Emmanuel Sarpong‐Kumankoma

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2017per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Accounting
Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Information Systems
Strategy and Management
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Publications: 362009–2026
Citations: 489to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 2.741.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 42%15 of 36 scored papers
Open access: 14%5 papers free to read

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

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

Associate Professor, Department of FinanceUniversity of Ghanasince 2017

Education

PhD, Department of FinanceUniversity of Ghana2011–2015

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

36 in all

Government-led design and growth of India’s UPI ecosystem: a time series analysis of associated factors
2026Journal of Science and Technology Policy ManagementJournalSenior author0 citations10.1108/jstpm-07-2024-0284
Do Financial Development and Exchange Rates Drive the Tourism–Growth Relationship?
2025International Journal of Financial Studies

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Accounting2364%
Finance1953%
Economics and Econometrics1644%
Information Systems822%
Strategy and Management411%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance38%
Management Information Systems38%
Sociology and Political Science38%
Management Science and Operations Research26%
Demography13%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency17
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies15
Corporate Finance and Governance9
Economic Growth and Development8
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion7
Working Capital and Financial Performance5
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth4
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth3
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance3
Global Financial Crisis and Policies3
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis2
Housing Market and Economics2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Canada2
United Kingdom2
India1
South Africa1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH3 papers
Central UniversityGH3 papers
York UniversityCA2 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH2 papers
Coventry UniversityGB1 paper
Indian Institute of Forest ManagementIN1 paper
Purdue University NorthwestUS1 paper
Arizona State UniversityUS1 paper
University of IowaUS1 paper
University of KeralaIN1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance5
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies2
Cogent Economics & Finance2
International Journal of Development Issues2
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management2
Journal of Financial Economic Policy2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals7
16Peace, justice and strong institutions6
8Decent work and economic growth4
10Reduced inequalities3
4Quality education2
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
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Most cited

Financial literacy and retirement planning in Ghana
Review of Behavioral Finance4
202158 citationsWorld top 10%
What debt threshold hampers economic growth in Africa?
International Journal of Development Issues17
201954 citationsWorld top 10%
Freedom, competition and bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa

How Ghanaian managers view dividend policy

2025Qualitative Research in Financial MarketsJournalFirst author0 citations10.1108/qrfm-05-2024-0148

Social inclusion and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa

2024International Journal of Social EconomicsJournal2 citations10.1108/ijse-08-2023-0640

Gender and financial literacy in Ghana

2023African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst author19 citations10.1108/ajems-04-2022-0171

Tax and income inequality: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2023International Journal of Development IssuesJournalSenior author6 citations10.1108/ijdi-12-2022-0277

Bank risk exposures and bank stability in Africa: the role of regulations in a non-linear model

2023Journal of Financial Regulation and ComplianceJournalSenior author5 citations10.1108/jfrc-08-2022-0099

Energy consumption, institutional quality, and private capital inflows in Africa

2023Energy Sources Part B Economics Planning and PolicyJournalCorresponding1 citation10.1080/15567249.2023.2185840

Risk Management and Compliance in Banking in Africa

2022Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapterCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-04162-4_18

Central Bank Independence, Exchange Rate Regime, Monetary Policy and Inflation in Africa

2022Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapter1 citation10.1007/978-3-031-04162-4_6

Financial literacy and retirement planning in Ghana

2021Review of Behavioral FinanceJournalFirst authorCorresponding58 citations10.1108/rbf-05-2020-0110

Oil price volatility and US dollar exchange rate volatility of some oil-dependent economies

2021Journal of International Trade & Economic DevelopmentJournalSenior authorCorresponding20 citations10.1080/09638199.2021.1998581

Investment appraisal: Akwaaba university hostel project

2021Emerald Emerging Markets Case StudiesJournal0 citations10.1108/eemcs-01-2020-0025

Economic freedom, competition and bank stability in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020International Journal of Productivity and Performance ManagementJournalFirst author43 citations10.1108/ijppm-06-2019-0310

Does corporate governance explain the quality of bank loan portfolios?

2020Journal of Financial Economic PolicyJournalSenior author21 citations10.1108/jfep-06-2019-0130

What debt threshold hampers economic growth in Africa?

2019International Journal of Development IssuesJournal54 citations10.1108/ijdi-03-2019-0056

Bank productivity in Africa

2019International Journal of Productivity and Performance ManagementJournalSenior author16 citations10.1108/ijppm-09-2018-0328

Financial freedom, market power and bank margins in sub-Saharan Africa

2019Journal of Financial Regulation and ComplianceJournalFirst author12 citations10.1108/jfrc-05-2019-0066

Freedom, competition and bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018Journal of Financial Regulation and ComplianceJournalFirst author49 citations10.1108/jfrc-12-2017-0107

Financing Cost and Private Investment in Ghana

2018Advances in Economics and BusinessJournalOpen access7 citations10.13189/aeb.2018.060203

Differences in bank profit persistence in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst author6 citations10.1108/ajems-03-2017-0037

Freedom, competition and bank efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017International Journal of Law and ManagementJournalFirst author21 citations10.1108/ijlma-11-2016-0142

Risk exposure and financial policy

2009Journal of Economic StudiesJournal6 citations10.1108/01443580910955079

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions2

Advances in Economics and Business1

How it can be read

14% free to read

Gold 3 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 31 · 86%Behind a paywall

Affordable and clean energy

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance16

201849 citationsWorld top 10%

Economic freedom, competition and bank stability in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management16

202043 citationsWorld top 10%

Financial inclusion: a catalyst for financial system development in emerging and frontier markets

Journal of Financial Economic Policy10

202335 citationsWorld top 10%