Prof. Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu

Associate Professor


Dept: Statistics and Actuarial Science
SF 12, Aboagye Menyeh Complex Building, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

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Research Areas/Interests


Publications

    Mensah, I. A., Sun, M., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Gao, C., Obobisa, E. S., & Osinubi, T. T. (2021). Potential economic indicators and environmental quality in African economies: new insight from cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14598-8

    Osei, M. A., Amekudzi, L. K., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Yamba, E. I., Quansah, E., Aryee, J. N., & Preko, K. (2021). Estimation of the return periods of maxima rainfall and floods at the Pra River Catchment, Ghana, West Africa using the Gumbel extreme value theory. Heliyon, 7(5), e06980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06980

    Phale, K., Fanglin, L., Adjei Mensah, I., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Musah, M. (2021). Knowledge-based economy capacity building for developing countries: A panel analysis in Southern African development community. Sustainability, 13(5), 2890. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052890

    Mensah, I. A., Sun, M., Gao, C., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Sun, H., Ampimah, B. C., & Quarcoo, A. (2020). Investigation on key contributors of energy consumption in dynamic heterogeneous panel data (DHPD) model for African countries: fresh evidence from dynamic common correlated effect (DCCE) approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(31), 38674-38694. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09880-0

    Paintsil, E. K., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Addo, M. G. & Boateng, M. A. (2019). Analysis of Haematological Parameters as Predictors of Malaria Infection Using a Logistic Regression Model: A Case Study of a Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Malaria Research and Treatment, vol. 2019, Article ID 1486370, 7 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1486370.

    Mensah, I. A., Sun, M., Gao, C., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Zhu, D., Ampimah, B. C., & Quarcoo, A. (2019). Analysis on the nexus of economic growth, fossil fuel energy consumption, CO2 emissions and oil price in Africa based on a PMG panel ARDL approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 228, 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.281 

    Eghan, R. E., Amoako-Yirenkyi, P., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Frimpong, N. K. (2019). Time-Frequency Coherence and Forecast Analysis of Selected Stock Returns in Ghana Using Haar Wavelet. Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 30(5), 1-12.

    Boateng, M. A., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Frempong, N. K., & Avuglah, R. K. (2019). On a Hybrid Clayton-Gumbel and Gumbel-Frank Bivariate Copulas with Application to Stock Indices. Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 30(1), 1-13. 

    Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Borkor, R. N., Sakyi, A., & Adikorley, I. J. N. (2018). Modeling GHS-USD Exchange Rate in Ghana: Application of Stochastic Volatility Model. International Review of Business and Management Research, 7(2), 463-471.

    Boateng, M. A., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Avuglah, R. K., & Frempong, N. K. (2018). Hybrid Clayton-Frank Convolution-Based Bivariate Archimedean Copula. Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5902839

    Boateng, M. A., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Avuglah, R. K., & Frempong, N. K. (2017). On Two Random Variables and Archimedean Copulas. International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 7(4), 228-237. DOI: 10.5923/j.statistics.20170704.05 

    Boateng, A. Y., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Owusu, D. A., & Boateng, M. A. (2017). Forecasting Mortality Rate of a Ghanaian University Staff Superannuation Scheme. International Journal of Finance and Accounting, 6(4), 111-115. DOI: 10.5923/j.ijfa.20170604.03

    Osman, S., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Boadi, R. K. (2016). Logit Model for the Determinants of Drug Driving in Ghana. International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 6(6), 339-346. DOI: 10.5923/j.statistics.20160606.01

    Owusu, D. A., Appiah, S. K., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Owusu, G. S. (2016). Pension Fund Asset Allocation under the Markowitz Model: A Case of the National Pension Scheme in Ghana. Applied Mathematics, 6(4), 86-91. DOI: 10.5923/j.am.20160604.04 

    Ansah, R. K., Boadi, R. K., Obeng-Denteh, W., & Omari-Sasu, A. Y. (2016). Review of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. American Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 6(4), 182-189. DOI: 10.5923/j.ajms.20160604.07

    Owusu, D. A., Appiah, S. K., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Berimah, R. T. (2016). Pricing and Profit testing of “key man” Life Policy of Insurance Companies in Ghana. International Journal of Finance and Accounting, 5(4), 202-208. DOI: 10.5923/j.ijfa.20160504.05 

    Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Owusu, D. A., Boateng, M. A., & Tettey, I. (2016). Hedging Longevity Risk using Longevity Swaps: A Case Study of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ghana. International Journal of Finance and Accounting, 5(4), 165-170. DOI:10.5923/j.ijfa.20160504.01

    Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Isaac, A. M., & Boadi, R. K. (2016). Statistical Models for Count Data with Applications to Road Accidents in Ghana. International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 6(3), 123-137. DOI: 10.5923/j.statistics.20160603.05 

    Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Owusu, D. A., Boateng, M. A., & Sabogu, Z. (2016). Survival Analysis of Tuberculosis Patients in Upper West Region of Ghana. International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 6(2), 40-44. DOI: 10.5923/j.statistics.20160602.02

    Boateng, M. A., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Frempong, N. K. (2015). Volatility Assessment of Equities on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Statistics and Applications, 5(6), 288-292. DOI: 10.5923/j.statistics.20150506.04

    Frempong, N. K., Amoako-Yirenkyi, P., Omari-Sasu, A. Y., & Owusu, D. A. (2015). Emerging Relationships between Macroeconomic Indicators and Real Economic Activities in Ghanaian Economy. Economics, 4(6), 118-124. doi: 10.11648/j.eco.20150406.14 

    Omari-Sasu, A. Y., Frempong, N. K., Boateng, M. A., & Boadi, R. K. (2015). Modeling Stock Market Volatility Using GARCH Approach on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Business and Management, 10(11), 169.org/10.5539/ijbm.v10n11p169

    Yaro, D., Omari-Sasu, K., Harvim, P., Saviour, A. W., & Obeng, B. A. (2015). Generalized Euler Method for Modeling Measles with Fractional Differential Equations. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development. 4(4). ISSN 2278–0211.

    Amponsah, S. K., Omari–Sasu, A. Y. & Addai–Yeboah, L., (2014). Optimum loan portfolio selection: a case study of a bank based in Ghana. Herald Journal of Marketing and Business Management. 3(2), 053 – 060. ISSN: 2350 – 2207.


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