Faculty of Business and Law

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Frank Agbola Lecturer  EPT +61-2-492 12048 SRS152 (Callaghan) Frank.Agbola@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications: BSc. (Hon) (UG), GCertPTT (UoN), MCom (Curtin), PhD (UQ),

Other Details:

Frank joined the University in 2002 after various lecturing positions in Australian universities. Frank has taught the following subjects: Honours Econometrics, Econometric Modelling, Econometric Modelling & Forecasting, Basic Econometrics and Quantitative Analysis I & II, Money and Finance, Quantitative Analysis, Business Statistics, Rural Economic Policy, Marketing Farm Products & Price Analysis, and will be teaching Issues in Developing Countries course in 2006.

Research Interests:

Research interests include: Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics, Financial Economics, Agribusiness, International Trade and Marketing, Real Estate Economics.

Current research include studies on: HIV/AIDS, Agro-forestry Management; Hidden Unemployment, Income Inequality, Inflation and Exchange Rate Dynamics.

Recent Publications:

Journal Articles
Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Agricultural Policy Reform in India: Implications for Pulse Trade, Prices and Production, 1970-1999', Australasian Agribusiness Perspectives, 1-15 (2004) [C1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Post World War II - Wool policy reform in Australia, 1946-1991: Lessons for developing countries', The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1 20-35 (2004) [C1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, Damoense Maylene Y, Saini Yvonne K, 'South Africa: impact of HIV/AIDS on food demand', International Journal of Social Economics, 31 721-731 (2004) [C1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Estimation of Food Demand Patterns in South Africa Based on a Survey of Households', Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 35 663-670 (2003) [C1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, Saini Y K, 'Effect of Household Characteristics on the Decision to Consume Staple Foods in South Africa', Agrekon, 41, No. 4 280-294 (2002) [C1]

Conference Publication
Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Does devaluation improve trade balance of Ghana?', International Conference on Ghana's Economy at the Half Century, M-Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana (2004) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Regional Income Inequality in Australia, 1978-2003', A Future that Works: economics, employment and the environment - 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and 11th National Conference on Unemployment, The University of Newcastle (2004) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'The impact of HIV/AIDS on agroforestry management in South Africa', 1st World Agroforestry Congress, Orlando, Florida (2004) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, Damoense Maylene Y, 'An empirical examination of import demand for pulses in India', 47th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Fremantle (2003) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, Damoense Maylene Y, Saini Yvonne K, 'HIV/AIDS and South Africa's Agricultural Sector: Impact on Food Demand', 47th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Fremantle (2003) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Hidden Unemployment in Selected OECD Countries', The Underutilisation of Europe's Labour Resources - Proceedings of a Workshop, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (2003) [E1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Pulse Policy Reform in India: Implications for Trade, Prices and Production, 1970-1999', 47th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Fremantle (2003) [E2]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, 'Regional hidden unemployment disparity and persistence in Australia', The Full Employment Imperative - 5th Path to Full Employment Conference and 10th National Conference on Unemployment, The University of Newcastle (2003) [E1]

Agbola Frank Wogbe, Kunanopparat Chartri, 'The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime: Evidence from Thailand', 2003 Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists on "Better Policy Making Through Strategic Thinking", Auckland, New Zealand (2003) [E2]