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Godfred Amewu

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Finance and Risk
Publications

54

Citations

524

H-index

14

i10-index

19

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
9.7
Most cited paper
44
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 07:49
Publications

54 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Time-frequency analysis of financial stress and global commodities prices: Insights from wavelet-based approaches
M Armah, G Amewu, A Bossman
2022 Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (1), 2114161, 2022 Social Sciences 44
Co-movement between equity index and exchange rate: fresh evidence from Covid-19 era
G Amewu, PO Junior, EA Amenyitor
2022 Scientific African 16, e01146, 2022 Social Sciences 41
Do mergers and acquisitions announcements create value for acquirer shareholders in Africa
G Amewu, P Alagidede
2018 International Journal of Finance & Economics 23 (4), 606-627, 2018 Social Sciences 38
Examining the determinants of bank efficiency in transition: empirical evidence from Ghana
N Blankson, EB Anarfo, G Amewu, L Doabil
2022 Heliyon 8 (8), 2022 Social Sciences 35
Linear and non-linear ARDL estimation of financial innovation and economic growth in Ghana
R Nsor-Ambala, G Amewu
2023 Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development 3 (1), 36-49, 2023 Social Sciences 32
Financial inclusion and migrant remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa: a panel VAR approach
EB Anarfo, G Amewu, GC Dzeha
2020 International Journal of Social Economics 47 (7), 809-829, 2020 Social Sciences 30
Information flow between global financial market stress and African equity markets: An EEMD-based transfer entropy analysis
M Armah, A Bossman, G Amewu
2023 Heliyon 9 (3), 2023 Social Sciences 25
Mergers, executive compensation and firm performance: The case of Africa
G Amewu, I Paul Alagidede
2021 Managerial and decision Economics 42 (2), 407-436, 2021 Social Sciences 23
Quantile dependence and asymmetric connectedness between global financial market stress and REIT returns: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
M Armah, G Amewu
2024 The Journal of Economic Asymmetries 29, e00352, 2024 Social Sciences 22
The impact of geopolitical risks, financial stress, economic policy uncertainty on African stock markets returns and volatilities: wavelet coherence analysis
D Korsah, G Amewu, K Osei Achampong
2024 Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences 6 (5), 450-470, 2024 Social Sciences 22
Mergers and executive compensation changes: Evidence from African markets
G Amewu, P Alagidede
2019 Research in International Business and Finance 48, 397-419, 2019 Social Sciences 20
The effect of banking sector reforms on interest rate spread: Evidence from Ghana
CY Azumah, A Owusu-Ansah, G Amewu, W Ohemeng
2023 Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (1), 2175463, 2023 Social Sciences 17
Dynamic connectedness, hedge and safe-haven effects: cryptocurrencies, precious metals and African stock markets
D Korsah, L Mensah, KA Osei, G Amewu
2026 International Journal of Emerging Markets 21 (1), 147-169, 2026 Social Sciences 16
Implication of mergers and acquisitions on stock returns before and during the 2007-2009 credit crunch: An event study
G Amewu
2014 African Review of Economics and Finance 6 (1), 102-119, 2014 Social Sciences 16
Reaction of global stock markets to Brexit
G Amewu, JO Mensah, P Alagidede
2016 Journal of African Political Economy and Development 1 (1), 40-55, 2016 Social Sciences 14
The banking crisis in Ghana: causes and remedial measures
N Blankson, G Amewu, EB Anarfo
2022 African Review of Economics and Finance 14 (2), 183-200, 2022 Social Sciences 13
Determinants of automobile purchase and brand choice in Ghana: Multinomial logit approach
KM Sedzro, G Amewu, J Darko, ENN Nortey, JB Dasah
2014 Journal of Transnational Management 19 (4), 303-317, 2014 Social Sciences 13
Religiosity and financial development in Africa: evidence from panel quantile regression
B Ohene Kwatia, G Amewu, M Armah
2024 Cogent Business & Management 11 (1), 2315313, 2024 Social Sciences 11
Banking reforms, efficiency and competition: new empirical evidence from a panel vector autoregressive analysis of Ghanaian banks
N Blankson, G Amewu, K Ofori-Boateng, K Adanu
2022 SN Business & Economics 2 (5), 38, 2022 Social Sciences 10
Time-frequency dynamics of financial market stress and global economic uncertainties: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
M Armah, G Amewu
2024 Applied Economics Letters 31 (10), 934-939, 2024 Social Sciences 9
Examining the determinants of bank efficiency in transition: Empirical evidence from Ghana. Heliyon, 8 (8), e10156
N Blankson, EB Anarfo, G Amewu, L Doabil
2022 Social Sciences 8
Executive compensation and firm risk after successful mergers and acquisitions in Africa
G Amewu, P Alagidede
2019 Managerial and Decision Economics 40 (6), 672-703, 2019 Social Sciences 8
The use of investment decision techniques and tools in practice in a frontier market: Evidence from Ghana
NL Addico, G Amewu, A Owusu‐Ansah
2022 Managerial and Decision Economics 43 (6), 1748-1763, 2022 Social Sciences 6
African sovereign risk premia and international market assets: A relook under the COVID-19 outbreak
G Amewu, NK Akosah, M Armah
2024 Heliyon 10 (21), 2024 Social Sciences 5
Firm characteristics and the use of investment decision techniques in the global south: Evidence from Ghana
A Owusu-Ansah, NL Addico, G Amewu
2023 Cogent Business & Management 10 (1), 2163095, 2023 Social Sciences 5