Publications

A. Journal Publications

• Afesorgbor, S.K., Fiankor, D.D.D, and Demena, B.A (2023). Do regional trade agreements affect agri-food trade? Evidence from a meta-analysis, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (AEPP).

• Afesorgbor, S.K. and Lim, S. (2023). Food Security, Agri-Food Trade, and COVID-19: Evidence from South Asia, Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2, 653-667.

• Afesorgbor, S.K., Acquah, R.E., and Ayele, Y. (2022). Chinese import competition and gender labor market outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopian firm-level data , Journal of African Economies.

• Afesorgbor, S.K. and Demena, B. A. (2022). Trade openness and environmental emissions: Evidence from a meta-analysis.  Environmental and Resource Economics, 81 (2), 287-321

• Afesorgbor, S.K. and Beaulieu, E. (2021). Role of international politics on agri-food trade: Evidence from US-Canada relations, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(1), 27-35.

• Demena, B. A. and Afesorgbor, S.K. (2020). The effect of FDI on the environment. Evidence from a meta-analysis. Energy Policy, 138, 1-17.

• Sakyi, D. and Afesorgbor, S.K. (2019). The effect of trade facilitation on trade performance in Africa. Journal of African Trade, 6(1-2), 1-15.

• Afesorgbor, S.K. (2019). Regional integration, bilateral diplomacy and African trade: Evidence from the Gravity Model, African Development Review, 31(4), 492-505. (Adjudged the second-best paper at the African Economic Conference, 2018)

•  Afesorgbor, S.K. (2019). The impact of economic sanctions on international trade: How do threatened sanctions compare with imposed sanctions? European Journal of Political Economy, 56,11-26.

•   Afesorgbor, S.K. (2017). Regionalism in Africa: Genealogies, Institutions, and Trans-State Networks by Daniel C. Bach London: Routledge, 2015. Pp. 216. Book review, Journal of Modern African Studies, 55(3),511-512.

• Afesorgbor, S.K. (2017). Revisiting the effect of regional integration on African trade: Evidence from meta-analysis and gravity model,  Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 26 (2), 133-153. (Link to working paper) 

•  Afesorgbor, S.K. and van Bergeijk, P. (2014). Measuring multi-membership in economic integration and its trade impact: A comparative study of ECOWAS and SADC. South African Journal of Economics, 82(4), 518-530. 

B. Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

• Afesorgbor, S. K., van Bergeijk, P., and Demena, B. A. (2022) COVID-19 and the threat to globalization: An optimistic note. In COVID-19 and International Development, pp.29-44, Springer, edited by Elissaios Papyrakis. 

• Afesorgbor, S.K. (2022). Preferential market access, foreign aid, and economic development. In Trade and Investment in East Africa - Prospects, Challenges, and Pathways to Sustainability, pp.41-61, Springer 

•  Afesorgbor, S.K. (2021).  Sanctioned to starve? The Impact of economic sanctions on food security in targeted states. In Research Handbook of Economic Sanctions, pp. 438-466, Edward Elgar, UK, edited by Peter Bergeijk

• Afesorgbor, S.K. (2018). Economic Diplomacy in Africa: The impact of Regional Integration versus Bilateral Diplomacy on Bilateral Trade. In Research Handbook of Economic Diplomacy. Peter van Bergeijk and Selwyn Moons (editors), Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.

C. CETAD Working Paper Series

• Afesorgbor, S. K. (2023) . Economic analysis of the Legislative Instrument to restrict imports into Ghana. CETAD Africa. Working Paper Series

• Afesorgbor, S. K. (2014). Can Ghana copy and implement the industrial policy of South Korea successfully? Center for Trade Analysis and Development  (CETAD Africa) Working Paper