William Bekoe

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2012, latest 2022

Economics and Econometrics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Pollution
Accounting
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Finance

Publications: 162012–2022
Citations: 712to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 3.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 44%7 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 38%6 papers free to read

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

Education

Senior Lecturer, EconomicsUniversity of Ghanasince 2001

Honours, memberships and service

Researcher, Visiting Lecturer, EconomicsAfrican Economic Research Consortiumsince 2007

Publications

16 in all

Assessing the Economic Implications of Free Trade on Environmental Quality: Empirical Evidence from Africa
2022Environmental and Resource EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1007/s10640-022-00738-2
Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: Evidence from West Africa
2022International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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 Econometrics1169%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment744%
Pollution531%
Accounting319%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering213%
Finance213%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance213%
Information Systems213%
Environmental Engineering16%
Ocean Engineering16%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth8
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies7
Energy and Environment Impacts5
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth4
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance2
Economic Growth and Development2
Energy Efficiency and Management2
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact2
Taxation and Compliance Studies2
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency1
Capital Investment and Risk Analysis1
Corruption and Economic Development1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

31% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria2
Sweden2
Denmark1
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Professional StudiesGH4 papers
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSE2 papers
University of IbadanNG2 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG2 papers
Kobe UniversityJP1 paper
University of CopenhagenDK1 paper
University of LagosNG1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper

Where they publish

Energy2
Energy Policy2
African Journal of Management Research1
Economic Modelling1
Environmental & Socio-economic Studies1
Environmental and Resource Economics1
International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy2
8Decent work and economic growth2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth, industrial structure, and technical efficiency: Empirical evidence from Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco on the causal dynamics
Energy7
2012224 citationsWorld top 10%
Modelling aggregate domestic electricity demand in Ghana: An autoregressive distributed lag bounds cointegration approach
Energy Policy
2012143 citationsWorld top 10%
Conditional dynamic forecast of electrical energy consumption requirements in Ghana by 2020: A comparison of ARDL and PAM

Does foreign banks entry influence domestic banks' efficiency? Evidence from Ghana

2022African Journal of Management ResearchJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/ajmr.v27i1.4

Nexus between Fiscal Discipline and the Budget Process in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria

2022Theoretical and Practical Research in Economic FieldsJournalOpen access0 citations10.14505/tpref.v12.2(24).06

Tax reforms and revenue mobilization in Ghana

2016Journal of Economic StudiesJournalFirst author46 citations10.1108/jes-01-2015-0007

Determinants of Tax Evasion in Ghana: 1970-2010

2013JournalOpen access14 citations

MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN GHANA: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

2013RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst author12 citations

International Journal of Global Energy Issues1

How it can be read

38% free to read

Diamond 3 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Green 3 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 63%Behind a paywall

201288 citationsWorld top 10%

An empirical examination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for carbon dioxide emissions in Ghana: an ARDL approach

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

201676 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond