Web Analytics
Wisdom Takumah
Wisdom Takumah

Wisdom Takumah

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

Emory University

Biography

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Emory University. Prior to joining Emory University, I earned double master degree in Data Science and Economics at South Dakota State University. I have worked as a Research Assistant at United Nations University- World Institute for Development and Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) at University of Ghana. My research interests includes Empirical macroeconomics, Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning applications to Macroeconomics.

Download my resumé.

Interests
  • Empirical Macroeconomics
  • Time Series Econometrics
  • High Dimensional Data Analysis
  • Machine Learning Application in Macroeconomics
  • Predictive Modelling
Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2023 (Expected)

    Emory University

  • M.A in Economics, 2021

    Emory University

  • M.Sc in Economics, 2018

    South Dakota State University

  • M.Sc in Data Science, 2018

    South Dakota State University

  • M.Phil in Economics, 2013

    University of Cape Coast

  • BA (First-Class) in Economics and Economics, 2010

    University of Cape Coast

Skills

Statistics & Econometrics
Overleaf
Stata
Matlab
R
Python
Github
SQL
SAS

Working Papers

Takumah (2022). Fiscal Policy and Asset Prices in a Dynamic Factor Model with Cointegrated Factors.
Presentations:

94th International Atlantic Economic Conference. October 2022.

2023 ASSA AEA Annual Meetings. New Orleans. Louisiana. January 2023.

PDF

Takumah (2021). Effects of Government Spending and Consumption Dynamics.

PDF

Takumah (2019). Implications of macroeconomic controls in Ghana.

PDF

Takumah (2014). The Dynamic Causal Relationship between Government Revenue and Government Expenditure Nexus in Ghana.

PDF

Teaching

Courses Taught:

Main Instructor (Emory)

ECON-212: Intermediate Macroeconomics - Spring 2022 Teaching Evaluations

ECON-201: Intermediate Microeconomics - Summer 2021 Teaching Evaluations

ECON-212: Intermediate Macroeconomics - Summer 2021 Teaching Evaluations

Lab Instructor (Emory)

QTM-100 Lab: Introduction to Statistical Inference - Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022,

Teaching Assistant (Emory)

Econ 212: Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall 2021) with Jong Kim

Econ 220: Probability & Statistics for Economist (Spring 2021) with Jong Kim

Econ 333 - Financial Economics (Spring 2020), Econ 415 - Behavioral Economics & Finance (Spring 2020), Econ 423 - Financial Econometrics (Spring 2020) with John Kim.

Teaching Assistant (SDSU)

ECON-201: Intermediate Microeconomics - Fall 2016

ECON-202: Intermediate Macroeconomics - Spring 2017

Awards

Best Economics Graduate Student Research Award
South Dakota State University Department of Economics Apr 2018

Projects

Predicting bad customers in credit dataset.
The goal of this project was to predict “Bad” customers using dataset consisting of 9,997 customers and 26 variables.
PDF
Predicting Passcode User.
Analyzing the typing speed of a group of 51 users.
PDF
Repeated Measurement using Generalized Least Squares.
Analyzing the effect of Botolium injection on pain and disability.
PDF

Publications

Quickly discover relevant content by filtering publications.
Takumah (2022). Fiscal Policy and Asset Prices in a Dynamic Factor Model with Cointegrated Factors.
Presentations:

94th International Atlantic Economic Conference. October 2022.

2023 ASSA AEA Annual Meetings. New Orleans. Louisiana. January 2023.

PDF

Takumah (2021). Effects of Government Spending and Consumption Dynamics.

PDF

Takumah (2019). Implications of macroeconomic controls in Ghana.

PDF

Hailong Jin, Wisdom Takumah, Josiah Jorenby (2018). Currency Internationalization and the International Price System. International Advances in Economic Research, 24(4).

Cite DOI

Wisdom Takumah, Bernard Iyke Njindan (2017). The links between economic growth and tax revenue in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 9(1).

Cite

See all publications

Contact