James Atta Peprah

Lecturer Economics, University of Cape Coast, since 2007per ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

James Atta Peprah is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Applied Economics, School of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. My areas of specialization include microfinance, development economics, enterprise studies, banking and finance. From ORCID

Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Finance
Information Systems
Safety Research
Business and International Management

Publications: 522011–2026
Citations: 699to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 5.111.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%27 of 51 scored papers
Open access: 48%25 papers free to read

14 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Lecturer Economics, EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2007

Education

Ph.D Economics, EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coast2010–2013

Publications

52 in all

Financing green growth in African emerging economies: opportunities and challenges
2026Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/2157930x.2026.2616580
The Nexus Between Financial Inclusion and Energy Access in Africa: The Role of Economic Freedom
2026Energy Management and Green Investment in Africa

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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 Econometrics3975%
Accounting1325%
Finance1121%
Information Systems1019%
Safety Research917%
Business and International Management510%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance510%
Management Information Systems510%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law510%
Pollution510%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion27
Economic Growth and Development10
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies9
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare9
Taxation and Compliance Studies6
Energy and Environment Impacts5
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance5
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development5
Urban and Rural Development Challenges5
Coastal and Marine Management4
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Australia3
United States3
Canada3
South Africa3
United Kingdom2
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresCA3 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH3 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA3 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers
University of EssexGB2 papers
University of New EnglandAU2 papers
Institute of Economic Affairs, GhanaGH2 papers
Network for Socioeconomic Research and AdvancementGH2 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH2 papers
The University of QueenslandAU1 paper

Where they publish

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions3
SAGE Open3
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development2
Cogent Economics & Finance2
Energy Management and Green Investment in Africa2
Journal of International Development2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth20
1No poverty7
10Reduced inequalities6
5Gender equality3
14Life below water2
17Partnerships for the goals2

Most cited

Financial development, remittances and economic growth: A threshold analysis
Cogent Economics & Finance10
201981 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Improving productivity among smallholder farmers in Ghana: does financial inclusion matter?
Agricultural Finance Review
202055 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Women, Livelihood and Oil and Gas Discovery in Ghana: An exploratory Study of Cape Three Points and Surrounding Communities

Pathways to Bridging Income Gap in Africa: The Role of Energy Access and Quality Institutions

2026Energy Management and Green Investment in AfricaBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-03646-9_5

Economic Globalization, Institutions, and Debt Dynamics: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2026Palgrave Studies in African and Development EconomicsBook chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-25835-9_10

Climate Risk Perception Among Investors in Marine and Coastal Tourism in Cabo Verde

2026Palgrave Studies in Maritime EconomicsBook chapterOpen access0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-25364-4_18

Banking Business Models and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities

2025Sustainable development goals seriesBook chapterSenior author15 citations10.1007/978-3-031-80744-2_1

Marine biodiversity conservation: The cultural aspect of marine protected areas in Ghana

2024Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsJournalOpen access11 citations10.1002/aqc.4138

MICROFINANCE REGULATION IN GHANA:

2024UCC Law JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.47963/ucclj.v4i1.1546

Borrower discouragement and multidimensional child deprivation in Ghana

2023The Journal of Economic InequalityJournalSenior author16 citations10.1007/s10888-023-09578-6

People with disability and access to financial services: Evidence from Ghana

2023Regional Science Policy & PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author14 citations10.1111/rsp3.12643

Financial Inclusion and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Ghana

2023Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapter2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6_4

Financial Sector Development in Ghana

2023Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBookFirst author5 citations10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6

Capital flight, tax revenue and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of good governance

2023International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging EconomiesJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1504/ijepee.2023.131054

Introduction

2023Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapterFirst author0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6_1

Inefficiency and Gaps in Financial Stability in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessSenior author14 citations10.1080/23322039.2022.2111056

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

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

Mobile Money, Output and Welfare Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

2020SAGE OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding51 citations10.1177/2158244020931114

Effects of Credit ‘Plus’ on Poverty Reduction in Ghana

2020The Journal of Development StudiesJournal30 citations10.1080/00220388.2020.1797689

National health insurance and the choice of delivery facility among expectant mothers in Ghana

2020International Journal of Health Economics and ManagementJournalSenior author14 citations10.1007/s10754-020-09288-w

Analysis of Crop Yield Volatility Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

2020Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-030-44180-7_4

Financial development, remittances and economic growth: A threshold analysis

2019Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author81 citations10.1080/23322039.2019.1625107

Financial development, remittances and economic growth: A threshold analysis

2019Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)ReportOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.60692/1ns0n-0b414

Cost implications of microfinance regulation: lessons from Ghana

2018Journal of Sustainable Finance & InvestmentJournalSenior author10 citations10.1080/20430795.2018.1462633

Contemporary Challenges and Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana

2018Journal of Economics and Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.15640/jeds.v6n4a9

Loan refusal, household income and savings in Ghana: a dominance analysis approach

2016African J of Economic and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalSenior author26 citations10.1504/ajesd.2016.076095

Economic Drivers of Domestic Violence among Women

2016IGI Global eBooksBook chapterFirst author7 citations10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch013

Savings, entrepreneurial trait and self-employment: evidence from selected Ghanaian Universities

2015Journal of global entrepreneurship researchJournalOpen accessFirst author44 citations10.1186/s40497-015-0017-8

Return to Micro‐credit on Small‐scale Businesses: A Case Study of Ghanaian MFI

2015Journal of International DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1002/jid.3139

Assessing African Microfinance: An Exploratory Case Study of Ghana's Central Region

2015Journal of International DevelopmentJournalSenior author13 citations10.1002/jid.3066

Economic Drivers of Domestic Violence among Women

2013Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development book seriesBook chapterFirst author9 citations10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch013

Can Access to Microfinance Reduce HIV Prevalence among Women?

2013Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book seriesBook chapterFirst author2 citations10.4018/978-1-4666-4635-3.ch009

Access to micro-credit well-being among women entrepreneurs in the Mfantsiman Municipality of Ghana

2012International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies (2147-4486)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.20525/ijfbs.v1i1.131

Correlates of Revenue among Small Scale Women Fish Processors in Coastal Ghana

2012Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.5539/jsd.v5n10p28