John Appah

Cotton Lint Export Trade in the Midst of Distortion: What are the Competitiveness Statuses of Major Players in the Industry? Case of 12 Selected Countries

David Boansi, Boris Odilon Kounagbé Lokonon & John Appah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

The world’s cotton production and export industry has for some time now witnessed protests from various producers and exporters on distortionary measures (notably subsidies) instilled by some major players (including the United States, India and China) and the downward pressure s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11913

Determinants of Agricultural Export Trade: Case of Fresh Pineapple Exports from Ghana

David Boansi, Boris OdilonKounagbéLokonon & John Appah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Aims: This study is purposed on informing future trade policy decisions on how the fresh pineapple export industry of Ghana can be revitalized following declines in both volumes and value of exports since the year 2004. To achieve this, effort is made to identify and assess the m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10773

Co-integration Analysis of the Determinants of Cotton Lint Exports from Mali

David Boansi, Boris Odilon Kounagbé Lokonon & John Appah · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2014

Following recent declines in volume and value of cotton lint exports from Mali, we made use of the Johansen Full Information Maximum Likelihood test to identify the magnitude and effects of key drivers of cotton lint exports from the country. In this regard, we estimated two prim...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2014/11440