Publications
Selected refereed journal publications
Tawiah, T.O., Sakyi, D., Ayibor, R.E., Amanor, K. (2024), The Impact of Financial Inclusion on Rural–Urban Households Welfare Inequality in Ghana: A Decomposition Analysis, Review of Development Economics, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rode.13153
Kornher, L., Sakyi, D., and Tannor, L.L. (2024), “When you need it quick, let us ship it right”: On the Importance of Port Efficiency and Service Quality to comply with Food Trade Standards in Ghana, Review of World Economics, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10290-024-00549-1
Ayesu, E.K., Sakyi, D., and Baidoo, S.T. (2024), The Effects of Seaport Efficiency on Trade Performance in Africa, Maritime Policy & Management, 51(3): 420-441, https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2022.2135178
Sakyi, D., Asaana, C. A., and Ayesu, E. (2023), How Does Quality of Institutions affect the Impact of Technology Adoption on Export Performance in Africa? The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 32(5), 743-772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2022.2136737
Ayesu, E. K., Sakyi, D., & Darku, A. B. (2023). Seaport efficiency, port throughput, and economic growth in Africa. Maritime Economics & Logistics, 25, 479-498, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-022-00252-8
Nkansah, K., Owusu Takyi, P., Sakyi, D., and Adusah-Poku, F. (2022), Economic Integration Agreements and Export Survival in Ghana, Journal of African Trade, 9: 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44232-022-00001-z
Bachori, B.B., Buabeng, E., and Sakyi, D. (2022), Currency Hedging Behaviour for Stock Returns Uncertainty in Ghana, Applied Economics, 54(48), 5532-5548, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2047599
Sakyi, D., Darku, B. A., and Immurana, M. (2021), Determinants of Choice of Seaports in ECOWAS Countries, Journal of Developing Areas, 54(4), 79-102, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/794038
Asaana, A. C., and Sakyi, D. (2021), Empirical Analysis of Demand for Imports in Sub-Sahara Africa, International Trade Journal, 34(4), 360-382, https://doi.org/10.1080/08853908.2020.1832938
Egyir, J., Sakyi, D., and Baidoo, S. T. (2020), How Does Capital Flows Affect the Impact of Trade on Economic Growth in Africa? The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 29(3), 353-372, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2019.1692365
Baidoo, S. T., Sakyi, D., and Aidoo, J. B. (2020), Does Gender Matter in Credit Denial Among Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Ghana? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 39(3), 339-362. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2020.104980
Sakyi, D., and Afesorgbor, S. K. (2019), The Effects of Trade Facilitation on Trade Performance in Africa, Journal of African Trade, 6(1-2), 1-15, https://doi.org/10.2991/jat.k.191129.001
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
Sakyi, D., Onyinah, O. P., Baidoo, T. S., and Ayesu, K. E. (2019), Empirical Determinants of Saving Habit among Commercial Drivers in Ghana, Journal of African Business, https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2019.1695188
Sakyi, D., Bonuedi, I., and Osei Opoku, E. E. (2018), Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa, Journal of African Trade, 5(1-2), 35-53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joat.2018.08.001.
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, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12261
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, https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2017.1327299
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, https://doi.org/10.1080/19186444.2017.1326717
Obeng, S. K., and Sakyi, D. (2017), Explaining the Growth of Government Spending in Ghana, The Journal of Developing Areas, 51(1): 103-128, https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2017.0006
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, https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2015.1061283
Sakyi, D., Villaverde, J., and Maza, A. (2015), Trade Openness, Income Levels, and Economic Growth: The Case of Developing Countries, 1970-2009, The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 24(6), 860-882, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2014.971422
Sakyi, D., Villaverde J., Maza A., and Chittedi, K. R. (2012), Trade Openness, Growth and Development: Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Cointegration Analysis for Middle-Income Countries, Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Special Issue, 31(57), 21-40, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2180858
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, https://doi.org/10.1177/097380101200600303
Other selected peer reviewed publications
Sakyi, D. and Tadesse, G. (2023), Industrial Clusters and Firm-Level Innovation in Africa, AKADEMIYA2063 Working Paper Series No.006 October 2023. Kigali: AKADEMIYA2063, https://doi.org/10.54067/awps.006
Tabiri, G.K. and Sakyi, D. (2022), Transforming the Agrifood Processing Sector in Africa: The Role of Industrial Clusters, In Jenane, C., Ulimwengu, J.M., and Tadesse, G. (Eds.) 2022. Agrifood Processing Strategies for Successful Food Systems Transformation in Africa. ReSAKSS 2022 Annual Trends and Outlook Report. Kigali and Washington, DC: AKADEMIYA2063 and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), https://doi.org/10.54067/9781737916444
Avenyo, E.K., Mensah, E.B., Ndubuisi, G. and Sakyi, D. (2022). Global Value Chain Participation and Innovation: Firm-Level Evidence from Africa. AERC Working Paper GVC-012, http://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3439
Amporfu, E., Sakyi, D., Frimpong, P.B., Arthur, E. and Novignon, J. (2018), The Distribution of Paid and Unpaid Work among Men and Women in Ghana: The National Time Transfer Accounts Approach, Counting Women’s Work (CWW) Ghana, Working Paper WP3, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5994a30fe4fcb5d90b6fbeab/t/5bac0147-e5e5f0a558dc4aac/1537999186215/CWW+WP3.pdf
Traoré, F., and Sakyi, D. (2017), “Africa’s Global Trade Patterns” in Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute, pp. 6-35, https://www.ifpri.org/publication/africas-global-trade-patterns
Sakyi, D., and Osei Opoku, E.E. (2016), “The Twin Deficits Hypothesis in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence for Ghana”. IGC Working Paper No. S-33201-GHA-1. International Growth Centre, London School of Economics, https://www.theigc.org/publication/the-twin-deficits-hypothesis-in-developing-countries-empirical-evidence-for-ghana/
Sakyi, D., and Osei Opoku, E.E. (2014), “Regionalism and Economic Integration in Africa: A Conceptual and Theoretical Perspective, Occasional Paper No. 22, African Capacity Building Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe, https://elibrary.acbfpact.org/cgi-bin/acbf?e=d-010off-acbf--00-1--0---0-10-tx-1%2C1%2C1%2C1-4-------0-11l--11-en-50---20-home---01-3-1-000--0-0-11-0utfzz-8-&a=d&d=HASHea569083ac1a8d9c194c52&gg=0
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