Dr. John Bosco Dramani

Senior Lecturer


Research Areas/Interests

Dr. John Bosco is an interdisciplinary research person who has interest in economics of energy, reforms and regulations; sustainable development, inst...~more

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Publications

    1. Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie and John Bosco Dramani (2018), Time-frequency domain causality of prime building cost and macroeconomic indicators in Ghana: implication for project selection, Construction Management and Economics.

    2. Sulemana Mahawiya, John Bosco Dramani and Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie (2018), Foreign banks inflows: implications for bank stability for sub-Saharan Africa, African Review of Economics and Finance, Volume 10, Issue 1.

    3. Maurice Omane-Adjepong and John Bosco Dramani (2017), On the dynamic effects of global commodity market on stock market blocks in Africa, Applied Economic Letter, Volume 5, Issue 11. 

    4. Kennedy Kwabena Abrokwa, John Bosco Dramani and Keshab Bhattarai (2017), The effect of electricity technical losses on Ghana's economy: a simulation evaluation, OPEC Energy Review.

    5. Dramani, J.B., Yahuza Abdul Rahman, Mahawiya Sulemana, and Paul Owusu Takyi. "Natural resource dependence and economic growth in SSA: are there threshold effects?." Development Studies Research 9, no. 1 (2022): 230-245.

    6. Oteng-Abayie, Eric Fosu, Dramani, J.B., Frank Adusah-Poku, Kofi Amanor, and Jonathan Dagadu Quartey. "Decomposition and drivers of energy intensity in Ghana." Energy Strategy Reviews 47 (2023): 101090.

    7. Adusah-Poku, F., Dramani, J. B., & Adjei-Mantey, K. (2022). Does the choice of cooking fuel empower Ghanaian women? An empirical analysis. Development Southern Africa, 1-18.

    8. Takyi, P. O., Dramani, J. B., Akosah, N. K., & Aawaar, G. (2023). Economic activities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries. Scientific African20, e01642.

    9. Dramani, J. B., Frimpong, P. B., & Ofori-Mensah, K. A. (2022). Modelling the informal sector and energy consumption in Ghana. Social Sciences & Humanities Open6(1), 100354.

    10. Ababio, A. G., Osei?Fosu, A. K., & Dramani, J. B. (2023). Religion, social capital and poverty in Ghana: Correlations and explanations. International Social Science Journal.

    11. Mahawiya Sulemana & Dramani, J.B., (2020). Effect of financial sector development and institutions on economic growth in SSA. Does the peculiarities of regional blocs matter? Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2020.1837500.

    12. Adusah-Poku, F., Dramani, J. B., & Adjei-Mantey, K. (2022). Determinants of electricity demand in Ghana: The role of power crises. International Journal of Sustainable Energy41(6), 699-712.

    13. Nayaga, P., Adusah-Poku, F., Dramani, J. B., & Takyi, P. O. (2021). The threshold effect of electricity consumption and urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions in Ghana. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal.

    14. Forson, P., Dramani, J. B., Frimpong, P. B., Arthur, E., & Mahawiya, S. (2022). Effect of oil price volatility on trade balance in sub?Saharan Africa. OPEC Energy Review.

    15. Ackah, I., Dramani, J. B., & Asiama, R. K. (2021). The Political Settlement and Decision making in Ghana’s Energy Sector. Oil, Gas & Energy Law19(3).

    16. Opoku, R., Mensah, G., Adjei, E. A., Dramani, J. B., Kornyo, O., Nijjhar, R., ... & Obeng, G. Y. (2023). Machine learning of redundant energy of a solar PV Mini-grid system for cooking applications. Solar Energy, 262, 111790.

    17. Dramani, J. B., & Frimpong, P. B. (2020). The effect of crude oil price shocks on macroeconomic stability in Ghana. OPEC Energy Review, 44(3), 249-277.

    18. Baajike, F. B., Oteng-Abayie, E. F., Dramani, J. B., & Amanor, K. (2024). Effects of trade liberalization on the global decoupling and decomposition of CO2 emissions from economic growth. Heliyon, 10(1).

    19. Yazdanie, M., Frimpong, P. B., Dramani, J. B., & Orehounig, K. (2024). The impacts of the informal economy, climate migration, and rising temperatures on energy system planning. Energy Reports, 11, 165-178.

    20. Yazdanie, M., Frimpong, P. B., Dramani, J. B., & Orehounig, K. (2024). Depreciating currency impacts on local-scale energy system planning: The case study of Accra, Ghana. Energy Strategy Reviews, 53, 101362.

    21. Dramani, J. B., Ofori-Mensah, K. A., Otchere, N. O., Frimpong, P. B., Adu-Poku, A., Kemausuor, F., & Yazdanie, M. (2024). Estimating and forecasting suppressed electricity demand in Ghana under climate change, the informal economy and sector inefficiencies. Heliyon, 10(16).

    22. Ntsiful, E., Dramani, J. B., Adusah-Poku, F., & Frimpong, P. B. (2024). Effect of electricity access on the value of women’s labour and time in Ghana. World Development Perspectives, 35, 100614.

    23. Oteng-Abayie, E. F., Dramani, J. B., Sulemana, M., & Adusah-Poku, F. (2023). The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Price Shocks on Aggregate Demand for Goods and Services in Ghana. Journal of Energy, 2023(1), 1692552.

    24. Osei-Gyebi, S., & Dramani, J. B. (2023). Firm performance in sub-Saharan Africa: What role do electricity shortages play?. Cogent Economics & Finance, 11(2), 2251822.

    25. Dramani, J. B., Tetteh, B., Sulemana, M., & Aawarr, G. (2024). Does energy consumption improve human capital development? Empirical evidence from panel non?linear autoregressive distributed lag in Africa. OPEC Energy Review, 48(1), 48-62.

    26. Mpuure, D. M. N., Frimpong, P. B., Ofori-Mensah, K. A., & Dramani, J. B. (2024). Health shocks and households’ welfare in Ghana: does social assistance mitigate the effects?. Review of Economics and Political Science, (ahead-of-print).

    27. Karimu, A., & Dramani, J. B. (2021). Energy consumption patterns in Africa: The role of biomass fuels for cooking and fuel use in the transportation sector. In Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume I: Challenges and Development (pp. 315-341). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

    28. Amaka-Otchere, A. B., Mawuko, G., Adebanji, A. O., Quarcoo, M. M., Aziz, F., Dramani, J. B., & Oduro-Ofori, E. (2024). Toward sustainable energy transition: understanding electricity-use behavior among low-income urban households in Kumasi. African Geographical Review, 1-18.

    29. Osei-Gyebi, S., & Dramani, J. B. (2024). Electricity consumption and economic growth in Ghana: how significant are electricity transmission losses?. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 18(6), 1201-1220.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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