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Joshua Yindenaba Abor

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Financial Economist & Professor of Finance, University of Ghana, Legon ORCID 0000-0002-3424-7760 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Financial Economics: Banking and financedevelopment financefinancial market development
Publications

379

Citations

19,508

H-index

58

i10-index

140

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
51.5
Most cited paper
2,678
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:14
Publications

379 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The changing role of national development banks in Africa
JY Abor
2023 Springer International Publishing AG, 2023 Social Sciences 33
The effects of remittances on economic growth: reexamining the role of institutions
H Issahaku, JY Abor, M Amidu
2018 The Journal of Developing Areas 52 (4), 29-46, 2018 Social Sciences 33
Financial inclusion and inclusive growth in Africa: what is the moderation role of financial stability?
K Iddrisu, JN Doku, JY Abor, R Dziwornu
2023 Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2), 2267857, 2023 Social Sciences 32
External debt among HIPCs in Africa: Accounting and panel VAR analysis of some determinants
D Mensah, AQQ Aboagye, JY Abor, A Kyereboah-Coleman
2017 Journal of Economic Studies 44 (3), 431-455, 2017 Social Sciences 32
Non‐bank financial institutions regulation and risk‐taking
I Ofoeda, J Abor, CKD Adjasi
2012 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (4), 433-450, 2012 Social Sciences 32
FDI, industrialisation and environmental quality in SSA—the role of institutional quality towards environmental sustainability
JA Jinapor, JY Abor, M Graham
2024 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11 (1), 1484, 2024 Social Sciences 31
Financial sector development, anti-money laundering regulations and economic growth
I Ofoeda, E Agbloyor, JY Abor
2024 International Journal of Emerging Markets 19 (1), 191-210, 2024 Social Sciences 31
Financial consumer protection and economic growth
M Kriese, JY Abor, E Agbloyor
2019 International Journal of Emerging Markets 14 (5), 1060-1080, 2019 Social Sciences 31
The independence of central banks, political institutional quality and financial sector development in Africa
AM Agoba, JY Abor, KA Osei, J Sa-Aadu
2020 Journal of Emerging Market Finance 19 (2), 154-188, 2020 Social Sciences 29
Risk and performance of non-bank financial institutions
PA Sakyi, I Ofoeda, A Kyereboah-Coleman, JY Abor
2014 International Journal of Financial Services Management 7 (1), 19-35, 2014 Social Sciences 29
Enhancing the economic growth of Africa: Does banking sector efficiency matter?
E Mensah, J Abor, AQQ Aboagye, CKD Adjasi
2012 Social Sciences 29
Bank risk and performance in Ghana
TA Odonkor, KA Osei, J Abor, CKD Adjasi
2011 International Journal of Financial Services Management 5 (2), 107-120, 2011 Social Sciences 28
Financing Political Parties in Ghana.
W Nam-Katoti, J Doku, J Abor, P Quartey
2011 Journal of Applied Business & Economics 12 (4), 2011 Social Sciences 28
Does board characteristics affect the capital structure decisions of Ghanaian SMEs?
J Abor, N Biekpe
2006 Corporate Ownership & Control 4 (1), 113-118, 2006 Social Sciences 28
Foreign direct investment, anti‐money laundering regulations and economic growth
I Ofoeda, EK Agbloyor, JY Abor, KO Achampong
2022 Journal of International Development 34 (3), 670-692, 2022 Social Sciences 27
Foreign direct investment and firm productivity: evidence from firm-level data
J Abor
2010 Global Business and Economics Review 12 (4), 267-285, 2010 Social Sciences 27
Executive compensation, ownership structure and loan quality of banks in Ghana
G Adjei‐Mensah, M Amidu, JY Abor
2015 African Development Review 27 (3), 331-341, 2015 Social Sciences 26
Corporate debt policy of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana
J Abor, N Biekpe
2005 University of Stellenbosch School South Africa, 2005 Social Sciences 25
Risk exposure and financial policy: An empirical analysis of emerging markets
J Abor, E Sarpong‐Kumankoma, E Fiawoyife, KA Osei
2009 Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2), 195-211, 2009 Social Sciences 24
Inward foreign direct investment and inclusiveness of growth: will renewable energy consumption make a difference?
K Iddrisu, I Ofoeda, JY Abor
2023 International Economics and Economic Policy 20 (3), 367-388, 2023 Social Sciences 23
Financial freedom, market power and bank margins in sub-Saharan Africa
E Sarpong-Kumankoma, J Abor, AQQ Aboagye, M Amidu
2020 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 28 (2), 283-299, 2020 Social Sciences 23
Does development finance pose an additional risk to monetary policy?
H Issahaku, SK Harvey, JY Abor
2016 Review of development finance 6 (1), 91-104, 2016 Social Sciences 23
Gender and the composition of corporate boards: a Ghanaian study
M Amidu, J Abor
2006 Indian Journal of Gender Studies 13 (1), 83-95, 2006 Social Sciences 23
Does China’s flow of FDI and institutional quality matter for poverty? Evidence from Sub-Sahara Africa
K Iddrisu, JY Abor, M Insaidoo, KT Banyen
2025 Journal of Asian and African Studies 60 (2), 1250-1275, 2025 Social Sciences 22
Foreign bank and banking stability in Africa: does strong and weak corporate governance systems under different regulatory regimes matter?
BA Kusi, EK Agbloyor, AA Simplice, J Abor
2022 Journal of Financial Economic Policy 14 (2), 207-241, 2022 Social Sciences 22