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  • 2020 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Nicholas Biekpe is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research spans across Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting, with a total of 10 publications in the former field and 4 in the latter. The subfields covered include Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Information Systems, Finance, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their main research topics focus on Economic Growth and Development, Banking Stability, Regulation, and Efficiency, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Biekpe's recent scholarly output includes multiple papers published in recognized journals. These include:

  • Understanding the greater diffusion of mobile money innovations in Africa (2020, Telecommunications Policy)
  • Financial integration, competition and bank efficiency: evidence from Africa's sub-regional markets (2020, Economic Change and Restructuring)
  • Financial integration and bank profitability in five regional economic communities in Africa (2020, International Journal of Emerging Markets)
  • On the diffusion of mobile phone innovations for financial inclusion (2021, Technology in Society)
  • The Long-Run Stability of Money in the Proposed East African Monetary Union (2020, Journal of Economic Integration)

Collaborative work features frequent coauthors such as Simplice Asongu, with whom Biekpe has coauthored four publications. Other regular collaborators include Danny Cassimon, Kannyiri Thadious Banyen, Oludele Folarin, and Whelsy Boungou.

Biekpe's publications are represented in various academic venues including Telecommunications Policy, Economic Change and Restructuring, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Technology in Society, and Journal of Economic Integration.

Their contributions to the field were recognized in 2020 when they were named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Corporate governance, ownership structure and performance of SMEs in Ghana: implications for financing opportunities

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Enhancing ICT for environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Simplice A. Asongu;Sara Le Roux;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: The Case of Selected African Countries

    Charles K.D. Adjasi;Nicholas B. Biekpe

  • Environmental Degradation, ICT and Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Simplice A. Asongu;Sara Le Roux;Nicholas Biekpe

  • How do we explain the capital structure of SMEs in sub‐Saharan Africa? Evidence from Ghana

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD SIZE, BOARD COMPOSITION, CEO DUALITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EXPERIENCE FROM GHANA

    Anthony Kyereboah-Coleman;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Small Business Financing Initiatives in Ghana

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Small Business Reliance on Bank Financing in Ghana

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Stock prices and exchange rate dynamics in selected African countries: a bivariate analysis

    Charles K.D. Adjasi;Nicholas B. Biekpe;Kofi A. Osei

  • SMEs' Access to Debt Finance: A Comparison of Male-Owned and Female-Owned Businesses in Ghana

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Determinants of life insurance consumption in Africa

    Abdul Latif Alhassan;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Contagion: a fear for African equity markets?

    Daryl Collins;Nicholas Biekpe

  • What determines the capital structure of listed firms in Ghana

    Joshua Abor;Nicholas Biekpe

  • The efficient market hypothesis: Evidence from ten African stock markets

    Chipo Mlambo;Nicholas Biekpe

  • The link between corporate governance and performance of the non‐traditional export sector: evidence from Ghana

    Anthony Kyereboah‐Coleman;Nicholas Biekpe

  • The Competitiveness of Commercial Banks in Ghana

    Nicholas Biekpe

  • CONTAGION AND INTERDEPENDENCE IN AFRICAN STOCK MARKETS

    D. Collins;N. Biekpe

  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCING CHOICES OF FIRMS: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

    Anthony Kyereboah‐coleman;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Understanding the greater diffusion of mobile money innovations in Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas Biekpe;Danny Cassimon

  • On the diffusion of mobile phone innovations for financial inclusion

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas Biekpe;Danny Cassimon

  • Do boards and CEOs matter for bank performance? A comparative analysis of banks in Ghana

    Anthony Kyereboah-Coleman;Nicholas Biekpe

  • Financial integration and stability in the Southern African development community

    Sephooko Motelle;Nicholas Biekpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Simplice A. Asongu
Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute
Joshua Abor
Joshua Abor University of Ghana

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