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Nicholas Addai Boamah

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Curriculum VitaeNICHOLAS ADDAI BOAMAH Educational QualificationsPhD In Applied Finance, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2011-2015MSc. In Finance (Distinction), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, 2004-2005MPhil. In Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2002-2003BSc. In Land Economy (First Class), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, 1997-2001 Work Experience  Date: January 2018 -Job title:  Senior Lecturer in FinanceResponsibilities: Teaching Financial Regulation and Supervision, Risk Management in Financial Institutions, Banking Law, Entrepreneurial Finance, Real estate and Mortgage Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, Investment and Portfolio Analysis and Research Techniques in Finance.   Date: 2016 - 2017Job title: Adjunct LecturerResponsibilities: Teaching Finance and Quantitative Methods, Insurance and Risk Pricing, Money Matters and Business Data Analysis. I contribute to the development of the Financial Modeling and Real Estate Finance units.Date: July - December 2015Job title: Adjunct LecturerResponsibilities: Teaching Property Investment Analysis and Property Finance. Date: 2007-2017Job title: Lecturer in Real Estate and Land ManagementResponsibilities:ResearchI research on financial markets, asset pricing, financial market integration, housing finance markets and affordability, land and property markets, and land use planning. Teaching and supervisionMy tasks involve teaching Investment Analysis, Introduction to Finance, Real Estate Finance, Tools of Financial Economics, Property Valuation, and Rating and Taxation at the undergraduate level. I teach Financial Management, Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets at the postgraduate level. AdministrationI administered courses and examinations and served on various boards including the Department and Faculty management and examination boards. I organized workshops and seminars as part of my responsibilities. I was the Acting Head of the Department Real Estate and Land Management, Faculty of Planning and Land Management from 1st September, 2010 to 15th May 2011.Curricula DevelopmentI contributed to the development of the curricula for the BSc. Real Estate and BSc Land Management programmes of the Department of Real Estate and Land Management, University for Development Studies, Ghana. Date: 1999-2001Job Title: Peer Counselor (Volunteer)Responsibilities: Provided voluntary counseling services on academic matters to colleague students under the tutelage of staff of the University Counseling Unit. I provided counseling support to my peers which contributed positively to their academic progression. Academic Awards and Prizes Selected Publications in Refereed Journals Conference Papers  Research Interests Financial Markets, Asset Pricing, Financial Market Integration, Asset Management, Housing Finance Market, Real Estate Markets, Land Markets. Selected Journals for Peer Review Activities      RefereesChair of FinanceFaculty of Law and Business, Australian Catholic University Tension Woods House, Level 10, 8-20 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2059Email: donald.ross@acu.edu.auSchool of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK,E-mail: R.Abdulai@ljmu.ac.ukDepartment of Planning and Management, Faculty of Planning and Land ManagementUniversity of Development Studies, Wa Campus, Ghana, Email: johnnelson.kb@gmail.comEconomics, Finance and Property, School of Business,University of Western Sydney, AustraliaEmail: M.Varua@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Summary

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The researcher's overall research focus centers on developing and applying robust empirical methodologies across multiple African contexts, with a particular emphasis on housing market dynamics, property prices, and regulatory factors influencing housing affordability. Their work integrates insights from real estate investments, household characteristics, urban development challenges, financial crisis analysis, and macroeconomic policies to address key themes such as the integration of financial markets, banking performance, property pricing, and economic growth in African contexts.

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Challenges to the enforcement of development controls in the Wa municipality(2011)
The impact of land use regulations on residential land values in the Wa municipality, Ghana(2012)
The regulatory environment and housing finance market in Ghana(2011)
Challenges to Property Rate Administration in the Offinso South Municipality, Ghana(2016)
The integration of real estate investment trust: a wavelet coherency analysis(2023)
Constraints on property rating in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana(2013)
The global financial market integration of selected emerging markets(2017)
The relevance of global sector influence in African sector portfolios(2017)
Investment, financial sector development and the degree of emerging markets integration(2019)
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the importance of country and industry factors in African stock returns(2014)
Urban Land Market in Ghana: A Study of the Wa Municipality(2013)
Land use controls and residential land values in the Offinso South municipality, Ghana(2013)
Housing for the vulnerable in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana(2012)
The impact of households characteristics on the state of housing in the Offinso South Municipality (OSM), Ghana(2014)
Development controls in the Offinso South municipality, Ghana(2014)
Land factors and their impact on the housing finance market in Ghana(2012)
Analysis of the Ghanaian housing deficit between 1991 and 2017: The potential household approach(2025)
Segmentation, business environment and global informational efficiency of emerging financial markets(2022)
Risk-taking behavior, competition, diversification and performance of frontier and emerging economy banks(2021)
Capital regulation, liquidity risk, efficiency and banks performance in emerging economies(2022)
Efficiency, foreign banks presence, competition and risk exposure of banks in middle-income economies(2022)
Integration of the African banking sector(2025)
Governance quality, regional integration and African banking sector stability(2025)
Robustness of the Carhart four-factor and the Fama-French three-factor models on the South African stock market(2015)
Investigating temporal variation in the global and regional integration of African stock markets(2016)
Regionally integrated asset pricing on the African stock markets: Evidence from the Fama French and Carhart models(2017)
The Price of Risk on the African Frontier Stock Markets(2017)
Financial crisis, the real sector and global effects on the African stock markets(2016)
INVESTOR HERD BEHAVIOUR IN AFRICA’S EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS(2020)
Regional and global market integration of African financial markets(2016)
Global Integration of African Stock Markets(2013)
The regional informational efficiency of African banking sector(2025)
Structural breaks in the relative importance of country and industry factors in African stock returns(2016)
The dynamics of the relative global sector effects and contagion in emerging markets equity returns(2016)
Economic engagement and within emerging markets integration(2019)
Integration, investor protection rules and global informational inefficiency of emerging financial markets(2021)
What accounts for the high underwriting losses in the Ghanaian insurance industry?(2022)
Risk-return characteristics and integration of the Ghana stock exchange(2011)
Enhancing Efficiency in Land Management through the Customary Land Secretariats (CLSs) in Upper West Region, Ghana(2014)
Political environment, employee tenure security and firm performance in middle-income economies(2023)
Quality standards, crime management and the efficiency of manufacturing firms in middle-income economies(2022)
Corruption, crime and investments by firms in emerging economies(2023)
Testing the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rate: the case of Ghana(2015)
Religious diversity, formal institutional environments and regulatory capital decisions(2024)
Political situation, legal and labour regulatory regimes and employment creation by firms in emerging economies(2025)

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