Michael Danquah

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Danquah is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Danquah has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 12 papers in Safety Research and 7 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Michael Danquah's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (11 papers). Michael Danquah is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (11 papers). Michael Danquah collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Finland and United Kingdom. Michael Danquah's co-authors include Isaac Koomson, Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Bazoumana Ouattara, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Peter Quartey, Enrique Moral‐Benito, Kunal Sen, Simone Schotte, Eric Osei‐Assibey and Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Environmental Management and Energy Economics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Danquah

45 papers receiving 953 citations

Hit Papers

Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidenc... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana
    2020 297 citations Michael Danquah et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Danquah Ghana 17 621 225 122 121 120 46 1.0k
Stephen D. O’Connell United States 18 646 1.0× 130 0.6× 81 0.7× 111 0.9× 149 1.2× 60 1.2k
Rajabrata Banerjee Australia 14 527 0.8× 218 1.0× 145 1.2× 112 0.9× 69 0.6× 30 887
Uchenna Efobi Nigeria 19 826 1.3× 138 0.6× 157 1.3× 121 1.0× 193 1.6× 74 1.3k
Abiola John Asaleye Nigeria 20 598 1.0× 97 0.4× 130 1.1× 139 1.1× 104 0.9× 88 1.0k
Charles Ackah Ghana 16 330 0.5× 60 0.3× 50 0.4× 77 0.6× 161 1.3× 52 718
Sara le Roux United Kingdom 13 942 1.5× 120 0.5× 208 1.7× 52 0.4× 130 1.1× 29 1.2k
Florian Haelg Switzerland 6 949 1.5× 114 0.5× 245 2.0× 83 0.7× 284 2.4× 9 1.5k
Isaac Koomson Australia 20 864 1.4× 380 1.7× 173 1.4× 355 2.9× 250 2.1× 100 1.5k
Normaz Wana Ismail Malaysia 17 574 0.9× 45 0.2× 86 0.7× 71 0.6× 210 1.8× 103 1.0k
Girijasankar Mallik Australia 17 770 1.2× 41 0.2× 94 0.8× 186 1.5× 118 1.0× 48 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Danquah

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Danquah, Michael, Kunal Sen, & Rachel M. Gisselquist. (2025). Structural transformation: Domain report. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Amankwaa, Ebenezer Forkuo & Michael Danquah. (2025). Balancing the ban: Navigating the economic and environmental trade-offs of single-use plastics in Ghana. Journal of Environmental Management. 388. 126020–126020. 1 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, et al.. (2025). Urbanization, climate change, and labour productivity in Accra, Ghana. Cities. 169. 106584–106584. 1 indexed citations
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Fields, Gary S., T. H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, & Simone Schotte. (2023). The Job Ladder. Econstor (Econstor). 2 indexed citations
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Schotte, Simone, Michael Danquah, Robert Osei, & Kunal Sen. (2023). The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana. Journal of African Economies. 32(Supplement_2). ii10–ii33. 9 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael & Bazoumana Ouattara. (2022). Aid and social cohesion. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 87. 118–131. 4 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael & Kunal Sen. (2021). Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar. Small Business Economics. 58(3). 1721–1737. 11 indexed citations
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Schotte, Simone, Michael Danquah, Robert Osei, & Kunal Sen. (2021). The labour market impact of COVID-19 lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana. Working Paper Series. 24 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, et al.. (2020). Informality and Covid-19 in sub-Sarahan Africa. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, Simone Schotte, & Kunal Sen. (2020). COVID-19 and Employment: Insights from the Sub-Saharan African Experience. Indian Journal of Labour Economics. 63(S1). 23–30. 33 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, et al.. (2019). R&D, Human Capital and Export Behavior of Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana. Journal of African Business. 20(3). 283–304. 10 indexed citations
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Iddrisu, Abdul Malik, et al.. (2018). Gender bias in households’ educational expenditures: Does the stage of schooling matter?. World Development Perspectives. 10-12. 15–23. 17 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, Bazoumana Ouattara, & Peter Quartey. (2018). Technology Transfer and National Efficiency: Does Absorptive Capacity Matter?. African Development Review. 30(2). 162–174. 21 indexed citations
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Osei‐Assibey, Eric, et al.. (2017). Corruption, institutions and capital flight: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Economic Studies. 45(1). 59–76. 27 indexed citations
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Quartey, Peter, Michael Danquah, George Owusu, & Abdul Malik Iddrisu. (2017). Unmasking the contributing factors of entrepreneurial activities among men and women in Ghana. Journal of Economic Studies. 45(1). 114–125. 7 indexed citations
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Sjö, Bo, et al.. (2016). Market Efficiency and Price Discovery in Cocoa Markets. Journal of African Business. 17(2). 209–224. 3 indexed citations
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Quartey, Peter, et al.. (2016). Sources of retirement income among formal sector workers in Ghana. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. 7(3). 366–378. 7 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael & Bazoumana Ouattara. (2014). What drives national efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic Modelling. 44. 171–179. 18 indexed citations
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Danquah, Michael, Enrique Moral‐Benito, & Bazoumana Ouattara. (2013). TFP growth and its determinants: a model averaging approach. Empirical Economics. 47(1). 227–251. 30 indexed citations

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