Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD (Economics); Queen's University (Canada); 1999
MPhil (Economics); Univ of Cambridge (UK); 1991
BA (Mathematics & Economics); Univ of Ghana; 1989
Research Papers
Crop-Price Indemnified Loans: A Pilot Study in Ghana, (with M. McMillan; D. Karlan; C. Udry); Journal of Risk and Insurance (forthcomin g)
Non(Intervention) in Civil Conflicts, (with J. Atsu Amegashie); European Journal of Political Economy (September 2007)
Who Herds? (with D. Bernhardt and M. Campello) Journal of Financial Economics (June 2006)
Evolution of Managerial Expertise (with D. Bernhardt and E. Hughson); American Economic Review (March 2006)
Rematches in Boxing and Other Sporting Events (with J. Atsu Amegashie), Journal of Sports Economics; (Nov. 2005)
The Effects of Learning-by-Doing on Product Innovation by a Durable Good Monopolist (with J. Zabojnik); International Journal of Industrial Organization, (Feb 2005)
Debt-Contingent Inflation Contracts and Targets, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, (March, 2002)
Other Papers
Death and Dying: The Simple Economics of Funerals in Ghana, Ghana Policy Journal (June, 2007); Bankruptcy and burials (from The Economist)
Towards an Economic Transformation in Ghana: Lessons from High-Growth Nations; September 2008 (with Charles Ackah); ACET Policy Paper Series
Working Papers
Analysts' Compensation and Forecast Bias, (with D. Bernhardt and M. Campello)
Expectations and the Central Banker: Making Decisions Market Expect to See? (with S. Mukand)
Work in Progress
Multi-market contact and consumer welfare (with G. Norman)
Duration of Security Analysts' Employment Spells (with R. Perrelli)
Tradenet and Farmers' Access to Markets in Ghana Story (VoA news)
Selected conference participation/invited presentations
NBER Conference on Africa; Accra (Ghana); July 2010
Univ od South Florida; School of Business; March 2010
NBER Africa Meetings; February 2009
ACET Africa Economic Transformation Meetings, July 2008, Ghana
Microfinance and MDGs Conference; January 2008; Univ of Cape Caost; Ghana
NBER Africa Meetings; 2007 & 2008
International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2005, Atlanta
Univ of New Hampshire; Whittemore Sch. of Business and Economics; March 2005
Baruch College (CUNY); Dept. of Finance; April 2004
University of Guelph, Dept of Economics; April 2004
Northeastern University, Dept of Economics; March 2004
Canadian Economics Association meetings; Ottawa; May 2003
Canadian Economics Association meetings; Montreal; May 2002
American Economic Association meetings; New Orleans; January 2001
Bank of England, Monetary and Financial Analysis Division; June 1999
Southern Finance Association Meetings; Florida; Nov. 1998
Professional Service
Referee: American Economic Review; B.E. Journal in Macroeconomics; Economica; International Journal of Ind. Org; Journal of Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Southern Economic Journal, Peace and Change; British Journal of Political Science
Inside Africa
The BBC asked ordinary Africans to send in their views on (British PM) Tony Blair's Commission for Africa. Kasozi Lubega (research assistant, Makerere University in Uganda) mailed two letters: here is the first and the second letter. Samantha Smit, a hotel manager in Lusaka, Zambia also sent this letter