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Kofi Agyarko Ababio
Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceSocial SciencesHealth SciencesPhysical Sciences

Kofi Agyarko Ababio

22 Publications14 Research Themes9 Open Access
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Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work integrates complex systems analysis across a diverse range of social and economic sciences, focusing on themes such as behavioral economics, financial market dynamics, healthcare investments, education quality, maternal health services, and financial risk modeling. The research aims to identify common patterns and effective strategies that can be applied across these domains, leveraging methodologies from various fields to enhance understanding and decision-making in areas like time series analysis, portfolio optimization, behavioral perspectives, and higher education.

Key Research Themes (14)
Social Sciences

African Education and Politics

Social Sciences

Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Social Sciences

Customer Service Quality and Loyalty

Social Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Social Sciences

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Social Sciences

Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Health Sciences

Global Maternal and Child Health

Social Sciences

Higher Education and Employability

Social Sciences

Housing Market and Economics

Social Sciences

Insurance and Financial Risk Management

Social Sciences

Market Dynamics and Volatility

Physical Sciences

Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Social Sciences

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Social Sciences

Risk and Portfolio Optimization

Publications (22)

Behavioural perspectives in forex portfolio value analysis

Open Access
2025Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2025.2494135

Maximising investors’ wealth in the cryptocurrency market: a behavioural perspective

Open Access
2025Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2025.2468887

TVET Graduates’ Tracer Study and Employability in Ghana

Open Access
2024Higher Education and EmployabilityDOI: 10.26437/ajar.v10i2.820

Dynamic Risk Spillover in International Real Estate Investment Trusts: Implications for Asset Investors

2024Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1007/s10690-024-09496-1

Portfolio optimisation of international real estate investment trusts market during COVID-19: A behavioural perspective

Open Access
2024Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02180

Portfolio Optimisation of International Real Estate Investment Trust Market During Covid-19: A Behavioural Perspective

Open Access
2024Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4683987

Herding Behaviour in Sector-Specific of International Real Estate Investment Trusts Market During Covid-19

Open Access
2024Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4703161

Human exposure to mercury in the atmosphere and soils in Konongo: an age-old mining centre in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

2022Mercury impact and mitigation studiesDOI: 10.1007/s10653-022-01441-3

Markowitz Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection and Optimization under a Behavioral Spectacle: New Empirical Evidence

Open Access
2022Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.3390/ijfs10020028

Optimisation of mixed assets portfolio using copula differential evolution: A behavioural approach

Open Access
2020Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2020.1780838

Behavioural Portfolio Selection and Optimisation: Equities versus Cryptocurrencies

2019Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1080/15228916.2019.1625018

Time-frequency analysis of behaviourally classified financial asset markets

2019Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisDOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2019.04.012

Behavioral portfolio selection and optimization: an application to international stocks

2018Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1007/s11408-018-0313-8

Risk, Uncertainty and Exchange Rate Behavior in South Africa

2017Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1080/15228916.2017.1413627

Herding Behaviour in Financial Markets: Empirical Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

2017Insurance and Financial Risk Management

Multivariate Dependence Risk and Portfolio Selection: An Application to International Stock Portfolio

Open Access
2016Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2856364

Modeling the Perceptions and Challenges of the National Service Personnel in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2015Customer Service Quality and Loyalty

Perceptions of Students Towards Tertiary Weekend School In Ghana

2012Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

MODELLING STUDENT'S SATISFACTION WITH LIBRARY SERVICES IN A TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM KUMASI POLYTECHNIC

2012Customer Service Quality and Loyalty

PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS TOWARDS HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA EDUCATION IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF KUMASI POLYTECHNIC

2012African Education and Politics

MEASURING AND ALLOCATING PORTFOLIO RISK CAPITAL IN THE REAL WORLD: PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF VALUE-AT-RISK AND EXPECTED SHORTFALL

2012Risk and Portfolio Optimization

INTERVENTION ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL HEALTHCARE ENROLLMENT AT MAMPONG GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, GHANA

2012Global Maternal and Child Health
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DepartmentDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Total Publications22
Research Themes14
Open Access Papers9

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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