Abel Fumey

Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2010per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations
Accounting
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Strategy and Management
Finance

In their own words

Public Sector Economics and Development Economics

Publications: 202010–2026
Citations: 140to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%1 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 44%4 of the 9 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 220 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 7 (145 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, EconomicsUniversity of Ghanasince 2010

Education

PhD, EconomicsUniversity of Ibadan2014–2017

Publications

20 in all

Public Debt and Economic Growth: A Threshold Determination in Ghana
2026Journal of Economics Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.67237/jegsd.11
Food versus non-food expenditure: impact on dietary diversity in urban Ghana
2026International Journal of Social Economics

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics840%
Political Science and International Relations315%
Accounting210%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences210%
Strategy and Management210%
Finance15%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance15%
Horticulture15%
Management Science and Operations Research15%
Plant Science15%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth6
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy3
Local Government Finance and Decentralization3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy1
Corporate Finance and Governance1
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance1
Financial Reporting and Valuation Research1
Forecasting Techniques and Applications1
Global Financial Crisis and Policies1
Housing Market and Economics1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

22% of their 9 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of IbadanNG2 papers
BlueCrest University CollegeGH1 paper

Where they publish

Annals of Management Science2
International Journal of Social Economics2
< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …1
African Development Review1
African Social Science and Humanities Journal1
Cogent Economics & Finance1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Buoyancy and elasticity of tax: Evidence from Ghana
Journal of monetary and economic integration
201062 citations
External debt servicing and capital formation in Ghana: An Autoregressive distributed Lag Analysis
European Journal of Economic and Financial Research
202212 citations
Effects of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) on the welfare of cocoa farmers in Ghana: evidence from Chorichori community of the Sefwi Akontombra district
SN Business & Economics1

Financial Inclusion and Informality: Empirical Evidence in Ghana

2025Indian Journal of Applied Business and Economic ResearchJournalFirst author0 citations

Effects of public debt on public infrastructure investment in Ghana

2024Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1080/23322039.2024.2363460

Impact evaluation of households participation in agriculture on welfare in Ghana

2022African Social Science and Humanities JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.57040/asshj.v3i3.123

Effects of import tax expenditure on revenue mobilisation in Ghana

2022Journal of Smart Economic GrowthJournalFirst author2 citations

External debt servicing and capital formation in Ghana: An Autoregressive distributed Lag Analysis

2022European Journal of Economic and Financial ResearchJournalFirst author12 citations

Forecasting Value Added Tax Revenue in Ghana

2021RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournal8 citations10.1991/jefa.v4i2.a37

Redistributive politics: the case of fiscal transfers in Ghana

2018International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst author6 citations10.1108/ijse-05-2017-0191

Political Influence on Fiscal Transfers: Evidence from Ghana's District Assemblies Common Fund

2018< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …ReportFirst author0 citations

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers and tactical political maneuverings

2018Evidence from Ghana’s District Assemblies Common FundJournalFirst author1 citation

Interest Rate Spread in Ghana's Banking Sector: 2000-2014

2016Annals of Management ScienceJournalFirst author0 citations

Real exchange rate and economic growth: Determining the direction of impact in Ghana

2012Annals of Management ScienceJournalFirst author2 citations

Buoyancy and elasticity of tax: Evidence from Ghana

2010Journal of monetary and economic integrationJournal62 citations

European Journal of Economic and Financial Research

Evidence from Ghana’s District Assemblies Common Fund1

How it can be read

44% free to read, of the 9 recorded

Diamond 2 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 5 · 25%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 55%Not recorded by the source