Dr. Joseph Oscar Akotey

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Accounting and Finance
TF 38 Room 2 Ayim Complex
Department of Accounting and Finance, KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Research Areas/Interests

Risk Finance, Corporate Finance, Development Finance, Project Finance,...~more


Publications

    Refereed Journals

    1. Idahosa, L. O. and Akotey, J. O. (2021). A social constructionist approach to managing HVAC energy consumption using social norms – A randomised field experiment. Energy Policy, 154 (112293): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112293.
    2. Aawaar, G., Boamah, N. A. and Akotey, J. O. (2020). Investor herd behaviour in Africa’s emerging and frontier markets. International Journal of Financial and Economics Issues, 10(6): 194-205.
    3. Boamah, N. A., Akotey, J. O. and Aawaar, G. (2019). Economic engagement and within emerging markets integration. Research in International Business and Finance, 52(2020): 1-11.
    4. Awo, J. P. and Akotey, J. O. (2019). The financial performance of rural banks in Ghana: The generalized method of moments approach World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-02-2018-0012 Emerald Publishing, UK.
    5. Ajuwon, O. S., Ikhide, S. and Akotey, J. O. (2019). MSMEs Capital Structure in an Emerging Market: Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Economic Policy and Analysis, Vol. 4 (1): Feb 2019.
    6. Akotey, J. O. and Adjasi, C. (2018) Microinsurance and consumption smoothing among low-income households in Ghana. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.52 (3):151-170
    1. Idahosa, L. O., Marwa, N. and Akotey, J. O. (2017). Energy (electricity) consumption in South African hotels: A panel data analysis. Energy and Buildings, 156:207-217, doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.051
    2. Ajuwon, O. S. and Akotey, J. O. (2017). Effects of macroeconomic environment on domestic investment in Nigeria. Journal of Economic Policy and Analysis, 1, No. 2, September 2017.
    3. Ajuwon, O. S., Ikhide, S. and Akotey, J. O. (2017). MSMEs and Employment Generation in Nigeria. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 51 (3): 229-249.
    4. Akotey, J. O. and Adjasi, C. K. D. (2016). Does microcredit increase household welfare in the absence of microinsurance? World Development, Vol. 77: 380-394.
    5. Akotey, J. O. and Adjasi, C. (2015). Exploring the effect of microinsurance on asset inequality among households in Ghana. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 49 (2): 373-398, Spring 2015.
    6. Akotey, J. O. and Adjasi, C. (2014). The impact of microinsurance on household asset accumulation in Ghana: An asset index approach. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice, 39: 304–321. doi:10.1057/gpp.2014.6.
    7. Akotey, J. O., Sackey, F.G., Amoah, L. and Manso, F. R. (2013). The financial performance of life insurance companies in Ghana. Journal of Risk Finance, Vol. 14, Issue 3: 286-302.
    8. Akotey, J. O. and Abor, J. (2013). Risk management in the Ghanaian insurance industry. Qualitative Research into Financial Markets, Vol. 5, Issue 1: 26-42.
    9. Akotey, J. O., Osei, K. A. and Gemegah, A., (2011). Demand for microinsurance in Ghana. The Journal of Risk Finance, Vol. 12 No. 3: 182-194.

     

    Refereed Working Papers/Book Chapters

    1. Idahosa, L. O., Marwa, N. and Akotey, J. O. (2018). The comfort of the future: The role of social norms in constructing the ideal towards sustainability – A randomised field experiment. ERSA Working Paper 753, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    2. Idahosa, L. O., Marwa, N. and Akotey, J. O. (2017). Energy consumption in South African hotels: A panel data analysis.  ERSA Working Paper 685, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    3. Akotey, J. O., Osei, K. A. and Gemegah, A. (2014), Demand for microinsurance in Ghana, In K. A. Osei, G. Bokpin, C. Andoh and A. Q. Q. Aboagye (Ed) Recent Developments in Finance: Ghana and Selected African Countries, University of Ghana Reader in Finance, Business Review Series, Vol. 2: 65-81.

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