Department of Economics: Recent submissions

  • Elections burdens and outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Quaicoe, Serebour (University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)
    The study examines the burdens and outcomes that elections impose on Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries. Conspicuously missing in the literature is the extent to which the level of development and literacy moderate the ...
  • Analysis of household energy consumption in Ghana 
    Kyeremeh, Christian (University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)
    Household energy consumption and its related issues have received considerable attention in recent times. However, the bulk of research has focused on macro perspective using times series data and methods. Empirical ...
  • National health insurance, women’s autonomy and maternal healthcare utilisation in Ghana 
    Agbanyo, Richard (University of Cape Coast, 2019-04)
    The effectiveness of health insurance and women’s autonomy in removing barriers to the utilisation of maternal healthcare in order to curb maternal mortality especially in developing countries is gaining ground. However, ...
  • Trade openness and economic growth: evidence from Ghana 
    Dabel, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2016-05)
    In contrast to previous studies on the relationship between trade openness and economic growth, this study develops a new measure of trade openness. Composite Trade Intensity (CTI) was employed to generate an index to ...
  • Parents’ expectations and investment in child education: evidence from rural Ghana 
    Ahiakpor, Ferdinand (University of Cape Coast, 2012-06)
    It was until the early 1990’s that economists began to place greater emphasis on the role of human capital development as the basic rock for development. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, the researcher interviewed a ...
  • Electricity generation and economic growth in Ghana 
    Alhassan, Abdul-Razak Sawal (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)
    The sectorial relevance and direction of energy policy in the Ghanaian economy as energy demand continue to rise with constant growth in services and a steady decrease in manufacturing growth, requires empirical analysis ...

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