Festus Ebo Turkson

Biographic Data

ID4616757
NAMEFestus Ebo Turkson
GIVEN NAMESFestus Ebo
FAMILY NAMETurkson
SIGNATURETURKSON F E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0002-5366-5167
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The Effect of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) on Retail Digital Financial Services in Ghana

    Festus Ebo Turkson, Peter Quartey et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Business2025

    This paper examined the effect of Ghana’s Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy), introduced in May 2022, on retail digital financial services, focusing on mobile money agents and small non-bank financial institutions. Drawing on data from 2,908 urban-based micro-enterprises across Ghana, we analyzed how the levy affected business operations, turnover, client base, and financial inclusion outcomes. The findings demonstrate an immediate and substant…

  • Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity

    Open AccessHarold Alderman, Elisabetta Aurino et al.ARTICLEEconomics of Education Review2025

    Assessing overall welfare from educational programs that affect multiple outcomes is challenging. • We propose a method to account for both productivity and distributional benefits. • We illustrate this approach by drawing on a large-scale RCT of school meals. • We show large welfare gains, mostly from future earnings but also from distributional benefits. • This method is applicable to programs that enhance human capital and equity. Poverty redu…

  • Pathways to advancing universal access to clean energy

    Open AccessEdwin Provencal, Festus Ebo Turkson et al.ARTICLECities2025References: 1

  • Regional integration and non‐tariff barriers to Intra‐ Sub‐Saharan Africa trade

    Open AccessFestus Ebo Turkson, Abena D Oduro et al.ARTICLEWorld Economy2023

    The paper assesses the ex‐post trade effect of sub‐regional trade agreements (RTAs), financial integration and other non‐tariff barriers on intra‐regional trade involving 43 Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. The objective is to find out if RTAs within SSA had increased trade flows to inform current efforts of establishing a successful continental free trade area in SSA. Estimating a gravity model augmented with measures of trade agreements and …

  • Influences of parental occupation on children's occupational choices

    Open AccessWassiuw Abdul Rahaman, Ibrahim Mohammed et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2023

    Purpose This study examines the relationships between parents' and children's occupations to determine the existence of intergenerational transmission of occupations. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the purpose of the study, four predominant occupational types based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO): agriculture and forestry; services and sales; managerial/administrative; and professional/technical are exam…

  • Debt Capital Structure and Credit Information Sharing

    Baah Aye Kusi, Gloria Clarissa Dzeha et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Business2021

    This study examines the effect of credit information sharing on debt financing structure of listed firm on the Ghana Stock Exchange market between 2003 and 2013. Employing a panel data of 20 listed non-financial firms in Ghana in robust ordinary least squares, random effect and fixed effect models, findings are presented on how information sharing affect debt financing structure. Findings show that information sharing, coverage quality and the pr…

  • Innovation and employment in manufacturing and service firms in Ghana

    Open AccessPriscilla Twumasi Baffour, Festus Ebo Turkson et al.ARTICLESmall Business Economics2020