Publications

2019

Kamasa, K., Adu, G. & Oteng-Abayie, E. F. (Accepted, Sept. 2019). Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: How relevant is Quality of Tax Administration? African Journal of Economic and Management Studies (Emerald).

Abokyi, E., Appiah-Konadu, P., Abokyi, F. & Oteng-Abayie, E. F. (2019). Industrial Growth and Emissions of CO2 in Ghana: the role of Financial Development and Fossil Fuel Consumption. Energy Reports (Elsevier)

Oteng-Abayie, E. F., Ussif, A.A. & Yusif, H.M. (Accepted, April 2019). Financial Development and Agricultural Output in Ghana. Future Business Journal (Springer Open).

Kamasa, K., Adu, G. & Oteng-Abayie, E. F. (2019). Business environment and firms’ decisions to evade taxes: evidence from Ghana. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 14 (1), 135-1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/1750-4562/2019/v14n1a7.

Kamasa, K., Adu, G. and Oteng-Abayie, E.F. (2019). Tax Compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Important are Non-Pecuniary Factors?. African Journal of Economic Review, 7(1), 154-175.

Akoto, L. and Sakyi, D. (2019), Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Trade Balance in Post-liberalization Ghana, Foreign Trade Review, 54(3), 177-205, https://doi.org/10.1177/0015732519851632

Ratcliffe, H.L., Schwarz, D., Hirschhorn, L.R., Cejas, C., Diallo, A., Elorrio, E.G., Fifield, J., Gashumba, D., Hartshorn, L., Leydon, N. Novignon, J and Mohamed, M., 2019. PHC Progression Model: a novel mixed-methods tool for measuring primary health care system capacity. BMJ Global Health, 4(5), p.e001822.

Novignon, J., Djossou, N.G. and Enemark, U., 2019. Childhood mortality, intra-household bargaining power and fertility preferences among women in Ghana. Reproductive health, 16(1), pp.1-12.

Atim, C., Arthur, E., Achala, D.M. and Novignon, J., 2019. An Assessment of Domestic Financing for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Potential Gains and Fiscal Space. Applied health economics and health policy, pp.1-11.

Novignon, J., Ofori, B., Tabiri, K.G. and Pulok, M.H., 2019. Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Ghana. International journal for equity in health, 18(1), pp.1-11.

Fonta, L. F, Nonvignon, J., Aikins, M. Novignon, J. and Aryeetey, G.C (2019). Economic Analysis of Health Inequality among the Elderly in Ghana. Journal of Population Aging https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09245-7

2018

Oteng-Abayie, E. F., Ussif, A.A. & Yusif, H.M. (Accepted, April 2019). Financial Development and Agricultural Output in Ghana. Future Business Journal (Springer Open).

Kamasa, K., Adu, G. and Oteng-Abayie, E.F. (2019). Tax Compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Important are Non-Pecuniary Factors?. African Journal of Economic Review, 7(1), 154-175.

Sakyi, D., Bonuedi, I. & Osei Opoku, E. E. (2018), Trade Facilitation & Social Welfare in Africa, Journal of African Trade, 5(1-2), 35-53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joat.2018.08.001

Akrofi, B., Ackah, I. and Sakyi, D. (2018), Analysis of the drivers of Ghana’s Energy Demand Change using the Laspeyres index method of decomposition: Q-effect, I-effect and S-effect, OPEC Energy Review, 42(3), 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12137.

G. Ofori-Abebrese, R. Becker Pickson “Ricardian Equivalence Hypothesis in the Sub-Sahara African Countries”. Journal of Economic Integration Vol.33 No.3, September, 2018, 466~487 http://dx.doi.org/10.11130/jei.2018.33.3.4

G. Amankwah, G. Ofori-Abebrese, K. Kamasa, An Empirical Analysis of the Sustainability of Public Debt in Ghana. Theoretical Economics Letters, 2018, 8, 2038-2054 http://www.scirp.org/journal/tel

Novignon, J., Atakorah Y. B. and Djossou, G. N. (2018). How does the health sector benefit from trade openness? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. African Development Review. vol. 30, no.2, pp. 135-148.

Novignon J., Musa R. and Nonvignon J. (2018). The poverty and inequality nexus in Ghana: a decomposition analysis of household expenditure components. International Journal of Social Economics. vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 246-258

Novignon, J., Frempong, R. B and Afoakwah, C. (2018). Access to markets, food security and poverty in Ghana: evidence from smallholder farmers. In Akpalu, W., Matshe, I. and Senbet W. L. (Eds). Linking smallholder farmers to markets: Impact of the purchase for progress pilot programme (pp.41-68). University of Nairobi Press, Nairobi.

2017

Oteng-Abayie, E. F. (2017). “Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity of Rural Banks in Ghana”. Cogent Economics & Finance, 5: 1366088. doi:10.1080/23322039.2017.1366088

Traoré, F., and Sakyi, D. (2017), “Africa Global Trade Patterns” in African Agricultural Trade Status Report 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute, pp. 6-35.

Sakyi, D., Villaverde, J., Maza, A., and Bonuedi, I. (2017), The Effects of Trade and Trade Facilitation on Economic Growth in Africa, African Development Review, 29(2), 350-361.

Sakyi, D., Osei Mensah. I., and Obeng, S. K. (2017), Inflation Targeting Framework and Interest Rates Transmission in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of African Business, 18(4): 417-434.

Sakyi, D., and Egyir, J. (2017), Effects of Trade and FDI on Economic Growth in Africa: An Empirical Investigation, Transnational Corporations Review, 9(2):66-87.

Obeng, S. K., and Sakyi, D. (2017), Explaining the Growth of Government Spending in Ghana, The Journal of Developing Areas, 51(1): 103-128.

Sakthivel, P., Chittedi, K. R and Sakyi, D. (2017), Price Discovery and Volatility Transmission in Currency Spot and Futures Markets in India: An Empirical Analysis, Global Business Review, pp. 0972150917721834.

Obeng, S. K., and Sakyi, D. (2017), Macroeconomic Determinants of Interest Rates Spreads in Ghana, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 8(1): 76-88.

G. Ofori-Abebrese, R. Becker Pickson and Sherifatu Abubakari (2017), Assessing the impact of macroeconomic variables on pension benefits in Ghana: A case of Social Security and National Insurance Trust. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. pp 1-10. 20(1), a1703. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajems.v20i1.1703 ISSN: (Online) 2222-3436, (Print) 1015-8812

J. Ofori-Abebrese, R. Becker Pickson and G. Ofori-Abebrese (2017), Commodity Prices, Exchange Rate and Economic Growth in West Africa: Case study of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics. Vol. 9(9), pp. 269-277, September. http://www.academicjournals.org/JDAE

G. Ofori-Abebrese, G. K. Walanyo Azumah and R. Becker Pickson (2017), The Interaction Between Public Sector Wage, Inflation and Exchange Rate Volatility in Ghana, Scientific Research Publishing, Theoretical Economics Letters , 7, 365-380. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2017.73028

G. Ofori-Abebrese, R. Becker Pickson and B. Tsatsu Diabah (2017) Financial Development and Economic Growth: Additional Evidence from Ghana. Scientific Research Publishing, Modern Economy, 8, 282-297. https://doi.org/10.4236/me.2017.82020

G. Ofori-Abebrese, G. K. Walanyo Azumah and R. Becker Pickson (2017), Public Sector Wage and Inflation in Ghana. Asian Economic and Financial Review Vol. 7, No. 6, 561-57, ISSN(e): 2222-6737 ISSN(p): 2305-2147 DOI: 10.18488/journal.aefr.2017.76.561.572

H. M. Yusif and G. Ofori-Abebrese (2017), Admission path, family structure and outcomes in Ghana’s public universities: evidence from KNUST students enrolled in the social sciences. Higher Education, Springer http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-017-0110-8

Novignon J. (2017). Household income inequality in Ghana: a decomposition analysis. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, vol.8, no.4, pp.515-526

Novignon J. and Nonvignon J. (2017). Improving primary health care facility performance in Ghana: efficiency analysis and fiscal space implications. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 17, No. 399, pp. 1-8.

Novignon J., and Lawanson, A. O. (2017). Health expenditure and child health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. African Review of Economics and Finance. Vol 9, No. 1, pp. 96-121

Djossou G. N., Kane G Q. and Novignon J. (2017). Is growth pro-poor in Benin? Evidence using a multidimensional measure of poverty. Poverty and Public Policy, vol. 9, no.4, pp. 426-443.

2016

G. Ofori-Abebrese, E. Amporfu and D. Sakyi (2016), Do Economic Policy Decisions affect Stock Market Development in Ghana? The Botswana Journal of Economics, Vol. 14 Issue 1. December. ISSN: 1810-0163, pg 33-51.

P. Orlando Quashigah, G. Ofori-Abebrese and R. Becker Pickson (2016). Empirical Analysis of the Potency of Fiscal Policy on Economic Growth in Ghana. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics. ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 154 October, 2016.

G. Ofori-Abebrese, Pickson B. R. and E. Opare, (2016). Macroeconomic Factors and the Performance of Loans of Commercial Banks in Ghana: A Case Study of HFC Bank. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences ISSN 1450-2275 Issue 87 June, 2016 © FRDN Incorporated http://www.europeanjournalofeconomicsfinanceandadministrativesciences.com

G. Ofori-Abebrese, Pickson B. R. and E. Opare, (2016). The Effect of Bank Specific Factors on Loan Performance of HFC Bank in Ghana. International Journal of Economics and Finance; Vol. 8, No. 7; 2016 ISSN 1916-971X E-ISSN 1916-9728. Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 185

F. Mensah, G. Ofori-Abebrese and Pickson B. R. (2016). Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Industrial Performance and Macroeconomic Factors in Ghana. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade 13(4): 1-11, 2016, Article No.BJEMT.25092ISSN: 2278-098X SCIENCEDOMAIN international

Adukonu F.K.E. and Ofori-Abebrese G. (2016) Relative Impact of Various Taxes on Poverty in Ghana. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy Vol 7 No 3 May 2016 150

Ofori-Abebrese G., Kamasa K. and Pickson B. R. (2016) Investigating the Nexus between Stock Exchange and Economic Growth in Ghana. British Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences 122 March 2016, Vol. 11 (1) © 2016 British Journals ISSN 2048-125X

Ofori-Abebrese G., Amporfu E. and Adu G. (2016), Does Stock Market Development Enhance Private Investment in Ghana? International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, 2016, Vol. 2 © 2016 Lifescience Global

R, Becker Pickson and G. Ofori-Abebrese (2016) The Nexus Between Government Investment Expenditure And Private Investment In Ghana. European Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 1450-2267 Vol. 51 No 2 February, 2016, pp.193-205 http://www.europeanjournalofsocialsciences.com/

Kwakwa, P. A. and Adu, G. (2016), Effects of Income, Energy consumption and Trade Openness on Carbon Emissions in sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Energy and Development, 41, 85-117

Ofori-Boateng, K. and Adu, G. (2016), Mining governance, corporate social responsibility and community development in Ghana, Int. J. Society Systems Science, 8, 337-351

Asamoah, A. L., and Adu, G. (2016), An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Interest Rates in Ghana, Journal of African Business, 17(3): 377-396.

Alagidede, P., Adu, G. and Frimpong, P. B. (2016), The Effect of Climate Change on Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 18: 417-436.

Mensah, J. T. Adu, G. Amoah, A. Abrokwa, K. K. and Adu, J. (2016), What Drives Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa? African Development Review, 28(2): 157-169.

Karimu, A. Mensah, J, T. and Adu, G. (2016). Who adopts LPG as the Main Cooking Fuel and Why? Empirical Evidence on Ghana Baased on National Survey, World Development, 85: 43-57.

Quartey, J. D. (2016), Economic Welfare Implication of Ghana's Cocoa Production in a Changing Global Climate. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 7(14),142-155.

Mohammed, J., Osei-Fosu, A. K. and Yusif, H. (2016), Households’ Fuel Wood Dependence, REDD+ and Gender Coping Strategies: An Empirical Review and Policy Implication in the Northern Region of Ghana, International Journal of Environment, (5)4: 12-31

Mohammed, J. and Osei-Fosu, A. K. (2016), Fuel Wood Commercialization and Households Welfare in the Northern Region of Ghana: An Implications for Rural Livelihood Improvement, International Journal of Energy and Environmental Research, 4(3): 1-26

Adams, S., Sakyi, D. and Osei Opoku, E. E. (2016), Capital Inflows and Domestic Investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Pooled Mean Group (PMG) Estimation Approach, Foreign Trade Review, 51(4): 1-16.

Asamoah, A. L., Agana, J. A., and Sakyi, D. (2016). Does Interest Rate Matter to the Ghanaian Stock Market? International Journal of Management Practice, 9(2): 159-172.

Sakyi, D., Boachie, M. K., and Immurana, M. (2016), Does Financial Development Drive Private Investment in Ghana? Economies, 4(27): 1-12

Nkuah, E. F., and Yusif, H. (2016). Investigating the effect of dividend policy on the Wealth of Stockholders of listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 8(7): 47-54.

Alhassan Mohammed, Yusif, H., and Buabeng, E. (2016). Inflation Targeting and Economic Growth in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation, Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 4, 158-177.

Yusif, H., and Ofori-Abebrese, G. (2016). Admission Path, Family Structure and Outcomes in Ghana's Public Universities: Evidence from KNUST's Faculty of Social Sciences, (Forthcoming in Higher Education).

2015

Mensah, T. J., and Adu, G. (2015). An Empirical Analysis of Household Energy Choice in Ghana, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 51: 1401-1411.

Adu, G., Alagidede, P. and Karimu, A (2015). Stock Return Distribution in the BRICS, Review of Development Finance, 5: 98-109.

Adu, G. (2015). Directed Technical Change, Technology Adoption and the Resource Curse Hypothesis, Prague Economic Papers, 24(4): 452-472.

Amporfu, E. (2015). Institutions and Structural Quality of Care in the Ghanaian Health Sector, African Health Monitor, (Special Issue on Universal Health) (20) 15-19.

Amporfu, E. and J Novignon (2015). The Role of Institutions on the Effectiveness of Treatment in the Ghanaian Health Sector, Health Services Research, 15 (169).

Novignon J., Novignon J. and Arthur E., (2015), Health Status and Labour Force Participation in Sub-Sahara Africa: A Dynamic Panel Data Model Analysis, African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015, 14–26.

Fosu-Brefo R. and Arthur E. (2015), Effect of Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding on Child Health in Ghana. Health Economics Review, 2015.

Augustt, R. M., Adu, G., and Frimpong, P. B. (2015). The nexus between Output Fluctuations and Fiscal Deficits: Empirical Evidence on Ghana. International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 7(2), 100-117.

Novignon J., and Nonvignon, J. (2015), Fiscal Space for Health in Sub-Saharan African Countries: An Efficiency Approach, African Journal of Health Economics, 4(1): 1-11.

Novignon J., Aboagye, E., Otuo Serebour A., and Aryeetey, G. (2015), Socioeconomic Related Inequalities in Child Malnutrition: Evidence from the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Health Economics Review, 5(34): 1-11.

Novignon, J, Nonvignon, J,. and Arthur, E. (2015). Health Status and Labour Force Participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A Dynamic Panel Analysis. African Development Review, 27(1): 14-26.

Osei-Fosu, A. K., Baba Insah and Ofori-Boateng, K. (2015). Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: The Ghanaian Experience, International Journal of Empirical Finance, 4(6): 336-344

Sakyi, D., Commodore, R., and Osei Opoku, E. E. (2015). Foreign Direct Investment, Trade Openness and Economic Growth in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of African Business, 16(1-2): 1-15

Nkuah, E. F. and Yusif, H. (2016). Investigating the effect of dividend policy on the Wealth of Stockholders of listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 8(7): 47-54

Yusif, H. (2015), Does High School Elective Mathematics have any effect on Performance in University Economics in Ghana? Journal of Science and Technology, 35(3), 98-105

2014

Eshun, M. E., Adu G., and Buabeng, E (2014), The Financial Deterninants of Private Investment in Ghana, International Journal of Financial Economics, 3(1): 25-40

Frimpong, B. P. and Adu, G. (2014). Population Health and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Cointegration Analysis, Journal of African Business, 15(1): 36-48

Amporfu, E (2014). Testing for Moral Hazard in Caesarean Section in the Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme; An Approach using Matching Estimation, African Journal of Health Economics, 2(1)

Amporfu, E (2014). A Theoretical Analysis of How User Fee on Healthcare can Waste Economic Resources, Health, 6, 128-136

Arthur E. (2014), Socioeconomic correlates of the choice of treatment for childhood fever in Ghana, The African Population Studies, Vol 28, no 2: Supplement on Demographic and Health Surveys in Africa.

Dramani, J. B., and Tewari, D. D. (2014), An econometric analysis of residential electricity demand in Ghana, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5 (16) : 2039-9340

Dramani, J. B., and Tewari, D. D. (2014), Estimating Short-and- Long run Elasticities of Industrial Demand for Electricity, Asian Economic Review, 56(2), 1-18.

Dramani, J. B., and D.D Tewari (2014), Institutions and Electricity Sector’s Performance in Ghana, Journal of Economics, 5(3): 259-273.

Quartey, J. D. (2014). Energy Poverty and Climate Change Mitigation in Ghana: An Economic Assessment. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. 5(8): 72 – 85.

Quartey, J. A. and Quartey, J. D. (2014). Towards Debt Sustainability in Highly Indebted Developing Countries: An Appraisal of Some Attempts. Journal of Developing Country Studies. 4(20): 143-150

Quartey, J. D. (2014). Towards a Sustainable Allocation of Potable Water in Ghana: Evidence from Kumasi, International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability. 2(1):1-10.

Quartey, J. D. (2014). Energy Poverty, REDD+ and FLEGT in Ghana, In Broekhoven, G. and Wit, M. (eds.) Linking FLEGT and REDD+ to Improve Forest Governance.Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands, pp. 194-201

Quartey, J. D. (2014), Natural Resource Conservation in Ghana: An Economic Assessment of Lake Bosomtwi, In: Oku, E. E., Asubonteng, K. O., and Nutakor, P. (eds) Harnessing Land and Water Resources for Improved Food Security and Ecosystem Services in Africa. Accra: United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, pp. 11-23.

Novignon, J. and Lawanson O. A. (2014), Efficiency of Health Systems in Sub- Sahara Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Time Varying Stochastic Frontier Models, Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 2(5): 621-632.

Novignon, J, Nicholas Novignon, Genevieve Aryeetey and Nonvignon, J. (2014), HIV/AIDS-related stigma and HIV test uptake in Ghana: Evidence from the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey, African Population Studies, 28(3): 1362-1379

Eliason, S, Awoonor-Williams, J. K, Eliason, C, Novignon, J, Novignon, J and Aikins, M. (2014), Determinants of modern family planning use among women of reproductive age in the Nkwanta District of Ghana: A Case- Control Study. Reproductive Health, Vol. 11, No. 1.

Awoyemi, O. A. and Novignon, J. (2014), Demand for abortion and post abortion care in Ibadan, Nigeria. Health Economics Review, (4)3: 1-9.

Nonvignon, J and Novignon, J. (2014), Trend and Determinants of Contraceptive use Among Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana. African Population Studies, 28(2): 956-967.

Osei-Fosu, A. K., Butu, M. M. and Osei-Fosu, A. K. (2014). Does Ghanaian’s Consumption Function Follow the Permanent Income Hypothesis? The Cagan’s Adaptive Expectation Approach, ADRRI Journal, Vol (4)4: 133-148

Osei-Fosu, A. K., Osei, B. and Osei Mensah, I. (2014). The Effect of Interest Rate on Deposit on Household Consumption in Ghana: ARDL Cointegration Analysis, Researchjournali’s Journal of Economics Vol. (2) 8: 1-18

Sakyi, D. and Osei Opoku, E. E. (2014). Regionalism and Economic Integration in Africa: A Conceptual and Theoretical Perspective, Occasional Paper No. 22, The African Capacity Building Foundation.

Sakyi, D., Villaverder, J., and Maza, A. (2014), "Trade Openness, Income Levels, and Economic Growth: The Case of Developing Countries, 1970-2009", The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 23 (8): 1 - 23.

2013

Adu, G., Marbuah, G. and Mensah, J. T. (2013), Financial development and economic growth in Ghana: Does the measure of ﬁnancial development matter? Review of Development Finance, 3, 192 -203

Adu, G. (2013), Determinants of Economic Growth in Ghana: Parametric and Non-Parametric Investigations, The Journal of Developing Areas, 47(2): 277-301

Adu, G., Marbuah, G. Mensah, J. T. and Frimpong, P. B. (2013), Macroeconomic Development and Stock Market Performance in Ghana: A Non-Parametric Approach, Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 55 (3), 100-129

Adu, G. (2013), Effects on growth of environmental policy in a small open economy, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 15, 343 – 365

Amporfu, E. (2013), Effect of Regulated User Fee on Quality of Healthcare for the Poor and the Non-Poor, International Review of Economics,60(4), 357-373

Amporfu, E. (2013), Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme and the Implications for Achieving Universal Coverage, International Journal of Equity in Health, 12(4)

Amporfu, E., Nonvignon J. and Ampadu, S. (2013), Effect of Institutional Factors on Quality of Care in Ghanaian Health Sector, Journal of African Development, 15(1)

Nketiah-Amponsah E., and Arthur E. (2013). Choice of Delivery Facility among Expectant Mothers in Ghana-Does Access to Health Insurance Matter, Journal of Health Management, 15: 509.

Nketiah-Amponsah E., Senadza B., Arthur E., (2013) "Determinants of utilization of antenatal care services in developing countries: Recent evidence from Ghana", African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. 4 Iss: 1, pp.58 - 73.

Dramani, J. B., and Tewari, D. D. (2013), Electricity end-use efficiency in Ghana: Experience with technologies, policies and institutions, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4(13), 2039-2117.

Quartey, J. D. (2013), Engineering Education as a tool for Human Welfare Improvement in Africa: A Multidimensional Model Analysis, International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability. 1(4): 23-30.

Quartey, J. D., and Yarney, N. G. (2013), Ghana’s Elmina Beach and Economic Welfare Improvement, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 4(13): 89-96.

Quartey, J.D. (2013) An Economic Assessment of the Deforestation of Ghana’s Garden City of West Africa. In Simpson, R., and Zimmermann, M. (Eds.), The Economy of Green Cities: World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy, Springer Netherlands: Local Sustainability, 3: 351-362.

Osei-Fosu, A. K. and Boachie, M. K. (2013). Determinants of People’s Participation in Microfinance Services in Ghana: Evidence from Kwabre East District, International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies, Vol (2)8: 364-380

Osei-Fosu, A. K. and Osei-Fosu, A. K. (2013). Empirical Investigation of the Nexus between Stock Price and Exchange Rates in Ghana, Ghanaian Journal of Economics, Vol (1): 82-91

Osei-Fosu, A. K., Osei-Fosu, A. K. and Boachie, M. K. (2013). „Comparative Analysis of Efficiency in Saving Mobilization, Credit Disbursement and Credit Retrieval of Rural Banks and Credit Unions in Ashanti Region: A Case Study of Sekyere Rural Bank Limited and St Peter’s Credit Union”, ADRRI Journal, Vol (2)2: 1-19

Sakyi, D. (2013), On the Implications of Trade Openness, Foreign Aid and Democracy for Wagner’s Law in Developing Countries: Panel Data Evidence from West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), The Journal of Developing Areas, 47(2): 319-339

Yusif, M. H., Ishak, Y. and O. Zulkifly, O. (2013), Public University Entry in Ghana: Is it Equitable, International Review of Education, 59: 7-27

2012

Nketiah-Amponsah, E., Arthur E., and Abuosi A., (2012). "Correlates of Contraceptive use among Ghanaian women of Reproductive Age (15-49 Years)". African Journal of Reproductive Health, 16(3): 155-170.

Arthur E. (2012) "Wealth and Antenatal Care use; Implications for maternal health care utilisation in Ghana". Health Economics Review 2012.

Nketiah-Amponsah, E., Aaron A. and Arthur E., (2012). Maternal Socio-Economic Status and Childhood Birth weight: A Health Survey in Ghana. In: Deborah Raines and Zoe Iliodromiti (eds.): Neonatal Care. Intech, 1-18.

Kwakwa, P.A., Arthur E., and Obeng S. (2012) "Demand for private higher education in Ghana: the case of the Presbyterian University college Ghana, Akuapem campus". International Journal of Management Research and Review.

Dramani, J. B., Tewari, D. D., and Tandoh, F. (2012), Structural Breaks, Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ghana, AJBM, 6(22), 6709-6720.

Dramani, J. B., Tandoh, F. and Aawaar, G. (2012), Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ghana, Asian Economic Review, 54(3), 449-470.

Novignon, J., Olakojo, S. A. and Nonvignon, J. (2012), The Effects of Public and Private Health Care Expenditure on Health Status in sub-Saharan Africa: New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis. Health Economics Review, Vol 2 No. 22

Novignon, J. and Nonvignon, J. (2012), Socioeconomic Status and the Prevalence of Fever in Children Under Age Five: Evidence from four sub-Saharan African countries. BMC Research Notes, Vol.5, No.380.

Novignon, J., Nonvignon, J., Mussa, R. and Chiwaula, L. (2012), Health and Vulnerability to Poverty in Ghana: Evidence from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 5, Health Economics Review, Vol. 2, No. 11.

Ofori-Abebrese, G. (2012), A Cointegration Analysis of Growth in Government Expenditure in Ghana, Journal for African Development, Vol 14, No. 1

Oteng-Abayie, E. F., and Annan, J. (2012), An Assessment of the Impact of Rice Supply Chains on Yield in the Local Rice Industry in Ghana,The Business Review, Cambridge, Vol. 20, No. 2

Sakyi, D. (2012), Economic Globalisation, Democracy and Income in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Cointegration Analysis, Global Economy and Finance Journal, 5(1): 1-16

Sakyi, D. and Adams, S. (2012), Democracy, Government Spending, and Economic Growth: The Case of Ghana, 1960-2008, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 6(3): 361-383

Sakyi, D. and Adams, S. (2012), Globalisation, Democracy, and Government Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Data, In Globalisation and Responsibility, Zlatan Delic (Ed.), InTech Press

Sakyi, D., Villaverde, J., Maza, A. and K. R. Chittedi, K. R. (2012), Trade Openness, Growth and Development: Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Cointegration Analysis for Middle Income Countries, Cuadernos de Economia, Special Issue, 31(57): 21-40

2011

Adu, G. and Marbuah, G. (2011), Determinants of Inflation in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation, South Africa Journal of Economics, 79(3): 251-269

Amporfu, E (2011), Private Hospital Accreditation and Inducement of Care under the Ghanaian National Insurance Scheme, Health Economics Review, 1(13)

Amporfu, E. (2011), Effect of the Relationship between Healthcare Utilization and Patient Characteristics on the Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme. The Case of Malaria in a Rural District Hospital, African Journal of Health Economics.

Dramani, J. B., and Tando, F. (2011), Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import Prices: Evidence from Ghana, Africa Finance Journal, 1(13), 110-121.

Novignon, J., Mussa, R., Tinkhani M. and Nonvignon, J (2011), The Use of Non-prescription Medicine and Self-assessed Health: Evidence from Malawi. International Archives of Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 38.

Osei-Fosu, A. K. (2011), Evaluating the Impact of the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme on Enrolment, Attendance and Retention in Schools: The Case of Weweso Circuit, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 31, No. 3

Oteng-Abayie, E. F., Amanor, E. K., and Frimpong, J. M. (2011), The Measurement and Determinants of Economic Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana: A Stochastic Frontier Approach. African Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 2, No. 2

Yusif, M. H., Ishak, Y. and Abu Hasan, S. (2011), Determinants of Students Academic Performance in Senior High Schools: A Binary Logistic Approach, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 3

2010

Amporfu, E. (2010), Effect of User Fee on Patient's Welfare and Efficiency in a Two Tier Health Care Market, Health, 2(9) 1110-1119

Amporfu, E. (2010), Estimating the Effect of Early Discharge Policy on Readmission Rate. An Instrumental Variable Approach, Health, 2(5), 504-510

Amporfu, E. (2010), Incentive Effects of Government Mandated Cost Shifting, Journal of University of Science and Technology, 30(2)

Quartey, J. D. (2010), Chainsaw milling in Ghana: Assessing its Economic impact. In Wit, M., and Van Dam, K. (Eds.), Chainsaw milling: Supplier to local markets, Tropenbos International, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 159 - 165.

Yusif, M. H., and Ishak, Y. (2010), A Critical Review of Recent Trends in Basic and Secondary Schools Enrolments in Ghana, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 1

Yusif, M. H., Ishak, Y. and O. Zulkifly, O. (2010), Investigating the Effects of Macroeconomic Variables on Demand for University Education in Ghana, European Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3

2009

Amporfu, E. (2009), The Gap between the Health Status of Rural and Urban Women in Ghana: A Case Study of Patients at a Mission Hospital in the Ashanti Region, Ghana Policy Journal, 2009, 3, 6-23

2008

Amporfu, E. (2008), Quality Effect of Early Discharge of Maternity Patients. Does Hospital Specialization Matter? Forum for Health Economics and Policy, 2008, 11(2)

Osei-Fosu, A. K. (2008), Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Fund Micro-credit for Poverty Reduction in Ghana: Panacea or a Mirage?, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 28, No. 3

Oteng-Abayie, E., and Frimpong, J. M. (2008), Bivariate Causality Analysis between FDI Inflows and Economic Growth in Ghana, 1970-2002,International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 2

Oteng-Abayie, E., and Frimpong, J. M. (2008), Aggregate Import Demand and Expenditure Component in Ghana: An Econometric Analysis,Journal of Social Sciences, 4(1): 1-6

2007

Boateng, K. (2007), The Effect of International Crude Oil Prices on Inflation in Ghana, Oil and Gas Journal, Vol 12, No. 19

2006

Quartey, J. D. (2006), Brighter Energy future for Ghana (Interview), African Review of Business and Technology (Magazine/Journal). Thomson Gale. 42(11), pp. 34.

Ofori-Abebrese, G. (2006), The ECO and the Development of West African Countries, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 26, No.2

2005

Boateng, K. (2005), Regulating Downstream Petroleum and Electricity Industries in Ghana: How to Avoid Averch-Jonson Effect, Journal of Economic Finance & Development, Vol 8

1996

Amporfu, E. (1996), Labour Specification in Agricultural Productivity: A Critique’, Review of Human Factor Studies, 2(1): 109-119.

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