Research

Chuku, Chuku (2020). The ABC triangle: Putting the AfCFTA, Brexit, and COVID-19 to work for Africa. The Brookings Institution. Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

Chuku Chuku, Adamon Mukasa, and Yasin Yenice (2020). Putting women and girls’ safety first in Africa’s response to COVID-19. The Brookings Institution, Friday, May 8, 2020.

Chuku, Chuku (2020). Steps to inoculate African economies against the impact of coronavirus. The Conversation. June 30, 2020.

Arndt, Channing, Chuku Chuku, Adedeji Adebiran , Morakinyo Adetutu, Victor Ajayi, George Mavrotas, Chuwuka Onyekwena (2018). Why Nigeria urgently needs to grow non-oil exports. The Conversation. September 10, 2018.

Chuku, Chuku, and Paul Middleditch (2019). Characterizing monetary and fiscal policy rules and interactions when commodity prices matter. Manchester School (John Wiley & Sons Ltd) Online here ; Complimentary copy here; Working paper version

Chuku, Chuku, Anthony Simpasa, and Jacob Oduor. (2019) "Intelligent forecasting of economic growth for developing economies. International Economics 159, 74-93 Online here; Complimentary copy here;

Chuku Chuku (2019) Book Review: Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries by Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga." Progress in Development Studies 19(2), 164-166 Online here; Complimentary copy here;

Chuku Chuku and Kenneth Onye (2019) The macroeconomics of state fragility in Africa. Review of Development Economics Online here ; Complimentary copy here; Working paper version; Slides here

Chuku Chuku (2019) Monetary policy options for managing resource revenue shocks when fiscal policy is laissez-faire. Economic Change and Restructuring Online here; Complimentary copy here

Chuku Chuku, Anthony Simpasa and Jacob Oduor (2018). Macroeconomic consequences of commodity price fluctuations in African economies. African Development Review 30(4) 329-345 Online here ; Complimentary copy here

Ekpo, Akpan and Chuku, Chuku (2017). Regional financial integration and economic activity in Africa: Lessons for reforms. Journal of African Economies . Paper presented at AERC Bi-Annual Plenary Session , June 2016. Working paper here, Slides here, Published version here

Chuku, C., Abang, D., Isip, I. (2017) Growth and fiscal consequences of terrorism in Nigeria. Defence and Peace Economics. AERC Funded Thematic Research. Presented at the 2018 CSAE Conference at Oxford University. Paper here, Slides here Working paper version

Chuku, C. A. (2013). Analysis of external debt dynamics in ECOWAS economies. CBN Economic and Financial Review 51(2), 93-112. Paper here

Chuku, C. A. (2012). Linear and asymmetric impacts of oil price shocks in an oil importing and exporting economy: the case of Nigeria. OPEC Energy Review, 36(4), 413-443. Paper here

Chuku, C. A. (2010). Pursuing an integrated development and climate policy framework in Africa: options for mainstreaming. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 15(1), 41-52. Paper here

Chuku, C. A. (2012). Monetary and fiscal policy interactions in Nigeria: An application of a State-space model with Markov-switching. Journal of Applied Statistics, 1(1), 39-51. Paper here

Chuku, C. A., Akpan, U. F., Sam, N. R., and Effiong, E. L. (2011). Oil price shocks and the dynamics of current account balances in Nigeria. OPEC Energy Review, 35(2), 119-139. Paper here

Chuku, C. (2016). Incorporating environmental externalities in total factor productivity analysis: The case of soil erosion in Nigeria agriculture. Journal of Economic Research, 21(2), 231-265. Paper here

Kama, U., and Chuku, C. (2009). Corporate governance of banks in Nigeria: Determinants of board of directors' effectiveness. CBN Economic and Financial Review 47(1), 17-43. Paper here

Chuku, C. A. (2011). Testing long-run neutrality propositions in a developing Economy: The case of Nigeria. Journal of Economic Research, 16(3), 291-598. Paper here

Chuku, C. (2009). Measuring the effects of monetary policy innovations in Nigeria: A structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) approach. African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research 5 (5) 112-129. Paper here

Chuku, C., Atan, Johnson, Obioesio, Felix, and Onye, K., (2018). Current account im(balances) and adjustments to targets for regional integration in West Africa: One step forward, two steps backwards. In: Diery Seck (Ed), The External Sector in Africa. (Chapter 2). In series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, Springer, Switzerland. Online here; Complimentary copy here;

Chuku, C., Onye, K., and Ajah, H. (2017). Structural and institutional determinants of investment activity in Africa. In: Diery Seck (Ed), Investment and Competitiveness in Africa. (Chapter 2). In series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, Springer, Switzerland. Paper here

Chuku, C. A. (2010). Energy Security in Sustainability: Concepts, Indicators and Emerging Issues. In: Morena J. Acosta (Ed.), Advances in Energy Research, Vol.6 Nova Publishers, New York. Pp. 107-132. Paper here

2019. Attitude to tax compliance by African businesses: What matters and what doesn't (with Uwem Ibanga and Alex Iriabaji)

2018. Infrastructure Integration: making it work for Africa (with Anthony Simpasa and Akpan Ekpo) . First presented at the AERC Senior Policy Seminar (SPS XX) in Kampala, Uganda, and latter at the AfDB Seminar Series. Paper, Slides, Video on youtube

2018. Intelligent forecasting of economic growth for developing economies (with Anthony Simpasa and Jacob Oduor). First draft presented at the workshop on Forecasting for Developing Economies organized by the IMF, International Institute of Forecasters, American University, and George Washington Research Program on Forecasting, and latter at the Econometric Society Meetings in 2019 Paper here, Slides here

2016. State fragility, macroeconomic policies and macroeconomic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (with Kenneth Onye). IDRC/AERC Funded Collaborative Research Project and framework Paper. Paper here, Slides here