Frank W Agbola

Biographic Data

ID3486529
NAMEFrank W Agbola
GIVEN NAMESFrank W
FAMILY NAMEAgbola
SIGNATUREAGBOLA F W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Newcastle Australia
ORCID0000-0002-4351-9553
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS18
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Technical efficiency and technology gaps among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma Geffersa, Frank W AgbolaARTICLESustainable Futures2025References: 2

    Despite advancements in agricultural technology, food insecurity and poverty remain significant challenges in many developing countries. This situation is severe in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where rural poverty and food insecurity are on the rise, becoming critical developmental issues. Consequently, enhancing the production of staple crops is essential for achieving food security in the region. In this paper, we investigate the impact of adoptin…

  • Servicification and global value chain upgrading

    Yunsu Du, Frank W AgbolaARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2022References: 3

    We investigate the effect of servicification on global value chain (GVC) upgrading within the context of China’s manufacturing industry. Utilising comprehensive data on manufacturing value-added, we present new evidence for the influence of servicification on the GVC position of the manufacturing industry in China. We find that although domestic and aggregate servicification enhances GVC, foreign servicification curtails the GVCs of manufacturing…

  • Tourism Demand

    Open AccessFrank W Agbola, Tarik Dogru et al.ARTICLETourism Economics2020

  • Does microfinance reduce poverty? New evidence from Northeastern Mindanao, the Philippines

    Open AccessFrank W Agbola, Angelito B Acupan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2017Cited by: 6References: 7

  • Destination characteristics that drive hotel performance

    Open AccessAlbert Assaf, A George Assaf et al.ARTICLETourism Management2017Cited by: 3References: 47

  • The impact of FDI spillover effects on total factor productivity in the Chinese electronic industry

    William Sheng Liu, Frank W Agbola et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2016Cited by: 2References: 5

    This paper empirically investigates the impact of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) growth in a developing country, China. Utilising an endogenous growth theoretic framework, we estimate a model using 1328 firm-level data and spanning the period 2003–2008. We find that the productivity gap constrains the impact of FDI on TFP, while foreign equity participation enhances technological transfer from foreign pa…

  • Modelling the impact of foreign direct investment and human capital on economic growth

    Frank W AgbolaARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2014Cited by: 1References: 17

    This paper empirically investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and human capital on economic growth in the Philippines. An economic growth model for the Philippines is specified and estimated by a canonical cointegrating technique and employing annual data spanning the period 1965–2010. Our empirical results indicate that FDI is an important vehicle for achieving economic growth in the Philippines, but only when there is suffic…

  • Does human capital constrain the impact of foreign direct investment and remittances on economic growth in Ghana

    Frank W AgbolaARTICLEApplied Economics2012Cited by: 6References: 6

    This article empirically investigates whether human capital constrains the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and remittances on economic growth in Ghana. An economic growth model for Ghana is specified and estimated using Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) estimator and employing annual data spanning the period 1965 to 2008. Empirical results indicate that FDI and remittances are key determinants of economic growth in Ghana. Re…