Research

Refereed Publications

• Climate Change and Food Security in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries 

with Oluwanbepelumi Olanubi (University of Lagos, Nigeria) and Risikat Dauda (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

Environment, Development and Sustainability 25 (12), December 2023, 14623-14641

• Financial innovation and economic growth: empirical evidence from Nigeria

with Auwal Adamu Mohammed, Dauda O Risikat

EuroEconomica 40 (1), 2021

• Modelling the effect of stock market volatility and exchange rate volatility on foreign direct investment in Nigeria

with Jokosenumi Saidat (Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeria)

Asian Economic and Financial Review 8 (12), 2018, 1482-1505

• Economics Of Nigeria And West Africa Population Growth: Panel ARDL Approach For West Africa

Asian Journal of Economic Modelling 6 (3), 2018, 327-355

Works in Progress

• Unanticipated Inflation and Fertility Rate in the United States. 

• Population Age Structure and Institutional Quality in Emerging and Developing Economies.

• IMF Credit Facilities and Inflation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Does State Capacity Matter?

Conferences and Seminars

• Southern Economic Association (SEA). Population Age Structure and Institutional Quality in Emerging and Developing Economies. Research paper presented at the 95th Annual Conference, Nov. 22–24, 2025, Tampa, Florida.

• Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium. Participated in the Fourth Annual Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium, Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, May 28–30, 2025, Dallas, TX, USA.

• Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF). Population Age Structure and Institutional Quality. Research paper presented at the 62nd AEF Conference, Feb. 12–15, 2025, Pensacola, Florida. Awarded Best Economics PhD Paper.

• Nigeria Economic Society (NES) Conference. Economic Liberalization and the Nigerian Economy: Economic Implication of AfCFTA. Research paper presented at the NES 61st Annual Meeting, Sept. 8–12, 2020, Abuja, Nigeria.