Frank R. Gunter
Department of Economics: Associate Professor
Education
- Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
- Johns Hopkins University, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching:
He is a tenured Associate Professor and has received two major and multiple minor awards for excellence in teaching. His service course is Eco 1: Principles of Economics. With respect to upper-level courses, he alternates between teaching Economic Development, the Political-Economy of China, and, a relatively new course, the Political-Economy of Iraq. One of the organizers of the Lehigh in China program, he led four student groups to the People's Republic of China for five-week courses on the country's economy and business environment.
Research:
Professor Gunter is writing a book on the modern political-economy of Iraq. His other research efforts include the economics of corruption, capital flight, microfinance, and economic development during conflict. His research perspective is pragmatic and most of his work combines quantitative and qualitative analysis. In addition to Iraq, he has published research on the People’s Republic of China, Colombia and Latvia.
Consulting:
He was the Senior Civilian Economics Advisor for Multi-National Corps – Iraq at Camp Victory, Iraq (July 2008 – July 2009). He was responsible for briefing the Commanding Generals of Multi-National Corps/Force on Iraqi economic development issues including impact of corruption, oil prices, state owned enterprises, and budget decisions. Previously, he was assigned for as military Chief of Economics Section for Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) in Baghdad, Iraq with similar responsibilities (November 2005 – May 2006). He has also been a consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the U.S. Department of the Navy, the Inter-American Development Bank as well as government entities in China and Colombia.
Other Activities:
A retired Marine Reserve Colonel, he was mobilized after 9/11 to command a 6,000 Marine and Sailor combined arms training exercise (CAX 7/8-02). He later served as president of the Marine Reserve Mobilization Delay, Deferment and Exemption Board, Deputy Director of the Tsunami Coalition Coordination Center in Thailand and Deputy of Coalition Operations in Iraq. Prior to joining the Lehigh Faculty in 1983, he spent two years as a country risk analyst for the First National Bank of Chicago and a semester as an economic intern at the International Trade Commission.
Lehigh Faculty Compensation
• 2010 – 2011 AAUP Lehigh Faculty Compensation Comparison
• Compensation Comparison 1992 – 2009, Compensation Comparison 2002 - 2003
• Faculty Compensation Committee Report 2007
• Assistant Professor Pay at Lehigh University 2002 - 2003
Research Interests
- Corruption
- Political economy of Iraq
- Determinants of capital flight
Selected Publications and Working Papers
Works In Progress
- Entrepreneurship in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies
- Ethical Convergence in Undergraduate Eduation
Economic Education
- "Simple Model of Entrepreneurship for Principles of Economic Courses" Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2012, pp. 1-11. (For a longer version of this article, appropriate as a handout in a principles course, click here.
Iraq
- The Political-Economy of Iraq: Restoring Balance in a Post-Conflict Society, 2013, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Forthcoming)
- "Microfinance during Conflict: Iraq, 2003-2007" in Moving Beyond Storytelling: Emerging Research in Microfinance. Andrea Wuerth and Todd A. Watkins (eds). Elsevier Press, 2009.
- "Economic Development During Conflict: The Petraeus-Crocker Congressional Testimony" Strategic Insights, Vol. VI, Issue 6, December, 2007.
- "Entrepreneurship, Corruption, and Economic Development in Post-Conflit/Post-Disaster States", 13 May 2011.
Peoples Republic of China
- "Capital Flight from China: 1984-2001," China Economic Review, Vol. 15, 2004, pp. 63-85.
- “The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Capital Flight in China (1984-1999)” with Haizhen Yang, (Published in Chinese) China Economic Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2002, pp. 715-722.
- "Capital Flight from the People's Republic of China: 1984-1994," China Economic Review Vol. 7, No. 1, 1996.
Colombia
- "Market Reform and the Limitations of Monetary Policy: the Case of Colombia" with Carolyn Stumph, Ensayos Sobre Politica Economica, No. 38, March 2001.
- "Absolute Stability and Comparative Deterioration: Has Apertura Gone Too Far or Not Far Enough?" in Colombia: An Opening Economy? Colleen Callahan and Frank R. Gunter (eds.) Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1999, pp. 343-353.
- Colombia: An Opening Economy? Colleen Callahan and Frank R. Gunter (Eds.) Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1999.
- "Apertura Economica," in Fabio Giambiagi (ed.) Colombia: Informe Socioeconomico Departamento de Desarrollo Economico Y Social, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Abril, 1994, pp. 32-38.
- The Colombian Economy: Issues of Trade and Development Alvin Cohen and Frank R. Gunter (Eds.) Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1992.
- "Colombian Capital Flight: 1982-1990," In Alvin Cohen and Frank R. Gunter (Eds.) The Colombian Economy: Issues of Trade and Development, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1992.
- "Colombian Capital Flight: Issues of Policy and the Drug Trade," Testimony on the Impact of Capital Flight on Latin American Debt before the Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, First Session, Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, June 12, 1991, pp. 18-25, 37-42.
- "Colombian Capital Flight," Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 123-147.
Corruption, Capital Flight and Country Risk
- "Capital Flight" International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, William A. Darity, Jr. (ed.) Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2008.
- “Corruption," in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Vol. 1, Vincent N. Parrillo (ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2008.
- "The Miracle of the Latvian Lat: Its Fragile Foundation" with Nicholas W. W. Balabkins, in Jürgen G. Backhaus and Günter Krause (eds.) On Political Economy of Transformation: Country Studies, Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, 1997.
- "Country Risk," In Peter Newman, Murray Milgate and John Eatwell (Eds.) The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, New York: Stockton Press, 1992, pp. 506-509.
- "Thomas Jefferson on the Repudiation of Public Debt," Constitutional Political Economy Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall, 1991, pp. 283-301.
In the Media
- "On the Record: Gunter on China," Lehigh University News Article, January 19, 2011.
- "Simplifying U.S. tax code could benefit everyone," The Morning Call, November 8, 2010.
- "Will popular vote work? Not by a landslide," pennlive.com, August 22, 2010.
- "Two myths hinder the global fight against corruption," The Christian Science Monitor, May 6, 2010.
- "Iraq's Shaky Economy Poses Threat to Future," National Public Radio, December 9, 2009.
- "Liberate Iraq's Economy," New York Times, November 16, 2009.