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The Study and Practice of Economics in Ghana

• L. Boakye-Yiadom 4 ,
• William Baah-Boateng 4 &
• Abena D. Oduro 4  
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Against the backdrop of developments in the Ghanaian economy and the evolution of economics as a discipline, this chapter traces the evolution of the study and practice of economics in Ghana. The major thematic areas are the teaching of economics at the University of Ghana, economic research in Ghana, and economic policy-making. Under the theme of the teaching of economics at the University of Ghana, the chapter assesses the changes in the programmes of the Department of Economics, what motivated the changes, and the challenges of teaching economics in Ghana. Regarding economic research, we focus on the patterns, trends, and underlying factors. We also highlight constraints to economic research in Ghana, as well as the enhanced opportunities. The third thematic area examines the relationship between researchers in economics and policy-makers. This is done by examining the available institutional framework for facilitating such a relationship and the relevance of economic research to policy-makers.

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Philip Kofi Adom is an Associate Professor of economics at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Environment for Development (EfD), Sweden, Sustainable Energy Transition Initiative (SETI – Duke University/ Universidad de Concepción, in Chile ), and the GIMPA-PURC Center of Excellence in Regulation (GIPCER). Prof Adom is a previous Research Fellow of the City University of Hong Kong, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and the African Economic and Research Consortium (AERC). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, an MPhil in Economics (University of Ghana), and a First class BEd in Social Sciences [Economics major] (University of Cape Coast). His early years of education were at Kumasi Anglican High School (KASS) and St. Theresa’s R/C Junior High School all in Kumasi, Ghana. Prof Adom provides consulting services on energy services, climate change, and development for the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) - Abidjan, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Canada, and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) - USA. He has won research grants from the Swedish Development Agency, AfDB, IDRC, UNICEF, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Startup Grant from the City University of Hong Kong, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Shell Energy Foundation, AERC, and Browaldh Foundation, Handelsbanken (Sweden) among others. Prof. Adom is currently a member of SETI and Emission Pricing for Development (EPfD) [EfD, Sweden and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Germany ]. He is listed in the African Scientist Directory[ASSAF] ( https://africanscientists.africa/business-directory/adom/ ) and his research is ranked among the top 5 percent scholars in the field of Economics and Econometrics in Africa by Research Publication in Economics [REPEc] ( https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.africa.html#authors ) and World Scientist and University ranking ( https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist.php?id=88901 ) . Prof. Adom has published widely on the trilogy of Energy, Environment and Development in top-tier academic journals, such as World Development, Resource and Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Applied Economics, Empirical Economics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Environmental Management, Renewable Energy, Water and Resource Economics, Environment and Development Economics and International Journal of Manpower amongst others. He has graduated three PhD students and several other master level students. Prof Adom is also a philanthropist.

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Adom, P.K., Agradi, M., Vezzulli, A. (2021). Energy efficiency – Economic growth nexus: what is the role of income inequality? Journal of Cleaner Production , 310: 127382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127382

Adom, P.K. , Yeo, J., Zhang, L (2021). Is water use sustainable and efficient in China? Evidence from a macro level analysis . Applied Economics , 53: 6166-6183. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1937496

Anlesinya, A., Amponsah-Tawiah, K., Adom, P.K ., Obi Berko Obeng Damoah, O.B.O., Dartey-Baah, K (2021). Strategic talent management, decent work and national wellbeing nexus: a cross-country and panel data analysis. International Journal of Manpower, 42 (5): 777-793. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2020-0106

Adom, P.K (2021). Financial Depth and Electricity Consumption in Africa: Does Education matter? Empirical Economics, 61 :1985–2039 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-020-01924-1  

Odonkor, S., Adom, P.K (2020). Environment and Health Nexus in Ghana: A Cross Sectional Study on Perceived relationship and Willingness-to-Participate (WTP) in design of environmental protection policy. Urban Climate 34: 100689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100689

Adom, P. K ., Owusu, M., Agradi, M.P (2020). Does financial development lower energy intensity? [J]. Frontiers in Energy , 14(3): 620 -634 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-019-0619-x       

Adom, P.K ., Amuakwa-Mensah, F., Amuakwa-Mensah, S. (2020). Degree of Financialisation and Energy Efficiency in sub-Sahara Africa: Do Institutions matter? Financial Innovation 6:33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-020-00192-3

Adom, P.K . Adams, S. (2020). Technical fossil fuel energy efficiency (TFFEE) and debt-finance government expenditure nexus in Africa. Journal of Cleaner Production 271:122670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122670

Adom, P.K ., Adams, S . (2020). Decomposition of Technical Efficiency in Agricultural Production in Africa into Transient and Persistent Technical Efficiency under Heterogeneous Technologies. World Development, 129:104907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104907

An Y. Zhang, L., Adom, P.K. (2019). The economies of wastewater management in China’s Industry. Environment and Development Economics, 24(5): 457-478 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000202

Shahbaz, M., Gozgor, G., Adom, P.K ., Hammoudeh, S. (2019). The technical decomposition of carbon emissions and the concerns about FDI and trade openness effects in the United States. International Economics 159: 56-73.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2019.05.001

Adom, P.K ., Opoku, E.E.O., Yan, I.K-M. (2019). Energy demand –FDI nexus in Africa: Do FDIs induce dichotomous paths? Energy Economics , 81:928-941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.05.030

Adom, P.K. (2019). Energy Indices: A risk factor or not in the financial sector. Energy Strategy Reviews, 24: 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.01.005  

Adom, P.K ., Mawunyo, A., Bekoe, W. (2019). Electricity supply in Ghana: The implications of climate-induced distortions in the water-energy equilibrium and system losses . Renewable Energy, 134: 1114-1128 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.09.025

Adom, P.K. (2019). An evaluation of energy efficiency in Africa under heterogeneous technologies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 209: 1170-1181 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.320

Zhang L., Adom, P.K . (2018). Energy efficiency in China: How persistent are the movements to/from the frontier. The Energy Journal , 39(6): 147-169. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26606248        

Amuakwa-Mensah, F., Klege, R., Adom, P.K ., Hagan E., Amoah A. (2018). Unveiling the energy saving role of banking performance in Sub-Sahara Africa. Energy Economics, 74: 828-842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.031   

Adom P.K, Kwakwa P., Amankwaa, A. (2018). The long-run effects of economic, demographic, and political indices on actual and potential CO2 emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 218: 516-526.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.090

Adom, P.K ., Adams, S. (2018). Energy savings in Nigeria: Is there a way of escape from energy inefficiency? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81: 2421-2430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.048   

Adom, P.K ., Amakye, K., Abrokwah, K., Quaidoo, C. (2018). Estimate of transient and persistent energy efficiency in Africa: A stochastic frontier analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 166C: 556-568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.04.038  

Adom, P.K ., Agradi, M.P., Quaidoo, C. (2018). The transition probabilities of Inflation Episodes in Ghana. International Journal of Emerging Markets , 13(6): 2028-2046. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-08-2017-0313   

Zhang, L., Adom, P.K., An, Y. (2018). Regulation-induced structural break and the long-run drivers of industrial Pollution intensity in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198: 121-132 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.008  

Adom, P.K. (2018). The long-run effects of political regimes and economic openness on energy intensity. African Development Review , 30(4): 399-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12347

Sarkodie S.A., Adom, P.K . (2018). Determinants of energy consumption in Kenya: A NIPALS Approach. Energy, 159: 696-705.    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.195

Adom, P.K ., Minlah, M.K., Adams, S. (2018). Impact of renewable energy (hydro) on electricity prices in Ghana: A tale of the short- and long-run. Energy Strategy Reviews, 20: 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2018.03.002  

Adom, P.K., Djahini-Afawoubo, D.M., Mustapha, S.A., Fankem, S.G., Rifkatu, N. (2018). Does FDI moderate the role of Public R&D in accelerating Agricultural Production in Africa? African Journal of Economics and Management Studies, 9(3): 290-304.   https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-07-2017-0153   

Adom, P.K ., Agradi M., Barnor C. (2018).  Road Transport Energy Demand in West Africa: A test of the Consumer-tolerable Price hypothesis? International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 37(10): 919 – 940 .   https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2017.1398161

Amuakwa-Mensah, F., Adom, P.K. (2017). Quality of institution and the FEG (Forest, Energy Intensity & Globalization)-Environment relationships in sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24: 17455–17473 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9300-2        

Adom, P.K ., Insaidoo, M., Minlak M.K., Abdul-Mumuni, A. (2017). Does Renewable Energy concentration increase the variance in Electricity Prices in Africa? Renewable Energy, 107(C): 81100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.01.048  

Adom, P.K. (2017). The long-run price sensitivity dynamics of industrial and residential electricity demand: the impact of deregulating electricity prices. Energy Economics, 62: 43-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2016.12.010   

Adam, S., Adom, P.K ., Klobodu M.K.E. (2016). Urbanization, regime type, durability, and environmental degradation in Ghana. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23: 825-839. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7513-4   

Adom, P.K ., Amuakwa-Mensah, F. (2016). What drives the energy saving role of FDI and industrialization in East Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 65: 925-942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.039

Adom, P.K ., Bekoe, W., Quartey G., Barnor C., Amakye K. (2016). Impact of market-based policies and external fiscal discipline on Ghana’s inflation. Review of Development Economics, 20(4): 794816. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12228  

Adom, P.K ., Amakye, K., Barnor C., Quartey G., Bekoe, W. (2016). Shift in demand elasticities, road energy forecast, and the persistence profile of shocks. Economic Modelling, 55: 189-206.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.02.004

Adom, P.K. (2016). The transition between energy efficient and energy inefficient states in Cameroon. Energy Economics, 54: 248-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.11.025

Adom, P.K. (2015). Asymmetric effects of energy intensity determinants in Nigeria. Energy Economics, 49: 570-580 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.027

Adom, P.K. (2015). Determinants of energy intensity in South Africa: Testing for structural effects in parameters.  Energy, 89 (9): 334-346.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.125

Adom, P.K. (2015). Business cycle and Economic-wide energy intensity: The implications for energy conservation policy in Algeria. Energy, 88(8): 334350 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.051   

Adom P.K ., Amakye, K., Barnor C., Quartey G. (2015). The long run impact of idiosyncratic and common shocks on industry output in Ghana. OPEC Energy Review, 39(1): 17-52 .   https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12039

Adom, P.K., Zumah, F., Mubarik A.M., Ntodi, A.B., Darko C.N. (2015). Analysing inflation dynamics in Ghana. African Development Review, 27(1): 113 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12118

Adom P.K., Kwakwa P.A. (2014). Effects of changing trade structure and technical characteristics of the manufacturing sector on energy intensity in Ghana. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 35C: 475-483 .   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.014

Adom, P.K. (2014) . Determinants of food availability and access in Ghana: what can we learn beyond the regression results? Studies in Agricultural Economics, 116 (3): 153-164. http://dx.doi.org/10.7896/j.1423    

Adom, P.K. (2014). Determination of Spatial Integration and substitution of foreign rice for local rice in Ghana. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, XVII (2): 49-64. http:// dx,doi.or/10.15414/raae.2014.17.02.49-64      

Adom, P.K. (2014). Commodity-specific Spatial Integration, Inter-commodity integration and Substitution between maize and sorghum in Ghana. Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 2: 49-76 . https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC169146    / http://dx/doi.org/10.4314/GJAS.V41I1.46143

Mensah T.J., Adom P.K., Berko P.J. (2014). Does automation improve stock market efficiency? Evidence from Ghana.  African Review of Economics and Finance, 6 (1): 69-101 . https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC155584

Adom P.K. (2013). Time‐Varying Analysis of Aggregate Electricity Demand in Ghana: A Rolling Analysis. OPEC Energy Review, 37(1): 63-80 .   https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-0237.2012.00227.x

Adom, P.K., Bekoe, W. (2013). Modeling electricity demand in Ghana revisited: the role of policy regime changes. Energy Policy, 61: 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.113  

Adom, P.K., Bekoe, W., Amuakwa-Mensah, F., Mensah, J.T., Botchway, E. (2012). Carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth, industrial structure, and technical efficiency: Empirical evidence from Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco on the causal dynamics. Energy, 47(1): 314–325 .  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.09.025  

Adom, P.K., Bekoe, W. (2012). Conditional dynamic forecast of electrical energy consumption requirements in Ghana by 2020: A comparison of ARDL and PAM. Energy, 44(1); 367–380 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.020    

Adom, P.K., Bekoe, W., Akoena S.K.K. (2012). Modelling aggregate domestic electricity demand in Ghana: An autoregressive distributed lag bounds cointegration approach. Energy Policy, 42: 530-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.019

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS/TECHNICAL REPORTS

Yorke, S.M., Adom, P.K., Ng, A. (2023). Scaling renewable energy capacities for sustainability in Africa: Cases of innovative financing options. Forthcoming in Taylor and Francis Book series.

Iddrisu, K., Adom, P.K ., Ibrahim, J.M., Karimu, A. (2023). Economics of downstream oil and gas project, risk, and decision analysis. In: Abor, J.Y., Karimu, A., Brannlund, R. (eds) The economics of the oil and gas industry: Emerging markets and developing economies. (n.d.). (n.p.): Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003315056

Amuakwa-Mensah F., Adom, P.K., Amin Karimu, A., Jabir Ibrahim Mohammed, J.I. (2023), Brief actionable research agenda on: Infrastructure. Funded by IDRC-CRDI, Canada. https://www.efdinitiative.org/sites/default/files/publications/EfD_twopager_A4_INFRASTRUCTURE.pdf

P.K. Adom , A. Karimu, F. Amuakwa-Mensah, and J.B. Mohammed (2023). A research agenda for low carbon transition and gender equity in the Global South (Infrastructure). IDRC-CRDI Funded, Canada. https://bit.ly/3zyfp1P  

P.K. Adom ., K. Jammeh, and J. Oduor (2022), An Outlook Of Energy Demand, Supply And Cost In Tanzania, Working Paper Series N° 370, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte D’ivoire. https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/working-paper-370-outlook-tanzanias-energy-demand-supply-and-cost-2030

Jantuah B.S., Adom P.K . (2020). Determination of Asymmetries and Market Integration in the Electricity and Crude Oil Markets. In: Shahbaz M., Balsalobre-Lorente D. (eds) Econometrics of Green Energy Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46847-7_15  

Bentil A.M., Adom P.K . (2020) Renewable Energy—Economic Growth Nexus: Addressing Potential Issues of Endogeneity and the Precision of the Long-Run Relationship. In: Shahbaz M., Balsalobre-Lorente D. (eds) Econometrics of Green Energy Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46847-7_13  

Adom P.K ., Kwakwa P.A. (2019) Does Technological Progress Provide a Win–Win Situation in Energy Consumption? The Case of Ghana. In: Shahbaz M., Balsalobre D. (eds) Energy and Environmental Strategies in the Era of Globalization. Green Energy and Technology (pp.363385). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06001-5_14  

Adom, P. K. (2016). Energy demand management in selected African Countries. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, http://pub.epsilon.slu.se . ISBN: 978-91-576-8547-6

Adom, P. K. (2011). Energy demand in Ghana: A case study of the electricity sub-sector. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and University of Ghana, http://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/2017

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Advanced Applied Quantitative Methods

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Advanced Theoretical Econometrics

Advanced Applied Econometrics

Energy Economics

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Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

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Godwin Ansah, “Public sector performance and Knowledge exchange in the Ghanaian agriculture sector: the role of social innovation ”, Co-Supervisor, GIMPA, Ghana, JULY, 2022, Graduated. 

Alex Anlesinya, “Critical sustainability perspectives on strategic talent management: A multi-level and multi-method Analysis”, Co-supervisor, Business School, University of Ghana, JULY, 2022, Graduated.

Mawunyo Prosper Agradi, “Essays on Energy Efficiency, Remittances and Development Outcomes' Nexus in Africa” , Lead Supervisor , University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, MAY, 2022, Graduated

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Prof. Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu

Dr. jonathan dagadu quartey, prof. eugenia amporfu, our department, our programmes.

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