
market and the official exchange rates. Economic Systems 09/2004; 28(3):319-327.,
DOI:10.1016/j.ecosys.2004.08.002

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Exchange Rate Sensitivity of Japan's Bilateral Trade
Flows. Japan and the World Economy 02/2004; 16(1):1-15., DOI:10.1016/S0922-1425(03)00016-1

Gour Gobinda Goswami, M. Bahmani-Oskooee: Bahmani-Oskooee, M. & Goswami, G. G. (2004). Political

Rights, Civil Liberties, and the PPP in Developing Countries, The Global Journal of Finance and Economics,
1 (1), 2004, 1-9.

Gour G. Goswami: Institutional factors in determining the black market premium in developing countries /.

M. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour G. Goswami: A disaggregated approach to test the J-Curve phenomenon:
Japan versus her major trading partners. Journal of Economics and Finance 03/2003; 27(1):102-113.,
DOI:10.1007/BF02751593

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Swarnjit Arora, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Bilateral J-Curve between India and
Her Trading Partners. Applied Economics 02/2003; 35(9):1037-1041.,
DOI:10.1080/0003684032000102172
Gour Gobinda Goswami, M. Bahmani-Oskooee: Bahmani-Oskooee, M. & Goswami, G. G. (2003). Smuggling
and the Black Market Premium. Scientific Journal of Administrative Development, 1, 95-111.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee: Smuggling as Another Cause of Failure of the PPP.
Journal of Economic Development 01/2003; 28(2):23-38.

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Syed Hasanuzzaman: Goswami, G. G. & Hasanuzzaman, S. (1996). Tackling Trade
Deficit of Bangladesh: The Relative Effectiveness of Exchange Rate Alteration and Some Related Variables.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Studies, 1(1), April 1996, 17-23..

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Syed Hasanuzzaman: Tackling Trade Deficit of Bangladesh: The Effect of Exchange
Rate Alteration and other Related Variables.

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Goswami, G. G. (1996), Free Market Economy: Bangladesh Perspective, SUST
Economic Graffiti, Fresher’s Reception Issue Department of Economics, SUST, Vol. 1, No. 1 1996, 47-53.

Patents

Conference Proceedings

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Noor A Ahsan: Determining the Optimal Currency Composition of the Foreign
Exchange Reserve of Bangladesh. 53rd Canadian Economic Association Conference 2019, Calgary,
Canada; 06/2019

Gour Gobinda Goswami: Note presented at the AMDISA’s conference on “Accreditation for Institutional
Learning And Growth” on 8th December, 2015 at Hyderabad, India. AMDISA's Conference, Hyderabad,
India; 12/2015

Gour Gobinda Goswami, ASM Shakil Haider: "Forecasting Grameen Bank SIM Card Sales across Six Divisions
of Bangladesh" , Paper presented in the International Conference on Knowledge Globalization jointly
organized by Suffolk University and Knowledge Globalization Institute, USA and North South University,
Bangladesh on 10 May, 2010, (Conference Proceedings, pp.122-29).. International Conference on
Knowledge Globalization, Dhaka; 05/2010

Gour Gobinda Goswami, Badruddoza Shahid Rajib: The Effect of Media Freedom on Corruption: A Re -
examination", Paper presented in the 10th South Asian Management Forum (SAMF)Conference organized
by the Royal Insti tute of Management, Thimpu, Bhutan on 9th - 10 th April 2009, Thimpu, Bhutan.. 10th
South Asian Management Forum, Thimpu, Bhutan; 04/2009

Gour Gobinda Goswami: “Corruption and the Purchasing Power Disparity:A Panel Two Stage Regression
Approach, presented at the 9th SAMF Conference held in Dhaka on February, 24, 2007. 9th SAMF,
AMDISA, Dhaka; 02/2007

Gour Gobinda Goswami: “Exogenous Democracy and Output: Evidence from a Panel of Developing Countries",
South Asian Management Forum, Developing Synergies: Facing Management Challenges Together, 8th
SAMF Conferen ce Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), Lahore,
Pakistan, November 2004. 8th SAMF, AMDISA; 11/2004
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