Nicholas Addai Boamah
Department of Accounting and FinanceSocial SciencesPhysical SciencesLife Sciences

Nicholas Addai Boamah

45 Publications14 Research Themes10 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

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.

Faculty Biography

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

Key Research Themes (14)
Social Sciences

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency

Social Sciences

Corporate Finance and Governance

Social Sciences

Corruption and Economic Development

Physical Sciences

Economic Growth and Development

Social Sciences

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Social Sciences

Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Social Sciences

Housing Market and Economics

Social Sciences

Insurance and Financial Risk Management

Social Sciences

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

Social Sciences

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Life Sciences

Land Rights and Reforms

Social Sciences

Market Dynamics and Volatility

Social Sciences

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Social Sciences

Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Publications (45)

The regional informational efficiency of African banking sector

2025Economic Growth and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1108/ajems-08-2024-0456

Analysis of the Ghanaian housing deficit between 1991 and 2017: The potential household approach

Open Access
2025Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.51867/ajernet.6.2.67

Governance quality, regional integration and African banking sector stability

2025Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1108/jfrc-10-2024-0217

Political situation, legal and labour regulatory regimes and employment creation by firms in emerging economies

2025Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityDOI: 10.1108/ajeb-03-2024-0032

Integration of the African banking sector

Open Access
2025Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2025.2494124

Religious diversity, formal institutional environments and regulatory capital decisions

2024Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesDOI: 10.1108/jfrc-07-2024-0133

Political environment, employee tenure security and firm performance in middle-income economies

Open Access
2023Corporate Finance and GovernanceDOI: 10.1108/jed-06-2022-0105

The integration of real estate investment trust: a wavelet coherency analysis

2023Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1108/cfri-02-2023-0021

Corruption, crime and investments by firms in emerging economies

2023Corruption and Economic DevelopmentDOI: 10.1108/jeas-08-2022-0200

What accounts for the high underwriting losses in the Ghanaian insurance industry?

2022Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementDOI: 10.1108/ajems-12-2021-0546

Efficiency, foreign banks presence, competition and risk exposure of banks in middle-income economies

2022Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1007/s43546-022-00293-4

Quality standards, crime management and the efficiency of manufacturing firms in middle-income economies

Open Access
2022Corporate Finance and GovernanceDOI: 10.1108/ajeb-12-2021-0151

Capital regulation, liquidity risk, efficiency and banks performance in emerging economies

2022Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1108/jfrc-09-2021-0076

Segmentation, business environment and global informational efficiency of emerging financial markets

2022Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2022.01.010

Risk-taking behavior, competition, diversification and performance of frontier and emerging economy banks

Open Access
2021Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyDOI: 10.1108/ajeb-04-2021-0047

Integration, investor protection rules and global informational inefficiency of emerging financial markets

2021Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1007/s43546-021-00084-3

INVESTOR HERD BEHAVIOUR IN AFRICA’S EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS

Open Access
2020Economic Growth and DevelopmentDOI: 10.32479/ijefi.10709

Economic engagement and within emerging markets integration

2019Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2019.101106

Investment, financial sector development and the degree of emerging markets integration

2019Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesDOI: 10.1108/jfep-09-2018-0136

The global financial market integration of selected emerging markets

2017Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesDOI: 10.1108/ijoem-11-2015-0241

Regionally integrated asset pricing on the African stock markets: Evidence from the Fama French and Carhart models

2017Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2017.04.002

The relevance of global sector influence in African sector portfolios

2017Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesDOI: 10.1108/ajems-02-2016-0015

The Price of Risk on the African Frontier Stock Markets

2017Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1080/15228916.2017.1282292

Regional and global market integration of African financial markets

Open Access
2016Economic Growth and Development

Financial crisis, the real sector and global effects on the African stock markets

2016Economic Growth and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2016.10.002

The dynamics of the relative global sector effects and contagion in emerging markets equity returns

2016Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2016.09.008

Investigating temporal variation in the global and regional integration of African stock markets

2016Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2016.06.001

Challenges to Property Rate Administration in the Offinso South Municipality, Ghana

2016Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1038356

Structural breaks in the relative importance of country and industry factors in African stock returns

2016Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2016.03.002

Robustness of the Carhart four-factor and the Fama-French three-factor models on the South African stock market

2015Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.1108/raf-01-2015-0009

Testing the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rate: the case of Ghana

2015Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.1080/15228916.2016.1094717

The impact of households characteristics on the state of housing in the Offinso South Municipality (OSM), Ghana

2014Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9603-0

Development controls in the Offinso South municipality, Ghana

2014Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1108/pm-04-2013-0023

Enhancing Efficiency in Land Management through the Customary Land Secretariats (CLSs) in Upper West Region, Ghana

Open Access
2014Land Rights and Reforms

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the importance of country and industry factors in African stock returns

2014Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Constraints on property rating in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana

Open Access
2013Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.5130/cjlg.v0i13/14.3725

Land use controls and residential land values in the Offinso South municipality, Ghana

2013Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.016

Urban Land Market in Ghana: A Study of the Wa Municipality

2013Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1007/s12132-013-9187-z

Global Integration of African Stock Markets

Open Access
2013Economic Growth and DevelopmentDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2313538

Housing for the vulnerable in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana

2012Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1108/14608791211268572

The impact of land use regulations on residential land values in the Wa municipality, Ghana

2012Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1007/s10901-012-9268-7

Land factors and their impact on the housing finance market in Ghana

2012Urban and Rural Development Challenges

The regulatory environment and housing finance market in Ghana

2011Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1108/02637471111178100

Challenges to the enforcement of development controls in the Wa municipality

2011Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.06.010

Risk-return characteristics and integration of the Ghana stock exchange

2011Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Accounting and Finance
Total Publications45
Research Themes14
Open Access Papers10

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