Paul Owusu Takyi
Department of EconomicsSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Paul Owusu Takyi

27 Publications13 Research Themes11 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher focuses on understanding the systemic impacts of various policies and interventions across interconnected domains within social sciences, particularly examining how fiscal and monetary policies affect economic growth, energy production, environmental sustainability, and social inequalities in contexts like Africa and globally. They employ methodologies such as Bayesian structural time series analysis for pandemic impacts, DSGE models for macroeconomic effects, cointegration methods for energy studies, and frequency domain causality for environmental impact assessments. The research aims to provide insights into policy effectiveness and systemic outcomes across economic development, finance, and social inclusion.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Paul Owusu Takyi is currently a lecturer at the Department of Economics, KNUST, Ghana. He obtained his Ph.D. and Master of Arts in Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan. In addition, he holds Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests are in the areas of  Development Macroeconomics, Financial Sector Development, Monetary Economics, Financial Inclusion, and Development Finance.

Key Research Themes (13)
Social Sciences

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Physical Sciences

Economic Growth and Development

Physical Sciences

Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Social Sciences

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Social Sciences

Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Social Sciences

FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance

Social Sciences

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Social Sciences

Global trade and economics

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Social Sciences

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Social Sciences

Natural Resources and Economic Development

Social Sciences

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Social Sciences

Taxation and Compliance Studies

Publications (27)

Digital technology and macroeconomic performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Open Access

The impact of fiscal shocks on economic growth and income inequality in Ghana: is there a trade-off?

2024Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1108/ajems-04-2023-0133

The impact of electronic levy on mobile money transactions: lessons from Ghana

2024Taxation and Compliance StudiesDOI: 10.1080/01442872.2024.2303348

Central bank independence and monetary policy outcomes in Ghana: a Bayesian structural time series approach

2024Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.1504/ijmef.2024.140530

Inflation and interest rate dynamics in Ghana: the supply-side perspective

2023Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.1108/ajems-09-2022-0373

Is financial technology a complement or substitute for domestic financial institutions in Ghana?

2023FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceDOI: 10.1108/jfep-02-2023-0038

Financial inclusion and financial development: implications for monetary policy effectiveness and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1108/jeas-09-2022-0215

Economic activities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries

Open Access
2023COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01642

The impact of financial development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Does institutional quality matter?

Open Access
2023Economic Growth and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1080/21665095.2022.2156904

Central Bank Independence and Monetary Policy Outcomes in Ghana: A Bayesian Structural Time Series Approach

2023Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.1504/ijmef.2023.10061003

Financial Inclusion and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Ghana

2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6_4

Natural resource dependence and economic growth in SSA: are there threshold effects?

Open Access
2022Natural Resources and Economic DevelopmentDOI: 10.1080/21665095.2022.2112728

The effects of climate change on food production in Ghana: evidence from Maki (2012) cointegration and frequency domain causality models

Open Access
2022Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1080/23311932.2022.2111061

Economic Integration Agreements and Export Survival in Ghana

Open Access
2022Global trade and economicsDOI: 10.1007/s44232-022-00001-z

Does export destination matter for the economic growth of Ghana?

Open Access
2022Global trade and economicsDOI: 10.52292/j.estudecon.2022.3125

The impact of the Compact with Africa initiative on foreign direct investments and environmental pollution

2022Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1108/meq-01-2022-0011

Mobile money for financial inclusion and saving practices: empirical evidence from Ghana

2022Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1108/jeas-11-2021-0232

The threshold effect of electricity consumption and urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions in Ghana

2021Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1108/meq-09-2021-0229

Effect of a health shock on working hours and health care usage: the role of financial inclusion in Ghana

2021Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareDOI: 10.1007/s42495-021-00071-4

The impact of COVID-19 on stock market performance in Africa: A Bayesian structural time series approach

Open Access
2020COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2020.105968

Macroeconomic impact of fiscal policy in Ghana: Analysis of an estimated DSGE model with financial exclusion

2020Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2020.07.007

Monetary Policy and Financial Exclusion in an Estimated DSGE Model of Sub-Saharan African Economies

2020Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisDOI: 10.1080/10168737.2020.1729835

Effect of a Health Shock on Working Hours and Health Care Usage: The role of Financial Inclusion

2020Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Inflation Targeting Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Performance: The Case of Middle Income Countries

Open Access
2019Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.11114/aef.v6i5.3788

Monetary Policy and Financial Exclusion in an Estimated DSGE Model of Sub-Saharan African Economies

Open Access
2019Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Macroeconomic Impacts of Fiscal Policy in Ghana: Analysis of an Estimated DSGE Model with Financial Exclusion

2019Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

CAUSALITY BETWEEN INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Open Access
2017Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthDOI: 10.46827/ejefr.v0i0.79
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Economics
Total Publications27
Research Themes13
Open Access Papers11

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