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

Good Money Chasing Bad Money: Implications for MFIs Management and Governance in Ghana
2012RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations
Women, Livelihood and Oil and Gas Discovery in Ghana: An exploratory Study of Cape Three Points and Surrounding Communities
2011Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access

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
Canada3
United States3
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