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Isaac Adjei Mensah

Statistics and Actuarial Science

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Isaac Adjei Mensah is currently a lecturer at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, KNUST. He holds a Ph.D. in Control Science (Environmental and Energy Statistics Option) from Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China. He also holds an MPhil in Mathematical Statistics from KNUST as well as BSc Mathematical Science (Statistics Option) from University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. He was first appointed as an assistant lecturer at all nations university college and at the same time a part-time lecturer at the university college of agriculture and environmental studies. His research area is in Energy and Environmental Statistics together with panel data econometric modeling. He has over forty publications in peer review journals. He is currently a member of UTAG.

Research Summary

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This researcher investigates the complex interplay between energy systems, environmental economics, and economic growth patterns in African countries, particularly focusing on the domain of social sciences. Their work delves into themes such as innovation and socio-economic development, examining how sustainable practices and technological advancements can drive growth while mitigating environmental and financial risks. The researcher also explores the nexus between renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental quality, using sophisticated econometric models to analyze these relationships. Additionally, they examine the impact of non-linear economic patterns on carbon emissions, questioning traditional causal frameworks in international relations. Their research integrates diverse disciplines—social sciences, physical sciences (energy, environment), and international business—their studies provide a comprehensive analysis of African countries' development trajectories and policies, offering insights into the role of innovation and sustainable practices in fostering inclusive and resilient economies.

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Analysis on the nexus of economic growth, fossil fuel energy consumption, CO2 emissions and oil price in Africa based on a PMG panel ARDL approach(2019)
The impact of green technological innovation and institutional quality on CO2 emissions in African countries(2022)
The role of environmental entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Evidence from 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa(2020)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Investigating the nexus among environmental pollution, economic growth, energy use, and foreign direct investment in 6 selected sub-Saharan African countries(2019)
The connection between urbanization and carbon emissions: a panel evidence from West Africa(2020)
Non-linear nexus between CO2 emissions and economic growth: A comparison of OECD and B&R countries(2020)
Reinvestigating the pollution haven hypothesis: the nexus between foreign direct investments and environmental quality in G-20 countries(2022)
Analysis on the nexus amid CO2 emissions, energy intensity, economic growth, and foreign direct investment in Belt and Road economies: does the level of income matter?(2020)
The influence of trade openness on environmental pollution in EU-18 countries(2020)
The link between carbon emissions, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth: a heterogeneous panel evidence from West Africa(2020)
RETRACTED: A heterogeneous analysis of the nexus between energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions: Evidence from the Group of Twenty (G20) countries(2020)
Modelling the connection between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa: Evidence from panel models robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity(2021)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Green investments, financial development, and environmental quality in Ghana: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach(2022)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Trade openness and CO2 emanations: a heterogeneous analysis on the developing eight (D8) countries(2021)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Long-run equilibrium relationship between energy consumption and CO2 emissions: a dynamic heterogeneous analysis on North Africa(2021)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Financial development and environmental sustainability in West Africa: evidence from heterogeneous and cross-sectionally correlated models(2021)
The link between urbanization, energy consumption, foreign direct investments and CO<sub>2</sub> emanations: An empirical evidence from the emerging seven (E7) countries(2021)
Transitions to sustainable development: the role of green innovation and institutional quality(2022)
Potential economic indicators and environmental quality in African economies: new insight from cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag approach(2021)
Examining the determinants of water resources availability in sub-Sahara Africa: a panel-based econometrics analysis(2021)
Investigation on key contributors of energy consumption in dynamic heterogeneous panel data (DHPD) model for African countries: fresh evidence from dynamic common correlated effect (DCCE) approach(2020)
How does Eco-Innovation Affect CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa(2021)
Inclusive growth and the sophisticated influence of carbon emissions, renewable energy, and financial development: An introspective analysis of Africa(2022)
On the Nexus of Credit Risk Management and Bank Performance: A Dynamic Panel Testimony from Some Selected Commercial Banks in China(2019)
On China's sustainable future: How do eco-technological innovations and financial development moderate the tourism-environmental pollution nexus?(2025)
Exploring the Nexus among Environmental Pollution, Economic Growth Energy Use and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub Sahara Africa(2019)
Retraction Note: Green investments, financial development, and environmental quality in Ghana: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach(2024)
Estimating the Determinants of Energy Consumption in Mutlisectoral African Economies: Evidence From Panel Methods Efficient to Heterogeneity and Cross-Sectional Reliance(2020)
Retraction Note: Investigating the nexus among environmental pollution, economic growth, energy use, and foreign direct investment in 6 selected sub-Saharan African countries(2024)
Retraction Note: Long-run equilibrium relationship between energy consumption and CO2 emissions: a dynamic heterogeneous analysis on North Africa(2024)
Marketing innovation and sustainable competitive advantage of manufacturing SMEs in Ghana(2018)
Marketing Innovation And Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Case Of Selected Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises In Central Region Of Ghana(2017)
Determinants of FinTech payment services diffusion by SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana(2020)
Effect of population migration on spatial carbon emission transfers in China(2021)
Knowledge-Based Economy Capacity Building for Developing Countries: A Panel Analysis in Southern African Development Community(2021)
Panel Econometric Analysis on Mobile Payment Transactions and Traditional Banks Effort toward Financial Accessibility in Sub-Sahara Africa(2020)
Foreign Direct Investment and Total Factor Productivity Growth Nexus: A Realistic Testimony from VECM Approach(2019)
Retraction Note: Financial development and environmental sustainability in West Africa: evidence from heterogeneous and cross-sectionally correlated models(2024)
Liquidity and Firms’ Financial Performance Nexus: Panel Evidence From Non-Financial Firms Listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange(2020)
Exploring the Link between Operational Efficiency and Firms’ Financial Performance: An Empirical Evidence from the Ghana Stock Exchange GSE(2019)
Supply Chain Integration, Interfirm Value Co-Creation and Firm Performance Nexus in Ghanaian SMEs: Mediating Roles of Stakeholder Pressure and Innovation Capability(2021)
Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana(2019)
Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana(2019)
Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana(2019)
Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana(2019)
Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana(2019)
A novel crude oil price trend prediction method: Machine learning classification algorithm based on multi-modal data features(2021)
Does Innovation Type Influence Firm Performance? A Dilemma of Star-Rated Hotels in Ghana(2020)
Multi-region and multi-sector comparisons and analysis of industrial carbon productivity in China(2020)
Knowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana(2019)
Knowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana(2019)
Knowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana(2019)
Analysis of sex disparities in under-five mortality rates in Ghana: Insights from vector autoregressive modeling(2023)
The relationship between healthcare expenditure, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and natural resources: evidence from developing countries(2021)
Does obesity Kuznets curve exist in developing economies? Evidence from 38 African countries based on heterogeneous panel data analysis on income-level classification(2023)
Obesity Kuznets Curve conjecture assessment in African economies: conditioning effects of urbanization, food, and trade using gender-based regional analysis(2025)
Analysis of sex disparities in under-five mortality rates in Ghana: Insights from vector autoregressive modeling(2023)
Exploring renewable energy trade coopetition relationships: Evidence from belt and road countries, 1996-2018(2022)
Entrepreneurial leadership and performance of female-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Ghana(2019)
Teamwork and Physician Burnout: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organisational Support(2021)
Teamwork quality and health workers burnout nexus: a new insight from canonical correlation analysis(2022)
Seemingly unrelated time series model for forecasting the peak and short-term electricity demand: Evidence from the Kalman filtered Monte Carlo method(2023)
The effect of firm performance on CEO compensation: the moderation role of SOE reform(2021)
GOVERNANCE OF INTER-ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS APPROACH: THE CASE BETWEEN MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS.(2018)
Consumer response to E-commerce service failure: Leveraging repurchase intentions through strategic recovery policies(2024)
Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana(2020)
The impact of inward FDI on output growth volatility: A country-sector analysis(2021)
Evaluation of Green Procurement Practices Among Mining Companies’ Hospitals in Ghana: A Qualitative Analysis(2020)
Spatio-Temporal Impact of Global Migration on Carbon Transfers Based on Complex Network and Stepwise Regression Analysis(2022)
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study(2020)
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study(2019)
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health services for students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study(2019)
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study(2020)
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study(2020)
Construct validity and invariance assessment of the social impacts of occupational heat stress scale (SIOHSS) among Ghanaian mining workers(2021)
The environmental consequences of foreign aid and key economic indicators: the Sino-Africa perspective(2022)
Climate change as a game changer: Rethinking Africa’s food security- health outcome nexus through a multi-sectoral lens(2025)
The nexus between food security, health outcomes, and climate change: a multisectoral approach to sustainable development in Africa(2025)
Impact of Economic Growth, Energy Use and Population Growth on Carbon Emissions in Sub-Sahara Africa(2018)
Revisiting the drivers of electricity consumption in designated Sub-Saharan African regions: Unraveling the role of education(2024)
School Board Efficiency in Financial Management and Human Resource in Public Senior High Schools: An Evidence from Ashanti Region, Ghana(2019)
Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Turnover Intentions Nexus: Does the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction Matter?(2019)
Teachers’ experiences of classroom behaviour problems and mitigation strategies among students with visual disabilities in Ghana(2021)
Exposure to workplace bullying and nurses’ turnover intentions nexus: a moderation-mediation analysis(2025)
Complex network modeling for energy and carbon emission systems: Current status and prospects(2024)
Customer relationship management practices affecting customer loyalty supporting small airline carriers in Ghana(2018)
Customer relationship management practices affecting customer loyalty supporting small airline carriers in Ghana(2018)
“For me I see MINE to be a family sickness” – consumers understanding and perception of the etiology of mental illness in community-based residential facilities in Ghana(2022)
RANKING SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZATION AMONG TOURISTS TO IMPROVE MARKETING INNOVATION USING BAYESIAN POSTERIOR PROBABILITY AND MAXIMUM POSTERIOR PROBABILITY PROCEDURE (MAP): EVIDENCE FROM THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN GHANA(2018)
A novel bivariate regression model derived from the clayton copula and the Odd Dagum-G family and its application(2025)
Monetary and Economic Union in West Africa: An Analysis on Trade(2016)
Three essays in international trade and capital flows(2019)
The euro's effect on trade: an analysis of "old" and "new" EMU members(2019)
The Euro's effect on trade: An analysis of “old" and “new" EMU members(2017)
Retraction Note: Trade openness and CO2 emanations: a heterogeneous analysis on the developing eight (D8) countries(2024)
Managing and Predicting the Number of Health Insurance Claims in Ghana Based on Big Data and Time Series Analysis: A Case Study of Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana(2019)
Overcoming obstacles and reaping benefits: a study on the journey of aspiring educators in Ghana's teacher training institutions(2023)
Securing music sharing platforms: A Blockchain-Based Approach.(2021)
Investigation of the Relationship between Direct Major Causes of Maternal Mortality and Some Indirect Factors (Age, Parity and Gravida) through Canonical Correlation Analysis(2016)
Digitization, Customer Engagement and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana(2019)

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