Staff Information


Agya Atabani Adi
  • Name: Dr Agya Atabani Adi
  • Rank: LecturerI
  • Department: Economics
  • Email: agya@fuwukari.edu.ng
  • Responsibility: HOD
  • Phone Number: +2342.34806E+12
  • Office Address: Department of Economics Federal University Wukari
  • Research Interest: <p>1. Economic growth and Development.&nbsp;</p> <p>2. Financial Economics and Monetary Economics&nbsp;</p> <p>3. Environmental Economics</p>
  • Specialization: <p>Macroeconomics</p>

List of Publications


  1. Agya, A. A. & Ogbole, F. O.(2013). Foreign Direct Investment in China: It’s Sectoral and Aggregate Impact on Economic Growth,,Asian Academic Research Journal of Social sciences and Humanities Vol 1, Issue 18, pp.23-35,

  2. Agya, A. A. & Wunuji, E. A.(2014). Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Growth: A Granger Causality Approach,Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 2, Issues 4, pp. 55-63,, 10.9790/5933-0245663

  3. Agya, A. A.(2014). Determination of Steady State of Nigeria’s Economic Growth; Vector Autoregressive Analysis,,European Journal of Contemporary Economics and Management, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 1-8.,

  4. Agya, A. A., Magaji, I. Y. & Eche, E.(2015). Internal Revenue Generation in Taraba State: Problems and Prospects,International Journal of Economics, Commerce and management, Vol 3, Issue 2, pp1-13.,

  5. Agya, A. A., Amadi K. W & Wunuji E.A.(2015). Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment and its Effect on Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigerian,Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol.6, No.20, pp. 17-25.,

  6. 11. Agya, A. A. & Jun, D.(2015). Estimate of Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate and Misalignment of Chinese Yuan Vis-a-Vis US Dollar,Academic Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 1, No.3, pp. 148–165.,

  7. Agya, A. A.(2017)). Returns Effect, Shocks and Volatility Transmission between Foreign Exchange-Stock Markets in Nigeria,Academic Journal of Economic Studies Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 29–38.,

  8. Agya, A. A. & Riti, S. J.(2017). Determination of long and short run demand for money in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Countries: A penal analysis,Econometric Research in Finance, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 79-97. Fall Issues,

  9. Agya, A. A. & Udoh, F.(2017). The Impact of Oil Shock on Nigeria Economy: Asymmetry Effect Analysis,Journal of Social and Economic Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 60-74, Summer, 2017.,

  10. Riti, J.S, Deyong, S., Yang, S., Kamah, M & Agya, A. A(2017). Does renewable energy ensure environmental quality in favour of economic growth? Empirical evidence from China’s renewable development,International Journal of Methodology, pp.1-24,

  11. Agya, A.A., Ojiya, E. A. & Samuel, P. A(2018). The Effect of Remittances on Economic Growth In Nigeria: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach,,Journal of Economics, Management & Social Science, 2018 April Special Edition, pp. 139- 152.,

  12. 5. Agya, A.A., Amadi. K. W. & Ibzan, D.(2018). Feasibility of Monetary Union in West African Monetary Zone (Wamz),Journal of Economics, Management & Social Science, Vol.4, No. 1, pp. 1-19.,

  13. Agya, A. A., Amadi K. W, Hassan D. V & Samuel, P. A(2018). The Effects Official Development Assistance on Economic Growth in West African State: Two-Gap Model Approach,Hyuku Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (HJIR) Vol.1, No. 2.,

  14. Hassan, D. V, Agya, A. A., Bobbo, S. & Vincent, P. H(2018). Relationship Between Insecurity and Foreign Direct Investment In Nigeria: A Cointegration and ECM Approach,Hyuku Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (HJIR) Vol.1, No. 2.,

  15. Amadi K. W ., Agya, A. A., & Darius, I(2018). Effect of Fiscal Policy on Inflation in Nigeria Economy,The Business Master Journal, Vol. 5., No. 2, pp. 8-17,

  16. Agya, A. A., Amadi K. W. & Eche, E.(2018). The Impacts of Foreign Capital on Economic Growth in West African Sub-Region,Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Research,Vol.6, No. 2.,

  17. Agya, A. A., Amadi K. W & Ishaku, N.(2019). An Analysis of Factors Responsible for Inflation Dynamics in Nigeria: Principal Component Analysis,Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Research, Volume 7 Special Edition, March 2019, 37-42,

  18. Agya, A. A.(2019). Modeling exchange rate return volatility of RMB/USD using GARCH family models,Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol. 17, Issue 2, 169-187., https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2019.1600933