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Daniel Kwabena Twerefou

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, Environment and Natural Resource Economics, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0003-3330-3932 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
climate change mitigationextractive industry. energy efficiencynatural disasters
Publications

84

Citations

1,552

H-index

21

i10-index

37

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.5
Most cited paper
197
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
15 Sep 2026, 23:42
Publications

84 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The environmental effects of economic growth and globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A panel general method of moments approach
DK Twerefou, K Danso-Mensah, GA Bokpin
2017 Research in International Business and Finance 42, 939-949, 2017 Social Sciences 197
Microenterprise financing preference: Testing POH within the context of Ghana's rural financial market
E Osei‐Assibey, GA Bokpin, DK Twerefou
2012 Journal of Economic Studies 39 (1), 84-105, 2012 Social Sciences 126
An empirical examination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for carbon dioxide emissions in Ghana: an ARDL approach
DK Twerefou, F Adusah-Poku, W Bekoe
2016 Environmental & Socio-Economic Studies 4 (4), 1-12, 2016 Social Sciences 94
Efficiency of household electricity consumption in Ghana
DK Twerefou, JO Abeney
2020 Energy Policy 144, 111661, 2020 Social Sciences 68
Willingness to pay for improved electricity supply in Ghana
DK Twerefou
2014 Modern Economy 5 (05), 489, 2014 Social Sciences 68
Buoyancy and elasticity of tax: Evidence from Ghana
DK Twerefou, A Fumey, EO Assibey, EE Asmah
2010 Journal of monetary and economic integration 10 (2), 36-70, 2010 Social Sciences 62
Mineral Exploitation, Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development in EAC, SADC, and ECOWAS Regions
DK Twerefou
2009 African Trade Policy Centre, Economic Commission for Africa, 2009 Social Sciences 61
An economic valuation of the Kakum National Park: An individual travel cost approach
DK Twerefou, DKA Ababio
2012 African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 6 (4), 199-207, 2012 Social Sciences 58
The effect of foreign aid on economic growth in Ghana
P Appiah-Konadu, FS Junior, A Eric, DK Twerefou
2016 African Journal of Economic Review 4 (2), 248-261, 2016 Social Sciences 52
Attitudes of local people to mining policies and interventions
DK Twerefou, K Tutu, J Owusu-Afriyie, K Adjei-Mantey
2015 International Growth Centre, 2015 Social Sciences 50
16. Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from the West African Sub Region
DK Twerefou, KS Iddrisu, EA Twum
2018 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 26, 217-233, 2018 Social Sciences 46
Land tenure security, investments and the environment in Ghana
DK Twerefou, E Osei-Assibey, F Agyire-Tettey
2011 Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 3 (6), 261-273, 2011 Social Sciences 46
The economic impact of climate change on road infrastructure in Ghana
DK Twerefou, P Chinowsky, K Adjei-Mantey, NL Strzepek
2015 Sustainability 7 (9), 11949-11966, 2015 Social Sciences 42
Choice of household adaptation strategies to flood risk management in Accra, Ghana
DK Twerefou, E Adu-Danso, E Abbey, BD Dovie
2019 City and Environment Interactions 3, 100023, 2019 Social Sciences 37
Energy consumption and economic growth: evidence from Ghana
DK Twerefou, SK Akoena, FK Agyire-Tettey, G Mawutor
2007 West Africa Monetary Institute (WAMI), Accra, 2007 Social Sciences 35
Willingness-to-pay for potable water in the Accra-Tema Metropolitan Area of Ghana
DK Twerefou, KA Tutu, E Botchway, S Darkwah
2015 Modern Economy 6 (12), 1285, 2015 Social Sciences 33
An overview of energy resource and future concerns for Ghana’s electricity generation mix
MA Nyasapoh, SK Debrah, DK Twerefou, S Gyamfi, FK Kholi
2022 Journal of Energy 2022 (1), 1031044, 2022 Social Sciences 31
Trade-induced environmental quality: the role of factor endowment and environmental regulation in Africa
DK Twerefou, W Akpalu, ACE Mensah
2019 Climate and Development 11 (9), 786-798, 2019 Social Sciences 27
Globalization, employment and livelihoods in the mining sector of Ghana
E Aryeetey, B Osei, D Twerefou
2004 Accra: ESSER Occasional Paper, 2004 Social Sciences 26
Elasticity and Buoyancy of Major Tax Categories: Evidence from Bangladesh and Its Policy Implications
M Yousuf, SM Huq
2013 Research Study Series No. FDRS 3, 2013, 2013 Social Sciences 24
Determinants of poverty among male-headed and female-headed households in Ghana
DK Twerefou, B Senadza, J Owusu-Afriyie
2014 Ghanaian Journal of Economics 2 (1), 77-96, 2014 Social Sciences 21
The Impact of Macroeconomic Risk on Asset Prices in Ghana, 1997–2002
DK Twerefou, MK Nimo
2005 African Development Review 17 (1), 168-192, 2005 Social Sciences 21
IMPACT OF STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
D Kwabena Twerefou, E Abbey, EA Codjoe, P Saitoti Ngotho
2019 Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 67 (4 …, 2019 Social Sciences 20
Correlates of flood preparedness in urban households: Evidence from the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana
DK Twerefou, EA Owusu, DBK Dovie
2023 Environmental Challenges 11, 100706, 2023 Social Sciences 19
Long-term electricity generation analysis and policy implications–the case of Ghana
MA Nyasapoh, SK Debrah, DK Twerefou
2023 Cogent Engineering 10 (1), 2209996, 2023 Social Sciences 17