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Isiaka Akande Raifu · Sankore

University of Ibadan

Isiaka Akande Raifu

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ORCID 0000-0001-9677-8906

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Publications

41

Citations

414

h-index

12

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

17

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University of Ibadan47 works
Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa24 works
Tai Solarin University of Education1 works

Publications

41 works in the graph, newest first.

Revisiting Tourism-Led-Growth Hypothesis in the Presence of Structural Breaks: The Case of Spiritual Tourism and Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia
2026Arrow - TU Dublin (Technological University Dublin)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.21427/hqp9-b109
If tourism pollutes the environment: Can regulatory quality or government effectiveness moderate the pollution?
2026Tourism and Hospitality ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/14673584261428645
Revisiting causal relationship between renewable energy and economic growth in OECD countries: Evidence from a novel JKS's Granger non-causality test
2025Renewable EnergyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1016/j.renene.2025.122559
Does Causality Between Tourism and Environmental Pollution Depend on Economic Development Level?
2025TourismJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations

10.37741/t.73.1.13

The moderating role of monetary policy in the nexus between inflation and tourism demand in South Africa

2025Journal of Hospitality and Tourism InsightsJournal2 citations10.1108/jhti-01-2025-0010

Examining structural stability and time-varying causality between exports and economic growth in China amidst shocks

2025International Trade Politics and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1108/itpd-07-2025-0027

The Effect of Military Spending on Unemployment in South Africa: Evidence from Total, Gender, Race and Province Unemployment Data

2025Statistics Politics and PolicyJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.1515/spp-2024-0053

Exploring the Role of Institutional Quality in the Crowding-Out Effect of Military Expenditure on Health Expenditure and Outcomes in Africa

2025Peace Economics Peace Science and Public PolicyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1515/peps-2025-0019

Modelling Financial Sector Reform and Resource Dependence Effects on Macroeconomic Stability In SSA: Re-Enacting Africa’s Quest for Long-Term Development

2025BRICS Journal of EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.3897/brics-econ.6.e162459

Toward economic resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of institutional quality and human capital development

2024Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author31 citations10.1002/sd.3251

Revisiting the Tourism-Led-Growth Hypothesis: Fresh Evidence From the World’s Top Ten Tourist Destinations

2024Asian Economics LettersJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.46557/001c.91077

Does rising inflation affect the tourism industry? Evidence from Nigeria

2024Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and EventsJournalFirst author19 citations10.1080/19407963.2024.2314495

Government expenditure and unemployment nexus in Nigeria: Does institutional quality matter?

2024Journal of Public AffairsJournalFirst author11 citations10.1002/pa.2917

Simulating the effect of counterfactual changes in religious tourism on economic growth in Saudi Arabia

2024Journal of Hospitality and Tourism InsightsJournalFirst author9 citations10.1108/jhti-04-2024-0354

Simulating the Inflationary Effects of Fuel Subsidy Removal in Nigeria: Evidence From a Novel Approach

2024Energy RESEARCH LETTERSJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.46557/001c.94368

Does Access to Clean Fuel and Technology Improve Health Outcomes? A Comparative Analysis of Africa and Asia

2024Energy RESEARCH LETTERSJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.46557/001c.123835

Is Tourism-Led-Growth Hypothesis Valid in the Presence of Structural Breaks?

2024TourismJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.37741/t.72.2.11

On the effect of military spending on education in Africa: what role does institutional quality play?

2024Journal of Business and Socio-economic DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1108/jbsed-10-2023-0081

FDI, institutional quality and gender employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

2024Studies in Economics and EconometricsJournalSenior author5 citations10.1080/03796205.2024.2355967

Complementarity effects of financial development and remittance on agricultural production in Africa

2024Journal of economic and administrative sciences.JournalFirst author1 citations10.1108/jeas-10-2023-0296

The role of institutional quality in the nexus between agricultural expenditure and agricultural production in Nigeria

2024International Journal of Sustainable EconomyJournalFirst author0 citations10.1504/ijse.2024.139526

The effect of military spending on economic growth in MENA: evidence from method of moments quantile regression

2023Future Business JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.1186/s43093-023-00181-9

Globalisation and Inclusive Growth in Africa: The Role of Institutional Quality

2023Foreign Trade ReviewJournal24 citations10.1177/00157325221142652

The effect of ICT on financial sector development in Africa: does regulatory quality matter?

2023Information Technology for DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1080/02681102.2023.2233458

Financial Development and Unemployment in MENA: Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Causality and Quantile via Moment Regression

2023Journal of the Knowledge EconomyJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.1007/s13132-023-01260-6

The Role of Institutional Quality in Health Expenditure-Labor Force Participation Nexus in Africa

2023Journal of the Knowledge EconomyJournalSenior author12 citations10.1007/s13132-023-01318-5

Investigating Time-Varying Causality Between Military Spending and Macroeconomic Indicators in the United States

2023Peace Economics Peace Science and Public PolicyJournalFirst author9 citations10.1515/peps-2023-0044

Testing Multiple Structural Breaks in the Oil Price–Stock Price Nexus in Asian Oil-Importing Countries During the Russia-Ukraine War

2023Asian Economics LettersJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.46557/001c.70303

THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA

2023Journal of Business & Economic AnalysisJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1142/s273756682350010x

Military Expenditure and Unemployment in South Africa: Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear ARDL with and without Structural Break

2023Economic AlternativesJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.37075/ea.2023.2.06

Are All Shocks Alike? Evidence From the Effects of Oil Shocks on Military Expenditure in Nigeria

2023Energy RESEARCH LETTERSJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.46557/001c.77899

Entrepreneurship and unemployment nexus in MENA: Does institutional quality matter?

2022Journal of Small Business & EntrepreneurshipJournal25 citations10.1080/08276331.2022.2119739

The Effect of Financial Development on Unemployment in Emerging Market Countries

2022Global Journal of Emerging Market EconomiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1177/09749101221116715

Revisiting the terrorism–tourism nexus in Nigeria: the moderating role of military spending

2022Journal of Hospitality and Tourism InsightsJournalFirst author20 citations10.1108/jhti-05-2022-0164

The Role of Institutional Quality in Military Spending and Unemployment Nexus in Nigeria

2022Peace Economics Peace Science and Public PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1515/peps-2022-0006

Examining the Time-Varying Causality Between Oil Returns and Stock Returns in Norway

2022Energy RESEARCH LETTERSJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.46557/001c.37693

Labour force participation and unemployment rate: does discouraged worker effect hypothesis or unemployment invariance hypothesis hold in Africa?

2022African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst author10 citations10.1108/ajems-07-2021-0317

Re-examining oil price-stock market returns nexus in Nigeria using a two-stage Markov regime switching approach

2022International Journal of Energy Sector ManagementJournalFirst author9 citations10.1108/ijesm-07-2020-0026

Testing Okun’s law at sectoral level: evidence from Nigeria

2022International Journal of Development IssuesJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1108/ijdi-04-2022-0070

Effect of military spending on private investment in Nigeria: does a crowding-out effect exist?

2022European Journal of Government and EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.17979/ejge.2022.11.2.8758

Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): New Evidence on Foreign aid and the “Bundling” of Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022The Review of Black Political EconomyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1177/00346446221145934