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Biography

Eric is an Assistant Professor at the China Campus of the University of Nottingham. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the City University of Hong Kong. He is a Beta Gamma Sigma honouree. His research interests are mainly in the areas of international trade, foreign direct investment and financial development, and how these primarily impact economic growth, development, issues of energy and the environment (and issues of sustainability).

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Employment (2)

University of Nottingham Ningbo China: Ningbo, Zhejiang, CN

2020-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Nottingham University Business School China)
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Eric Evans Osei Opoku

University of Hamburg: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2019 to 2020 | Research Associate (Socio-Economics)
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Eric Evans Osei Opoku

Education and qualifications (1)

City University of Hong Kong: HK, HK

2019-10-16
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Women's political participation and disease prevention: Evidence from access to water and sanitation services

Social Science & Medicine
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong
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Impacts of liquidity constraints, wealth and debt on happiness

Applied Economics
2025-01-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Fei Guo; Ting Li; Isabel Kit-Ming Yan; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Can energy transition interventions promote financial inclusion? Measuring unintended effects of Ghana's energy transition program

Energy and Climate Change
2024-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Kwame Adjei-Mantey; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Gender quota, women in politics, and gender parity in education

Economics & Politics
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Niharika Rustagi
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Trade openness and inflation dynamics in ECOWAS countries: An empirical investigation

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
2024-11-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Frank Darkwah; Daniel Sakyi; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Analyzing the health implications of rising income inequality

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
2024-10 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Enhancing energy efficiency in Asia-Pacific

Energy Economics
2024-10 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bless Kofi Edziah; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Energy innovation investment and renewable energy in OECD countries

Energy Strategy Reviews
2024-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong; Kingsley E Dogah; Isaac Koomson
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Unveiling the effect of income inequality on safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

World Development
2024-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Godsway Korku Tetteh
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Energy poverty and gender equality in education

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2024-05 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Afua Amankwaa; Janet Dzator
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Does gender diversity in politics improve access to electricity and electrification inequality? A global analysis

Energy Economics
2024-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Niharika Rustagi; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Dynamic pricing in consumer-centric electricity markets

Energy Strategy Reviews
2024-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Chin Hui Hao; Presley K. Wesseh; Jin Wang; Hermas Abudu; Kingsley Dogah; David Iheke Okorie; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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The importance of human development in combating energy poverty

Journal of International Development
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Kingsley E. Dogah; Nana Kwabena Kufuor; Alex O. Acheampong
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Residential energy expenditures and the relevance of financial inclusion across location, wealth quintiles and household structures

Heliyon
2024-03-15 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Frank Adusah-Poku; Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Impact of rural-urban energy equality on environmental sustainability and the role of governance

Journal of Policy Modeling
2024-01-15 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong; Olufemi Adewale Aluko
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Put on the light! Foreign direct investment, governance and access to electricity

Energy Economics
2023 | Journal article
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Contributors: Aluko, O.A.; Opoku, E.E.O.; Ibrahim, M.; Kufuor, N.K.
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The roadmap to net-zero emission

Journal of Public Affairs
2023-11 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Olufemi Adewale Aluko
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Cocoa beans classification using enhanced image feature extraction techniques and a regularized Artificial Neural Network model

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Rose Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening; Obed Appiah; Kate Takyi; Peter Appiahene
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Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries

Business Strategy and the Environment
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Olufemi Adewale Aluko; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong
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Energy justice, democracy and deforestation

Journal of Environmental Management
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Tragedy

Social Indicators Research
2023-08 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Janet Dzator; Matthew Abunyewah; Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Is foreign direct investment globalization‐induced or a myth? A tale of Africa

International Journal of Finance & Economics
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Olufemi Adewale Aluko; George S. Chen; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Environmental degradation and economic growth: Investigating linkages and potential pathways

Energy Economics
2023-05-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-9883
Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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The political economy of energy transition

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2023-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Kingsley Dogah
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Energy justice and economic growth

Journal of Policy Modeling
2023-01-21 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Alex O. Acheampong
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Enhancing human development in developing regions: Do ICT and transport infrastructure matter?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Alex O. Acheampong; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Janet Dzator; Nana Kwabena Kufuor
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Does democracy really improve environmental quality? Empirical contribution to the environmental politics debate

Energy Economics
2022-05 | Journal article
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The financial development impact of financial globalization revisited: A focus on OECD countries

International Economics
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Olufemi Adewale Aluko; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Does environmental sustainability attract foreign investment? Evidence from developing countries

Business Strategy and the Environment
2022-04-28 | Journal article
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The contribution of human development towards environmental sustainability

Energy Economics
2022-02 | Journal article
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Gender, electricity access, renewable energy consumption and energy efficiency

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0040-1625
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Heterogeneous effects of industrialization on the environment: Evidence from panel quantile regression

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0954-349X
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The foreign direct investment-environment nexus: Does emission disaggregation matter?

Energy Reports
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Samuel Adams; Olufemi Adewale Aluko
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Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Multiplier in China

The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
2021-11-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1935-1690
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The heterogeneous sectoral productivity impacts of FDI on real exchange rate

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
2021-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Fei Guo; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Isabel Kit-Ming Yan
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Re–examining Bhagwati hypothesis: the case of some selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Transnational Corporations Review
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Muazu Ibrahim; Isaac Koomson; Olufemi Adewale Aluko; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Investigating the environmental effect of globalization: Insights from selected industrialized countries

Journal of Environmental Management
2021-03-01 | Journal article
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Trade and environmental pollution in Africa: accounting for consumption and territorial-based emissions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2020-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Samuel Adams; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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Enabling trade across borders and food security in Africa

Food Security
2020-08-14 | Journal article
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The environmental impact of industrialization and foreign direct investment

Energy Policy
2020-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-4215
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Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms' productivity and export decisions

Pacific Economic Review
2020-02-25 | Journal article
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Financial sector development convergence in Africa: Evidence from bank- and market-based measures

Economics and Business Letters
2019-12-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2254-4380
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The causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Africa

International Review of Applied Economics
2019-11-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Muazu Ibrahim; Yakubu Awudu Sare
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Foreign Direct Investment, Sectoral Effects and Economic Growth in Africa

International Economic Journal
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Muazu Ibrahim; Yakubu Awudu Sare
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Energy demand–FDI nexus in Africa

Energy Economics
2019-06-05 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Philip Kofi Adom; Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Kit Ming Isabel YAN
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City University of Hong Kong
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Industrialization as driver of sustainable economic growth in Africa

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
2019-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric Evans Osei Opoku; Isabel Kit-Ming Yan
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Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa☆

Journal of African Trade
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-8523
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Technological Progress, Worker Efficiency, and Growth in Africa

China Economic Review
2018-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Jean Baptiste HABYARIMANA; Eric Evans Osei Opoku
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City University of Hong Kong
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BRIC versus OECD Foreign Direct Investment Impact on Development in Africa

Springer Nature
2017-03-18 | Book chapter
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Energy Consumption, Political Regime and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Energy Policy
2016-09 | Journal article
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