William Gabriel Brafu‐Insaidoo

Publishing since 2002, latest 2025

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

In their own words

International Finance
macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy

Publications: 482002–2025
Citations: 267to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.171.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%5 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 52%15 of the 29 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 485 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 14 (338 citations and h-index 10 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

48 in all

Fiscal multipliers and informality in sub-Saharan Africa
2025International Economics and Economic PolicyJournalSenior author1 citation10.1007/s10368-025-00702-7
The role of financial globalization in the long-run volatility between forex and stock markets during COVID-19: Evidence from Africa
2024Research in Globalization

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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 Econometrics2246%
Finance1021%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance919%
Information Systems919%
Accounting817%
Strategy and Management48%
Development24%
Management Information Systems12%
Management Science and Operations Research12%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment12%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth15
Economic Growth and Development9
Global Financial Crisis and Policies6
Global trade and economics5
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies5
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact5
Taxation and Compliance Studies4
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency3
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance3
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy3
International Business and FDI3
Economic Growth and Productivity2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

3% of their 29 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written5555555Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape TownZA4 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH2 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper
Stellenbosch UniversityZA1 paper

Where they publish

Africagrowth agenda6
Cogent Economics & Finance3
Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences3
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African Journal of Economic and Management Studies2
American Journal of Economics2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals14
8Decent work and economic growth5
1No poverty4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Effect of Import Liberalization on Tariff Revenue in Ghana
African Economic Research Consortium Working Papers
200840 citations
Understanding the marketing strategies of microfinance institutions within the Accra metropolis of Ghana: Case of selected institutions
African Journal of Marketing Management
201128 citations
Determinants of Foreign Capital Flows: The Experience of Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries
Journal of Applied Economics17
2014

Targeting Financial Stability in Ghana: The Role of Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulations

2024Business, management and economicsBook chapterOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.5772/intechopen.113820

Government domestic debt arrears and private investment in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournal6 citations10.1108/ajems-06-2021-0281

Assessing Ghana's bilateral exports potential and gap

2021African Development ReviewJournalSenior author11 citations10.1111/1467-8268.12610

Monetary policy and economic growth in Ghana: Does financial development matter?

2021Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.1080/23322039.2021.1966918

Estimating Ghana's tax capacity and effort

2020AERCReportFirst author12 citations

Évaluation de la Capacité et de l'Effort Fiscal du Ghana

2020Consortium pour la Recherche Économique en AfriqueReportFirst author0 citations

Macro-determinants of short-term foreign debt in Ghana

2019Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author19 citations10.1080/23322039.2019.1630161

Trade Openness and Monetary Policy in Ghana

2019International Economic JournalJournal7 citations10.1080/10168737.2019.1610027

The relative effect of trade and tax reforms on import tax revenues in Ghana

2019Financial Statistical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.24294/fsj.v2i1.943

Financing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Domestic Revenue Mobilization.

2019International Journal of Business & Applied SciencesJournal5 citations

International reserves, external debt maturity and exchange rate volatility in Ghana

2019Economic Change and RestructuringJournalFirst author8 citations

The relative effect of trade and tax reformson import tax revenues in Ghana

2018Financial Statistical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.24294/fsj.v0i0.943

Determinants of Capital Flight In Ghana

2017Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED)JournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.47963/jobed.v7i0.133

Determinants of Capital Flight In Ghana

2017Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED)JournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.47963/jobed.2017.06

Sources of oil price shocks and external balance in Ghana

2017Journal of Economic & Financial StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.18533/jefs.v5i04.295

International reserves, external debt maturity and exchange rate volatility in Ghana

2017Economic Change and RestructuringJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/s10644-017-9223-4

Determinants of Short-Term foreign debt in Ghana

2017African Economic Research consortiumReportFirst author1 citation

Fiscal performance, Liberalization and External Debt in Ghana

2016Frontiers in Finance and EconomicsJournalFirst author0 citations

Poverty and Inequality in Ghana: Analysis of the Dimensions, Trends and Spatial Perspectives

2015Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.47963/joss.v7i3.297

Determinants of Foreign Capital Flows: The Experience of Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries

2014Journal of Applied EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1016/s1514-0326(14)60003-9

Political institutions and capital flight in Africa

2013Africagrowth agendaJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Institutions and international capital flows in SSA emerging and frontier market economies

2012Africagrowth agendaJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation

Tariff restructuring for emerging countries

2012Africagrowth agendaJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

The Effect of Import Liberalization on Import Tariff Yield in Ghana

2012Globalization, Trade and Poverty in GhanaJournalFirst author0 citations

Import Liberalisation and Import Tariff Yield in Ghana: Estimating Tariff Buoyancy and Elasticity

2012American Journal of EconomicsJournalFirst author17 citations

Decomposed analysis of import tax changes in Ghana

2011African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournal3 citations10.1108/20400701111110740

Key developments in the currencies of the SANE economies : January - June 2011

2011Africagrowth agendaJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Effect of Import Liberalization on Tariff Revenue in Ghana

2008African Economic Research Consortium Working PapersReportFirst author40 citations

EXTERNAL FINANCIAL FLOWS AND MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN GHANA.

2007EcoMod2007ReportFirst author0 citations

The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Budget and Country Ownership

2002< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Are Our Revenue Targets On Target?

2002< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …Report0 citations

Economic Change and Restructuring

Financial Statistical Journal2

How it can be read

52% free to read, of the 29 recorded

Diamond 7 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 14 · 29%Behind a paywall
Unknown 19 · 40%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 48 papers name a funder

Consortium pour la recherche économique en Afrique1

Open access · Bronze

Macro-determinants of short-term foreign debt in Ghana

Cogent Economics & Finance17

201919 citationsOpen access · Gold