Prof. Samuel Erasmus Alnaa
Theses /Dissertations
- Access to Microfinance by Rural Women: Implications on Household Consumption Expenditure in the Upper East Region of Ghana. PhD Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana,
- Predicting inflation in Ghana: A comparison of cointegration and ARIMA models, MSc. Thesis, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Skovde, Sweden, 2005.
- Has economic policy making in Japan been in-ward looking or out-ward looking: The historical evidence, BA (Honours) dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2000.
In Press
- Analysis of Financial Performance of Merged and Distressed Banks in Ghana: An Exploration of Financial Ratios and Z-score ( Alnaa, E Samuel; Juabin, Matey and Donnir , Sharon)
- Risk Taking Behaviours of Domestic Commercial Banks in Ghana (Alnaa, E Samuel and Juabin Matey)
Selected Workshops and conferences attended
- Presenter, paper titled: Impact of microcredit on poverty among rural women in Ghana: The case of the Upper East Region (with Prof. I.K. Acheampong). Paper presented at the International conference on poverty, Social Exclusion and Development, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 10th – 12th October, 2012.
- Participant. 3rd Social Science/Economic Research Training Workshop – Accra, Ghana, 2011.
- 2nd Social Science/Economic Research Training Workshop – University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2010.
- Participant, International workshop on ‘Modelling the Biophysical Impacts of Climate Change’. UNU-WIDER /ISSER, University of Ghana, 11-12 June 2012.
Selected Publications
- Alnaa, S. E., & Ahiakpo, F. (2011). ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) approach to predicting inflation in Ghana (with F. Ahiakpo), Journal of Economics and International Finance, 3(5), 328-336.
- Ahiakpor, F., Alnaa, S.E., &. Aglobitse, B. P. (2011). Willingness to pay for efficient waste management: The case of Bolgatanga municipality. Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences (JOSS), 6(1), 170-189.
- Akpalu, W., Alnaa, S. E., & Aglobitse, P. B. (2012). Access to microfinance and intra household business decision making: Implication for efficiency of female owned enterprises in Ghana. Journal of Socio-Economics, 41, 513– 518.
- Annim, S. K., & Alnaa, S. E. (2013). Access to microfinance by rural women: implications for poverty reduction in rural households in Ghana. Research in applied Economics, 5(2), 12-34.
- Alnaa, S. E., (2013). Do multiple loans from microfinance institutions help the rural poor women? Empirical evidence from Ghana. Research in applied Economics, 5(3), 78-95.
- Alnaa, S. E., (2013). The Oliver Twists among microcredit borrowers, intra-household decision making and power- play in male dominant households in Ghana. European Journal of Business and Management, 5(28), 116-125.
- Acheampong, I. K., & Alnaa, S. E. (2013). Impact of microcredit on poverty among rural women in Ghana: The case of the Upper East Region. Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences (JOSS), 7 (1), 136-153.
- Ahiakpor, F., Nunoo, J., & Alnaa, S. E. (2014). A new look at school enrolment in Ghana: A statistical analysis. Journal of Studies in Education 4(2), 42-56.
- Alnaa, S. E., & Ahiakpor, F. (2015). Synthesis of microfinance and technical efficiency: Implications for poverty reduction in Ghana. Research in applied Economics 7(1), 13-25
- Abudu, D., Gariba, O. A., & Alnaa, S. E. (2015). The organizational independence of internal auditors in Ghana: Empirical evidence from local government. Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, 3(2), 33-45
- Alnaa, S. E., Adongo, J., & Juabin, M. (2016). Comparative analysis of profitability of local and foreign banks in Ghana. Asian Economic and Financial Review 6(5), 238-246.
- Alnaa, S. E., (2017). Microcredit to rural women, intra-household power-play and employment creation in Northern Ghana. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 29(2), 197-213.
- Alnaa, S. E., Ahiakpor, F. Ahmed, AM (2020). Recapitalisation and Banks performance in Ghana. Asian Journal of Empirical research 10(6), 176-183.
- Alnaa, S. E., & Ahiakpor, F. (2020). Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment in Ghana from 1986 to 2017. Research in applied Economics 12(3), 38-50.