Michael Danquah

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Safety Research
Urban Studies
Demography
Information Systems

Publications: 332013–2025
Citations: 1,184to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 6.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 61%17 of 28 scored papers
Open access: 45%15 papers free to read

6 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

33 in all

Balancing the ban: Navigating the economic and environmental trade-offs of single-use plastics in Ghana
2025Journal of Environmental ManagementJournalSenior author6 citations10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126020
Urbanization, climate change, and labour productivity in Accra, Ghana
2025CitiesJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics2473%
Accounting721%
Safety Research618%
Urban Studies618%
Demography412%
Information Systems412%
Sociology and Political Science412%
Strategy and Management412%
Management Science and Operations Research39%
Gender Studies26%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth12
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare6
Urban and Rural Development Challenges6
Economic Growth and Productivity5
Economic Growth and Development4
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion4
Taxation and Compliance Studies4
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis3
Corporate Finance and Governance2
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance2
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom11
Finland10
Sweden2
United States1
Uruguay1
Australia1
Chile1
Egypt1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH28 papers
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics ResearchFI10 papers
University of ManchesterGB5 papers
Institute for Fiscal StudiesGB3 papers
Linköping UniversitySE2 papers
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanCL1 paper
Universidad de la República de UruguayUY1 paper
University of BirminghamGB1 paper
University of New EnglandAU1 paper
University of OxfordGB1 paper

Where they publish

Working Paper Series4
Journal of Economic Studies3
Journal of African Business2
Technological Forecasting and Social Change2
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies1
African review of economics and finance1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty7
8Decent work and economic growth5
10Reduced inequalities3
11Sustainable cities and communities3
17Partnerships for the goals3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
5Gender equality1
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Most cited

Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana
Energy Economics10
2020452 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Assessing the relationships between human capital, innovation and technology adoption: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Technological Forecasting and Social Change9
2017174 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Reducing inequalities despite climate change?

2025Cairn.infoJournalOpen access0 citations

Urbanization, climate change, and structural transformation in Accra, Ghana

2024Working Paper SeriesReportOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.35188/unu-wider/2024/483-0

Urbanization without structural transformation in Accra, Ghana

2024Working Paper SeriesReportOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.35188/unu-wider/2024/537-0

The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana

2023Journal of African EconomiesJournalOpen access25 citations10.1093/jae/ejac039

Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana: A micro‐level analysis

2021Poverty & Public PolicyJournalOpen accessFirst author14 citations10.1002/pop4.324

Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana

2020Energy EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author452 citations10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105085

R&D, Human Capital and Export Behavior of Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana

2019Journal of African BusinessJournalSenior authorCorresponding13 citations10.1080/15228916.2019.1581003

The Extent and Determinants of Tax Gap in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Ghana

2018Journal of International DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.1002/jid.3361

Assessing the relationships between human capital, innovation and technology adoption: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

2017Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding174 citations10.1016/j.techfore.2017.04.021

Unmasking the factors behind income inequalities in Ghana

2017International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst author14 citations10.1108/ijse-09-2015-0250

Cost efficiency of insurance firms in Ghana

2017Managerial and Decision EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1002/mde.2897

Paying for education among households in Ghana

2017International Journal of Development IssuesJournal15 citations10.1108/ijdi-02-2017-0017

Tax reforms and revenue mobilization in Ghana

2016Journal of Economic StudiesJournal46 citations10.1108/jes-01-2015-0007

Analysis of School Enrollment in Ghana: A Sequential Approach

2016Review of Development EconomicsJournalCorresponding25 citations10.1111/rode.12302

Sources of retirement income among formal sector workers in Ghana

2016African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalSenior author11 citations10.1108/ajems-07-2014-0054

Market Efficiency and Price Discovery in Cocoa Markets

2016Journal of African BusinessJournalSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1080/15228916.2016.1142801

Examining the determinants of efficiency using a latent class stochastic frontier model

2015Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1080/23322039.2015.1124741

THE EFFECTS OF TRANSACTION COSTS ON THE OPTIMAL PRICE AND PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT FOR COCOA-EXPORTING COUNTRIES

2015African review of economics and financeJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

How it can be read

45% free to read

Diamond 1 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 18 · 55%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 33 papers name a funder

United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research6
International Growth Centre2
Economic and Social Research Institute1
Economic Research Forum1
European Commission1
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit1
Inter-American Development Bank1
International Development Research Centre1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

TFP growth and its determinants: a model averaging approach

Empirical Economics8

201354 citationsWorld top 10%

Tax reforms and revenue mobilization in Ghana

Journal of Economic Studies10

201646 citationsWorld top 10%