Alex O Acheampong
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 270243 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alex O Acheampong |
| NOMBRES | Alex |
| APELLIDO | O Acheampong |
| FIRMA | ACHEAMPONG A O |
| AFILIACIONES | Bond University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5462-5466 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Do Corporate ESG Disclosures Drive Consumer Demand (Sales)? The Role of Environmental Sensitivity
The question of whether strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure largely benefits high‐demand customers or if it generates value across all sales levels is yet to be empirically verified. This study, therefore, examines how ESG performance influences consumer demand (sales outcomes) among listed firms across African emerging markets from 2011 to 2024. Using an integrated innovative quantile framework, the results reveal a non…
Corporate Dynamic Eco‐Innovation Capability and Carbon Emission Reduction
Despite the global emphasis on simultaneous achievement of higher growth and lower pollution (green growth), the dynamic link between eco‐innovation and CO 2 emissions remains inadequately understood globally and specifically in Africa, with a complex and diverse institutional and regulatory landscape. Understanding the bidirectional link between the two variables helps to ascertain if eco‐innovation engenders low‐carbon development and if greate…
The impact of varieties of democracy on subjective well-being
Enhancing climate change resilience
The Asia-Pacific developing countries continue to bear the brunt of climate change. Adapting and building resilience against climate risks demand significant financial resources and an efficient governance system. However, financial and institutional constraints limit the ability of the Asia-Pacific developing countries to adapt and build resilience against climate change risk. Currently, there are insufficient studies to evaluate the impact of g…
Women's political participation and disease prevention
Does Social Media Penetration Enhance Democratic Institutions? Evidence from Varieties of Democracy Data
We examine whether social media enhances democracy using cross-sectional data from 145 countries. We used Facebook penetration as a proxy for social media. Also, based on the complex definition of democracy, high-level indices, such as egalitarian, participatory, liberal, electoral, and deliberative democracies, were used to capture democracy. Our endogeneity-corrected results documented that high social media penetration, on average, enhances al…
Achieving Carbon-Neutrality in Mena Countries
This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion, renewable energy, and CO 2 emissions using data from 11 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 2004 to 2019. Evidence from fixed effects-ordinary least squares (FE-OLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), and canonical correlation regression (CRR) showed that financial inclusion contributes significantly to decarbonizat…
The importance of human development in combating energy poverty
Theoretically, the impact of human development on energy poverty could occur through a number of channels, for instance, through improved social mobility and employability. In this study, we elaborate on these channels and examine how human development affects energy poverty in Africa, where access to electricity is a challenge for many. We proxy human development with scores on the human development index (HDI), human capital and education level…
Energy poverty and gender equality in education
Access to energy is widely known to promote socio-economic development; however, the linkage between access to energy and gender equality in education and the channels through which energy poverty affects gender equality in education is not explored much in the empirical literature. We, therefore, examine whether access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technologies contribute to gender equality in education for a panel of 98 countries b…
Unveiling the effect of income inequality on safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash)
Access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is crucial for disease prevention and improving general health outcomes. However, a significant number of people across the globe still lack access to safe drinking water and practice open defecation. Therefore, evidence-based research is needed to guide policymakers in improving WASH adoption and practice across the globe. In this study, we add to knowledge and policy by probing the r…
Does Financial Inclusion Matter to Population Health? Insight From a Global Dataset
Currently, extensive empirical studies exist on the impact of financial inclusion on socio-economic outcomes such as economic growth, inequality, and poverty. However, research on financial inclusion and population health is limited and still at the infant stage. Therefore, this article adds to knowledge by inquiring into the health implications of financial inclusion using a global panel dataset for 121 countries between 2004 and 2020. After acc…
Leveraging digital technology for development
The political economy of energy transition
Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS
The income inequality-economic growth linkage is a topical issue in economics and policy discussions. Both theoretical and empirical results on the impact of income inequality on economic growth have been controversial. One of the criticisms of the existing studies relates to using cross-sectional data and linear estimation techniques for empirical analysis. Capitalising on the limitations in the existing literature, this article employs the nove…
The roadmap to net‐zero emission
Global crises have heightened policy uncertainties and efforts to address global climate change. Limited evidence exists in the literature on geopolitical risk's direct and indirect roles in addressing global emissions. In this study, we examine whether geopolitical risk could impede or facilitate efforts to attain a net‐zero emissions target through energy transition using panel data for 42 countries from 1990 to 2020. Various econometric techni…
Understanding climate change adaptation in Ghana
This study examines the effect of climate change knowledge, anxiety, and experience on climate adaptation using survey data from 874 farmers in the Western North Region of Ghana. To present unbiased estimates, the instrumental variable regression technique was applied to control for endogeneity. Results indicated that climate change anxiety and knowledge significantly increase climate change adaptation among farmers. Also, climate change experien…
Promoting energy inclusiveness
We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Evidence from heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable regression revealed that governance improves rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, while democracy of di…
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's Tragedy
This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine the effect of democracy and natural resources on income inequality using a comprehensive panel dataset from 43 sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings from our empirical analysis indicated that natural resources and democracy indices such as electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian drive income inequality in SSA. Regional compar…
Enhancing human development in developing regions
Recent scholarly and policy discussions have focused on whether information and communication technology (ICT) and transport infrastructure enhance human development outcomes in developing countries. This study contributes to the knowledge and policy by exploring the impact of transport and ICT infrastructure on human development using comprehensive panel data for 79 countries from 1990 to 2018. Applying the two-step IV-GMM to correct endogeneity…
Unveiling the effect of transport infrastructure and technological innovation on economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions
Analyzing the role of economic globalization in achieving carbon neutrality in Australia
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing for over four years, making it difficult to achieve the 2030 agenda to reduce emissions. Also, in recent decades, Australia has been experiencing a rapid increase in economic globalization. The critical question of policy concern is, ‘what are the environmental implications of rapid economic globalization in Australia?’ This article investigates the asymmetric effect of economic globalizat…
Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation
Does financial development mitigate carbon emissions? Evidence from heterogeneous financial economies
Reducing carbon emissions
Sub-Saharan Africa's Tragedy
This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine the effect of democracy and natural resources on income inequality using a comprehensive panel dataset from 43 sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings from our empirical analysis indicated that natural resources and democracy indices such as electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian drive income inequality in SSA. Regional compar…
Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
Unveiling the effect of income inequality on safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash)
Access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is crucial for disease prevention and improving general health outcomes. However, a significant number of people across the globe still lack access to safe drinking water and practice open defecation. Therefore, evidence-based research is needed to guide policymakers in improving WASH adoption and practice across the globe. In this study, we add to knowledge and policy by probing the r…
Women's political participation and disease prevention
Does Social Media Penetration Enhance Democratic Institutions? Evidence from Varieties of Democracy Data
We examine whether social media enhances democracy using cross-sectional data from 145 countries. We used Facebook penetration as a proxy for social media. Also, based on the complex definition of democracy, high-level indices, such as egalitarian, participatory, liberal, electoral, and deliberative democracies, were used to capture democracy. Our endogeneity-corrected results documented that high social media penetration, on average, enhances al…
Does Financial Inclusion Matter to Population Health? Insight From a Global Dataset
Currently, extensive empirical studies exist on the impact of financial inclusion on socio-economic outcomes such as economic growth, inequality, and poverty. However, research on financial inclusion and population health is limited and still at the infant stage. Therefore, this article adds to knowledge by inquiring into the health implications of financial inclusion using a global panel dataset for 121 countries between 2004 and 2020. After acc…
Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS
The income inequality-economic growth linkage is a topical issue in economics and policy discussions. Both theoretical and empirical results on the impact of income inequality on economic growth have been controversial. One of the criticisms of the existing studies relates to using cross-sectional data and linear estimation techniques for empirical analysis. Capitalising on the limitations in the existing literature, this article employs the nove…
Promoting energy inclusiveness
We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Evidence from heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable regression revealed that governance improves rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, while democracy of di…
Economic growth, CO2 emissions and energy consumption
Reducing carbon emissions
Do globalization and renewable energy contribute to carbon emissions mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Modelling for insight
Does financial development mitigate carbon emissions? Evidence from heterogeneous financial economies
Enhancing human development in developing regions
Recent scholarly and policy discussions have focused on whether information and communication technology (ICT) and transport infrastructure enhance human development outcomes in developing countries. This study contributes to the knowledge and policy by exploring the impact of transport and ICT infrastructure on human development using comprehensive panel data for 79 countries from 1990 to 2018. Applying the two-step IV-GMM to correct endogeneity…
Unveiling the effect of transport infrastructure and technological innovation on economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions
Analyzing the role of economic globalization in achieving carbon neutrality in Australia
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing for over four years, making it difficult to achieve the 2030 agenda to reduce emissions. Also, in recent decades, Australia has been experiencing a rapid increase in economic globalization. The critical question of policy concern is, ‘what are the environmental implications of rapid economic globalization in Australia?’ This article investigates the asymmetric effect of economic globalizat…
Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation
Leveraging digital technology for development
The political economy of energy transition
Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS
The income inequality-economic growth linkage is a topical issue in economics and policy discussions. Both theoretical and empirical results on the impact of income inequality on economic growth have been controversial. One of the criticisms of the existing studies relates to using cross-sectional data and linear estimation techniques for empirical analysis. Capitalising on the limitations in the existing literature, this article employs the nove…
The roadmap to net‐zero emission
Global crises have heightened policy uncertainties and efforts to address global climate change. Limited evidence exists in the literature on geopolitical risk's direct and indirect roles in addressing global emissions. In this study, we examine whether geopolitical risk could impede or facilitate efforts to attain a net‐zero emissions target through energy transition using panel data for 42 countries from 1990 to 2020. Various econometric techni…
Understanding climate change adaptation in Ghana
This study examines the effect of climate change knowledge, anxiety, and experience on climate adaptation using survey data from 874 farmers in the Western North Region of Ghana. To present unbiased estimates, the instrumental variable regression technique was applied to control for endogeneity. Results indicated that climate change anxiety and knowledge significantly increase climate change adaptation among farmers. Also, climate change experien…
Promoting energy inclusiveness
We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Evidence from heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable regression revealed that governance improves rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, while democracy of di…
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's Tragedy
This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine the effect of democracy and natural resources on income inequality using a comprehensive panel dataset from 43 sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings from our empirical analysis indicated that natural resources and democracy indices such as electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian drive income inequality in SSA. Regional compar…
Achieving Carbon-Neutrality in Mena Countries
This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion, renewable energy, and CO 2 emissions using data from 11 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 2004 to 2019. Evidence from fixed effects-ordinary least squares (FE-OLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), and canonical correlation regression (CRR) showed that financial inclusion contributes significantly to decarbonizat…
The importance of human development in combating energy poverty
Theoretically, the impact of human development on energy poverty could occur through a number of channels, for instance, through improved social mobility and employability. In this study, we elaborate on these channels and examine how human development affects energy poverty in Africa, where access to electricity is a challenge for many. We proxy human development with scores on the human development index (HDI), human capital and education level…
Energy poverty and gender equality in education
Access to energy is widely known to promote socio-economic development; however, the linkage between access to energy and gender equality in education and the channels through which energy poverty affects gender equality in education is not explored much in the empirical literature. We, therefore, examine whether access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technologies contribute to gender equality in education for a panel of 98 countries b…
Unveiling the effect of income inequality on safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash)
Access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is crucial for disease prevention and improving general health outcomes. However, a significant number of people across the globe still lack access to safe drinking water and practice open defecation. Therefore, evidence-based research is needed to guide policymakers in improving WASH adoption and practice across the globe. In this study, we add to knowledge and policy by probing the r…
Does Financial Inclusion Matter to Population Health? Insight From a Global Dataset
Currently, extensive empirical studies exist on the impact of financial inclusion on socio-economic outcomes such as economic growth, inequality, and poverty. However, research on financial inclusion and population health is limited and still at the infant stage. Therefore, this article adds to knowledge by inquiring into the health implications of financial inclusion using a global panel dataset for 121 countries between 2004 and 2020. After acc…
Enhancing climate change resilience
The Asia-Pacific developing countries continue to bear the brunt of climate change. Adapting and building resilience against climate risks demand significant financial resources and an efficient governance system. However, financial and institutional constraints limit the ability of the Asia-Pacific developing countries to adapt and build resilience against climate change risk. Currently, there are insufficient studies to evaluate the impact of g…
Women's political participation and disease prevention
Does Social Media Penetration Enhance Democratic Institutions? Evidence from Varieties of Democracy Data
We examine whether social media enhances democracy using cross-sectional data from 145 countries. We used Facebook penetration as a proxy for social media. Also, based on the complex definition of democracy, high-level indices, such as egalitarian, participatory, liberal, electoral, and deliberative democracies, were used to capture democracy. Our endogeneity-corrected results documented that high social media penetration, on average, enhances al…
Economics (23 obras) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (17 obras) · Economic growth (13 obras) · Energy and Environment Impacts (11 obras) · Business (10 obras) · Econometrics (10 obras) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (10 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Development economics (8 obras) · Greenhouse gas (8 obras)