Benedict Afful Jr- Ph.D Economics
- Lecturer at University of Cape Coast
Benedict Afful Jr
- Ph.D Economics
- Lecturer at University of Cape Coast
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I am highly disciplined and principled young-man; cherish the sense of honesty and integrity, regularity and punctuality, and hard work with the belief that whatever must be done, must be done well; enthusiastic learner, who quickly grasps new concepts; possess sharp analytical and pedagogical skills with the innate desire and motivation to get deeper understanding of global issues generally and economic issues particularly for the purpose of achieving excellence; a good team-player and capable
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In spite of the various policies implemented since the Financial Sector Adjustment Programme of 1986 to liberalise Ghana’s financial sector and enhance stability, the stability of Ghana’s banking sector continues to be a challenge. This study analysed the effects of competition in the banking industry on the overall stability of the financial secto...
The paper investigates the effects of economic integration agreements on the survival of Ghana's manufactured and agriculture raw material exports. Using annual trade data for Ghanaian manufactured and agriculture raw material product exports from 1988 to 2018 and a discrete-time proportional hazard model, we found that economic integration agreeme...
The paper investigates the effects of economic integration agreements on the survival of Ghana's manufacturing and agricultural raw material exports. Using annual trade data for Ghanaian manufacturing and agricultural raw material product exports from 1988 to 2018 and a discrete-time proportional hazard model, we found that economic integration agr...
The question of how much of the potential tax revenue is actually obtained remains very critical in Ghana’s efforts to improve domestic revenue mobilization. This paper computes and examines tax gap and compliance burden among micro and small businesses which constitute more than 90% of Ghana’s informal economy. Using data on 485 businesses in Ghan...
The study sought to investigate the effect of financial innovation on performance of commercial banks in Ghana. The study used balance panel data over the period of 2009-2018from16 registered and licensed commercial banks. Fixed and random effect models were applied to the data. The findings show that financial innovation and the age of a bank have...
Given the fact that China has become the top investor in Ghana’s economy, this paper sought to interrogate the forms and trends of Chinese capital mobility into Ghana’s agricultural sector and explain their attractiveness within neo-liberal and social innovation contexts. Primary and secondary data were drawn from purposively selected state institu...
We estimate the effect of household social expenditure on vulnerability to poverty using the four latest cross-sectional waves of Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) from 1999 to 2017. Using a 3-Stage Least Square and Quantile Regression, our results show a widening consumption ex-post welfare gap between the poorest households and the non-poor hou...
We estimate the effect of household social expenditure on vulnerability to poverty using the four latest cross-sectional waves of Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) from 1999 to 2017. Using a 3-Stage Least Square and Quantile Regression, our results show a widening consumption ex-post welfare gap between the poorest households and the non-poor hou...
The main purpose of the study was to provide a better sense of the overall employment situation in agricultural and agro-processing sectors. These included their potential, recent developments, growth and future prospects
Inequality has been a major problem facing many countries, with Ghana not being an exception. The enormous problems of inequality have engendered worldwide fight (both physical and intellectual) towards its elimination. Unfortunately, the debate on inequality and its decomposition has often been based on income or consumption inequality with little...
With the current debate on the effect of WhatsApp on academic performance, there is little rigorous econometric research backing each side of the argument. Applying a seemingly unrelated regression model to a primary data, it was found that the use of WhatsApp has a positive effect on the academic performance of students so long as the dominant use...
Given the fact that China has become the top investor in Ghana’s economy, this paper sought to interrogate the forms and trends of Chinese capital mobility into Ghana’s agricultural sector and explain their attractiveness within neo-liberal and social innovation contexts. Primary and secondary data were drawn from purposively selected state institu...
We estimate the effect of household social spending on vulnerability to poverty using Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) fourth, fifth and sixth waves that span from 1999 to 2013. The final sample size for the respective waves were 5,556, 7,759 and 15,568. Our analysis provides a forward-looking assessment of the effect of spending on events like...
The widely acknowledged low salaries of teachers makes them deficit units who often seek loans
from banks or engage in hire purchases in their bid to smoothing consumption within their
households. Despite the financial stress that comes with such tendencies (as a corollary) and its
effect on teacher attrition, previous studies have remained silent...
Economic literacy measures the extent to which people can appreciate the forces that significantly influence the quality of their lives. Economically literate citizens may be able to make rational choices, understand and even form opinions on policies, and are likely to feel completely part of any public debate about the economy of a country. There...
