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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
Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
D Akyeampon, M Amidu, J Abor
2013 Social Sciences 4
Female-owned businesses and access to finance: evidence from the Ghanaian non-traditional exports sector
J Abor
2006 Gender and behaviour 4 (1), 508-521, 2006 Social Sciences 4
Corporate reliance on bank loans: Evidence from listed companies in Ghana: Economics
J Abor
2005 South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 8 (4), 479-489, 2005 Social Sciences 4
How to maximize the domestic development orientation of foreign direct investment
JY Abor, IK Bekoe
2025 The Palgrave Handbook of Development Finance, 217-238, 2025 Social Sciences 3
Financial and other services sectors in Africa
JY Abor, BA Kusi, L Amoah, EK Agbloyor
2024 Handbook of African economic development, 233-250, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Incentives in the Extractives Sector: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
JD Nyeadi, E Davies, JY Abor
2024 Taxation and Management of Natural Resources in Africa, 281-298, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Long memory in volatility in foreign exchange markets: evidence from selected countries in Africa
S Kuttu, JY Abor, G Amewu
2024 Journal of Economics and Finance 48 (2), 462-482, 2024 Social Sciences 3
The African Continental Free Trade Area and Migration Patterns
D Osarfo, P Quartey, JY Abor
2024 Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration, 346-373, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Sustainable risk financing and insurance in developing markets
JY Abor, M Asare, S Yamoah, G Ataraire, AL Alhassan
2023 Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Developing Markets, 204-219, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Risk-taking behavior, regulatory policy and banking crisis: evidence from the African Economies
D Ofori-Sasu, E Sarpong-Kumankoma, EK Agbloyor, JY Abor
2022 African Finance Journal 24 (2), 17-37, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Bank governance, external regulations and risk-taking behaviours of banks in Africa
D Ofori-Sasu, EK Agbloyor, S Kuttu, JY Abor
2021 Review of Development Finance 11 (2), 71-93, 2021 Social Sciences 3
Introduction to entrepreneurial finance
JY Abor
2016 Entrepreneurial Finance for MSMEs: A Managerial Approach for Developing …, 2016 Social Sciences 3
Understanding and analysing financial statements
JY Abor
2016 Entrepreneurial Finance for MSMEs: A Managerial Approach for Developing …, 2016 Social Sciences 3
Agency theoretic determination of debt levels: evidence from Ghana
J Abor
2008 Review of Accounting and Finance 7 (2): 183-192, 2008 Social Sciences 3
International working capital practices of Ghanaian firms
J Abor
2005 Acta commercii 5 (1), 44-56, 2005 Social Sciences 3
Digital finance, financial development and economic wealth in Africa
D Ofori-Sasu, L Amoah, GNA Donkor, JY Abor
2026 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 34 (3), 305-335, 2026 Social Sciences 2
The Rise of FinTech in Africa: Empowering the Underserved and Unbanked
K Iddrisu, F Alhassan, S Giamporcaro, JY Abor
2025 Banking on Inclusion: Overcoming Financial Exclusion in Africa through …, 2025 Social Sciences 2
The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Finance
JY Abor, J Macomber, T Arun, V Murinde
2025 Taylor & Francis, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Curbing IFFs Through Trade Mis-invoicing and Transfer Mispricing in Africa
AA Alu, DV Hehetror, JY Abor
2024 The Palgrave Handbook of International Trade and Development in Africa, 491-512, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Perspectives on Development Banks in Africa: Case Studies and Emerging Practices at the National and Regional Level
JY Abor, D Ofori-Sasu
2024 Springer Nature, 2024 Social Sciences 2
The Development Bank of Rwanda: Contributions and Challenges
D Ofori-Sasu, JY Abor, FA Gakwaya
2024 Perspectives on Development Banks in Africa: Case Studies and Emerging …, 2024 Social Sciences 2
The Economics of Structured Trade Finance in Africa
JY Abor, K Awani, D Asante-Amponsah
2024 The Palgrave Handbook of International Trade and Development in Africa, 159-177, 2024 Social Sciences 2
The infrastructure development bank of zimbabwe and infrastructure financing
JA Abugre, JY Abor, M Marimo
2024 Perspectives on Development Banks in Africa: Case Studies and Emerging …, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Dividend policy framework and bank risk-taking in Africa: do women inclusion in governance system offer new insight?
D Ofori-Sasu, GC Dzeha, VO Fiador, JY Abor
2023 Future Business Journal 9 (1), 92, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Energy consumption, institutional quality, and private capital inflows in Africa
JY Abor, E Sarpong-Kumankoma, JO Osei, D Ofori-Sasu
2023 Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 18 (1), 2185840, 2023 Social Sciences 2