Godfred Aawaar

Accounting and Finance

About

Dr. Aawaar is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Accounting and Finance, KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Law (first class honours) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He is a commonwealth scholar of Cranfield University, School of Management in the United Kingdom where he obtained his master’s degree in finance and management. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zululand, South Africa. Godfred has a rich background in economics and finance as an academic with over a decade of university teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach the following courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels: Financial Econometrics, Research Techniques in Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, Bank Lending, Money and Banking, Corporate Finance, Business Finance, and Business Economics. In terms of research, Dr. Aawaar primarily focuses on financial market development in emerging and frontier markets with particular attention on their development, efficiency, integration and behavioural financial issues. Specifically, his research areas include international financial markets, behavioural finance, development finance, education finance, and international macroeconomics. He has published quite extensively in these areas in peer reviewed journals, including but not limited to Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of Economic and Administrative Science, Cogent Economics and Finance, Frontier in Finance and Economics, and International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues. He also reviews for the Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for a number of journals. Dr. Aawaar also mentors and supervises a large number of undergraduate students and postgraduate theses. He practices as an entrepreneur and actively engages in community development projects that will better the lives of many, especially, the under-privileged in society.

Research Summary

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The researcher's work centers on a comprehensive exploration of social and economic development across various domains, examining themes such as working capital requirements, microfinance, financial risks, market dynamics, fiscal policies, public health issues, energy sectors, insurance markets, education financing, and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through these lenses, the study highlights the interconnectedness of different factors influencing development outcomes. By integrating themes like economic growth through financial innovation and microfinance into broader frameworks that address sustainability, resource distribution, and crisis preparedness, the researcher provides a holistic view of how social sciences can inform policies aimed at fostering resilience and promoting inclusive development in emerging markets.

Research Themes

All (21 Papers)

Social Sciences (15 Papers)

Physical Sciences (5 Papers)

Health Sciences (1 Papers)

All Papers

Determinants of working capital requirement in listed firms: Empirical evidence using a dynamic system GMM(2018)

Relationship between financial inclusion, banking stability and economic growth: a dynamic panel approach(2021)

Financial inclusion—entrepreneurship nexus: evidence from a threshold analysis(2024)

Do Women Require Specialized Digital Financial Instruments to Meet Their Needs? Insights from Ghana(2024)

Financial innovations and economic growth: Does financial inclusion play a mediating role?(2022)

Financial development and educational quality in Sub-Saharan Africa(2022)

Role of institutional quality in the public education financing–educational quality nexus: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa(2024)

INVESTOR HERD BEHAVIOUR IN AFRICA’S EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS(2020)

Sustainable finance and social development: do institutional quality and ICT infrastructure matter(2025)

Economic activities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries(2023)

What accounts for the high underwriting losses in the Ghanaian insurance industry?(2022)

Operational risk and non-life insurers’ performance(2024)

Equity return volatility in Africa’s stock markets: A dynamic panel approach(2023)

Regional and global shock spillovers to Africa’s equity markets: evidence from the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic(2024)

Effect of public education financing on educational quality in sub-Saharan africa: an autoregressive distributed lag approach(2024)

The non-linear threshold effects of public investment on sustainable trade development in Africa: a panel smooth transition regression approach(2025)

Market Integration and Informational Efficiency of Africa's Stock Markets(2017)

Using signalling theory to assess the Government of Ghana’s risk communication during the COVID-19 pandemic(2022)

Capital mobility, financial development and sustainable trade development in sub-Saharan Africa: a GMM-PVAR based analysis(2024)

Financial Development, Public Health Financing, and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa(2024)

Financial development, public health financing, and health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa(2025)

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