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Raymond Adu is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance at the Huddersfield Business School, part of the School of Business, Education and Law at the University of Huddersfield. He joined the university in January 2022 and is a member of the Northern Productivity Hub. He holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Bradford, and a BA in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana. He is a Fellow of Advance HE (HEA) and holds a PG Cert in Academic Practice in Higher Education.
His research expertise lies in international economics and finance, with a focus on economic growth, development, foreign direct investment, and multinational enterprise behavior. He investigates the impacts of asymmetric shocks, single currency unions, trade effects, and exchange rate dynamics, particularly in African contexts such as ECOWAS and WAMZ. His work contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to economic prosperity and reduced inequalities.
The two most recent articles highlight his focus on regional monetary integration and trade. The 2022 paper analyzes the prospective trade effects of an ECOWAS single currency using a gravity model, while the 2019 study examines real exchange rate responses to asymmetric shocks in the West African Monetary Zone using structural VAR models. These works reflect a consistent research trajectory in applied international macroeconomics and policy evaluation in developing regions.
Raymond Adu is actively supervising PhD students and welcomes new candidates in his research areas. His scholarly contributions are indexed in Scopus and Google Scholar, with an h-index of 21 (Scopus) and 2 (Google Scholar). He has received citations for his work on trade, exchange rates, and monetary integration.
He is affiliated with the Northern Productivity Hub, a research initiative at the University of Huddersfield focused on regional economic development and policy analysis, where he contributes expertise in international finance and macroeconomic modeling.
