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Economics and Finance
South Africa
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
54
Citations
12550
World Ranking
1130
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Nicholas M. Odhiambo is affiliated with the University of South Africa in South Africa. Their research predominantly spans the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particularly strong focus on Economics and Econometrics as a subfield.

Their work covers several specialized areas, including:

  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Odhiambo's research contributions have appeared in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Croatian Review of Economic Business and Social Statistics
  • Development Studies Research
  • ACTA ECONOMICA
  • Facta Universitatis Series Economics and Organization

Key recent publications authored by Odhiambo are:

  • "Financial development, income inequality and carbon emissions in sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis," 2020, Energy Exploration & Exploitation
  • "Information technology, income inequality and economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries," 2022, Telecommunications Policy

Other influential papers relevant to their research themes, although authored primarily by other scholars, include:

  • "Inequality, finance and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2020, Renewable Energy
  • "Asymmetric effect of oil price on economic growth: Panel analysis of low-income oil-importing countries," 2020, Energy Reports
  • "Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa," 2020, Energy Exploration & Exploitation

Odhiambo collaborates frequently with several researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Simplice Asongu
  • Sheilla Nyasha
  • Mercy T. Musakwa
  • Talknice Saungweme
  • Joseph Mawejje

Their academic output reflects a multi-disciplinary approach combining economics with environmental sustainability, energy policy, and information systems. This diverse intersection of topics aligns with their extensive publication record in both core economics journals and specialized outlets addressing sustainability and technological impacts on economic growth.

Best Publications

  • Energy consumption and economic growth nexus in Tanzania: An ARDL bounds testing approach

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Electricity consumption and economic growth in South Africa: A trivariate causality test

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Financial depth, savings and economic growth in Kenya: A dynamic causal linkage

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Finance-growth-poverty nexus in South Africa: A dynamic causality linkage

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • The Role of ICT in Modulating the Effect of Education and Lifelong Learning on Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Africa

    Vanessa S. Tchamyou;Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Energy consumption, prices and economic growth in three SSA countries: A comparative study

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Foreign direct investment, information technology and economic growth dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development :An empirical investigation

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Finance-investment-growth nexus in South Africa: an ARDL-bounds testing procedure

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Is Financial Development Still a Spur to Economic Growth? A Causal Evidence from South Africa

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Supply-leading versus Demand-following Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence from Three SSA Countries

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Savings and economic growth in South Africa: A multivariate causality test

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Environmental degradation and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Challenges of Doing Business in Africa: A Systematic Review

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Is financial development a spur to poverty reduction? Kenya's experience

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Inequality, finance and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Basic Formal Education Quality, Information Technology and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • ICT, Financial Access and Gender Inclusion in the Formal Economic Sector: Evidence from Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth: A Review of International Literature

    Themba Gilbert Chirwa;Nicholas M Odhiambo

  • Financial deepening and poverty reduction in Zambia: an empirical investigation

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Asymmetric effect of oil price on economic growth: Panel analysis of low-income oil-importing countries

    Motunrayo O. Akinsola;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • Interest Rate Reforms, Financial Deepening and Economic Growth in Kenya: An Empirical Investigation

    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

  • The Impact of Banks and Stock Market Development on Economic Growth in South Africa: an ARDL-bounds Testing Approach

    Sheilla Nyasha;Nicholas M. Odhiambo

Frequent Co-Authors

Simplice A. Asongu
Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute

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