Dr Abbi Kedir

BA, PGDip, MSc, PhD in Economics

Management School

Senior Lecturer in International Business

a.m.kedir@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3333

D042, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Abbi Kedir
Management School
D042
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Profile: Abbi M. Kedir got is BA in Economics in 1991 in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and this is followed by his MSc in Economics and Econometrics with distinction in 1998 at the University of Nottingham, UK. He got his PhD in Economics also from the University of Nottingham in 2003. He has experience of working on many regions of the world and served as government civil servant and economic affairs officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He published more than 45 peer-reviewed articles in international journals and numerous book chapters. His publications appear, among others, in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of African Economies, European Journal of Industrial Relations, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. He serves in an editorial board of different international journals such as Journal of Development Studies, and Journal of Entrepreneurship Behaviour and Research.

Qualifications

PhD in Economics, University of Nottingham, UK
MSc in Economics and Econometrics, University of Nottingham, UK
BA in Economics, Addis Ababa University

Research interests

International trade
International development
Foreign direct investment
Privatisation
Firm performance
Entrepreneurship
Development finance (e.g. fintech, sovereign debt, saving, credit)

Publications

Journal articles

Kedir A & Kouame E (2022) FinTech and women’s entrepreneurship in Africa: the case of Burkina Faso and Cameroon. Journal of Cultural Economy.
Williams CC & Kedir AM (2020) Evaluating the impact of registration on future firm performance in the Middle East and North Africa region: evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 41(4), 473-489.
Williams CC & Kedir AM (2019) Explaining cross-country variations in the prevalence of informal sector competitors: lessons from the World Bank Enterprise Survey. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 15(3), 677-696. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM, Williams C & Altinay L (2018) Services industries and the informal economy: an introduction. The Service Industries Journal, 38(11-12), 645-649. View this article in WRRO
Williams CC & Kedir A (2018) Evaluating competing theories of informal sector entrepreneurship: a study of the determinants of cross-country variations in enterprises starting-up unregistered. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 19(3), 155-165. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM, Iftikhar SF, Murinde V & Dia Kamgnia B (2018) Bank fragility in Africa: GMM dynamic panel data evidence. Transnational Corporations Review, 10(2), 170-178. View this article in WRRO
Fonta WM, Sanfo S, Kedir AM & Thiam DR (2018) Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for weather index-based crop insurance uptake in West Africa: Insight from a pilot initiative in Southwestern Burkina Faso. Agricultural and Food Economics, 6. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM & Rodgers P (2018) Household survey evidence on domestic workers in Ethiopia. The Service Industries Journal, 38(11-12), 824-840. View this article in WRRO
Fonta WM, Kedir AM, Bossa AY, Greenough KM, Sylla BM & Ayuk ET (2018) A Ricardian valuation of the impact of climate change on Nigerian Cocoa production: Insight for adaptation policy. International Journal of Climate Change and Strategies Management. View this article in WRRO
Williams CC & Kedir A (2018) Explaining Cross-National Variations in the Prevalence of Informal Sector Entrepreneurship: lessons from a survey of 142 countries. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
Williams CC & Kedir A (2018) Contesting the underperformance thesis of women entrepreneurs: firm-level evidence from South Africa. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 17(1), 21-35. View this article in WRRO
Labeit A, Kedir A & Peinemann F (2017) Blood pressure and cholesterol level checks as dynamic interrelated screening examinations. Scientific Reports, 7. View this article in WRRO
WILLIAMS CC & KEDIR AM (2017) EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF STARTING UP UNREGISTERED ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 22(03), 1750017-1750017. View this article in WRRO
Williams C & Kedir AM (2017) Starting-up unregistered and firm performance in Turkey. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 13(3), 797-817. View this article in WRRO
Williams CC, Martinez-Perez A & Kedir AM (2017) Informal Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: The Impacts of Starting Up Unregistered on Firm Performance. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 41(5), 773-799. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM, Elhiraika A, Chinzara Z & Sandjong D (2017) Growth and Development Finance Required for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa. African Development Review, 29, 15-26. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM & Oterová A (2017) The Complexity of Marriage in Rural Ethiopia: Parental Transfers and Postmarital Residence Choices. Journal of Development Studies, 53(1), 68-81. View this article in WRRO
Williams CC & Kedir A (2016) The impacts of corruption on firm performance: some lessons from 40 African countries. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 21(4). View this article in WRRO
Williams CC & Kedir A (2016) Business Registration and Firm Performance: Some Lessons From India. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 21. View this article in WRRO
Williams C, Martinez-Perez A & Kedir AM (2016) Does bribery have a negative impact on firm performance? a firm-level analysis across 132 developing countries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 22(3), 398-415. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM & Maculan M (2015) Innovative Sources of Finance for Africa’s Structural Transformation. Paserelles, 16(2), 12-15.
Kedir AM (2014) Inclusive Growth and inequalities in the era of structural transformation: evidence from Ethiopia. Development, 57(3-4), 512-512-520.
Kedir AM (2014) Revisiting the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: the role of Institutions and Policy Reforms. Tanzanian Economic Review.
Labeit A, Peinemann F & Kedir A (2013) Cervical Cancer Screening Service Utilisation in UK. Scientific Reports, 3. View this article in WRRO
Kedir AM (2013) Schooling, BMI, Height and Wages: Panel Evidence on Men and Women,. Economic Issues, 18(2), 1-18.
Kedir AM & Sookram S (2013) POVERTY AND WELFARE OF THE POOR IN A HIGH-INCOME COUNTRY: EVIDENCE FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Journal of International Development, 25(4), 520-535.
Williams CC, Kedir A, Nadin S & Vorley T (2013) Evaluating the extent and nature of the informalization of employment relations in South-East Europe. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 19(2), 91-107.
Williams CC, kedir A, Fethi M & Nadin S (2012) Evaluating ‘varieties of capitalism’ by the extent and nature of the informal economy: the case of South-Eastern Europe. South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (SEEJE), 10(2), 87-104.
Kedir AM (2012) Financial Integration and Common Investment Market among ECOWAS countries,. Journal of West African Integration.
Kedir AM & Ibrahim G (2012) Household Level Credit Constraints in Urban Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 20(1), 1-24.
Kedir AM (2011) Donor coordination in a fragile states of Africa: Capacity building for peace and poverty reduction. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 7(2/3/4), 307-356.
Kedir AM & Ibrahim G (2011) ROSCAs in Urban Ethiopia: Are the Characteristics of the Institutions More Important than those of Members?. Journal of Development Studies, 47(7), 998-1016.
Kedir AM, Williams C & Fethi M (2011) Illegitimate Wage Practices in Southeast Europe: An Evaluation of ‘Envelope Wages. Balkanistica, 24.
Williams CC, Kedir A & Fethi M (2011) Illegitimate wage practices in Southeast Europe: An evaluation of "Envelope Wages". Balkanistica, 24(1), 239-262.
Kedir AM (2010) Violence against Ethiopian Women. Gender, Place and Culture.
Ichoku HE, Fonta WM & Kedir A (2009) Measuring individuals’ valuation distributions using a stochastic payment card approach: application to solid waste management in Nigeria. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 11(3), 509-521.
Kedir AM, Aassve A & Woldegebriel H (2008) Simultaneous Random Effect Models of Poverty and Childbearing in Ethiopia,. Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 14(2), 1-32.
Kedir A & Girma S (2007) Quadratic Engel Curves with Measurement Error: Evidence from a Budget Survey. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69(1), 123-138.
Mesfin MM, de la Camera J, Tareke IG, Amanual G, Araya T & Kedir AM (2006) A Community-Based Trachoma Survey: Prevalence and Risk Factors in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 13(3), 173-181.
Aassve A, Engelhardt H, Francavilla F, Kedir AM, Kim J, Mealli F, Mencarini L, Pudney S & Prskawetz A (2006) Poverty and Fertility Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis. Population Review, 45(2).
Kedir AM & Aassve A (2006) Poverty and fertility in developing countries: a comparative analysis for Albania, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Population Review, 45(2), 1-23.
Girma S & Kedir A (2005) Heterogeneity in returns to schooling: Econometric evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 41(8), 1405-1416.
Kedir AM (2005) Understanding urban chronic poverty: crossing the qualitative and quantitative divide. Environment and Urbanization, 17(2), 43-54.
Kedir AM (2005) Estimation of Own- and Cross-price Elasticities using Unit Values: Econometric Issues and Evidence from Urban Ethiopia. Journal of African Economies, 14(1), 1-20.
Kedir AM & Mckay A (2005) Chronic poverty in urban Ethiopia: panel data evidence. International Planning Studies, 10(1), 49-67.
Kedir AM & McKay A (2005) Chronic Poverty in Urban Ethiopia: Panel Data Evidence. International Planning Studies, 10(1), 49-67.
Kedir AM (2003) Rural poverty report 2001: the challenge of ending rural poverty edited by the INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 266). Journal of International Development, 15(5), 667-668.
Kedir AM (2003) Valuing freedom: Sen's capability approach and poverty reduction edited by SABINA ALKIRE. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 340). Journal of International Development, 15(5), 665-667.
Kedir AM (2001) The paradox of Africa's poverty: the role of indigenous knowledge, traditional practices and local institutions - the case of Ethiopia. Journal of International Development, 13(2), 290-291.
Kedir AM (2000) Modelling Poverty and Its Determinants for Urban Ethiopia: The Multinomial Logit Selection Model. Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 6(2), 1-36.
Kedir AM & Croppenstedt A (1996) Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Cereal Producers in Ethiopia: Evidence from three regions. Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 5(1), 39-62.

Chapters

Kedir AM & Baricako J (2021) Institutions and Firm Registration in Africa, Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa (pp. 243-257).
Kouame E & Kedir AM (2020) Disruptive Financial Technology (FinTech) and Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso, Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa (pp. 171-186). Springer International Publishing
Baricako J & Kedir AM (2020) Disruptive Technology, Foreign Direct Investment and Private Sector Development Polices in Africa, Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa (pp. 227-253). Springer International Publishing
Kararach G & Kedir AM (2018) Nutrition, Health and Productivity in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia, World Scientific Series in Grand Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century (pp. 411-430). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Kedir AM & Kararach G (2018) Rethinking Agricultural Transformation and Food Security in Africa, World Scientific Series in Grand Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century (pp. 373-410). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Chavula HK, Girma Tefera M, M. Kedir A & M. Awel Y (2017) Monetary and Other Financial Policies for Africa’s Structural Transformation, Macroeconomic Policy Framework for Africa's Structural Transformation (pp. 145-216). Springer International Publishing
Kararach G, M. Kedir A, Ajambo E & Suominen H (2017) Fiscal Policy, Long-Term Growth and Structural Transformation in Africa, Macroeconomic Policy Framework for Africa's Structural Transformation (pp. 97-143). Springer International Publishing
Kedir AM (2017) Environment and climate change in Africa in an era of sustainable development goals, From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 152-166). Routledge
Kedir AM (2016) Enhancing regionalism for intra-african and african inward foreign direct investment, Contemporary Regional Development in Africa (pp. 119-138).
Kararach G, Kedir AM, Léautier FA & Murinde V (2015) Reforming the development banks’ country policy and institutional assessment as an aid allocation tool: The case for country self-assessment, Development in Africa: Refocusing the Lens after the Millennium Development Goals (pp. 283-314).
Kedir AM (2014) Tax Evasion and Capital Flight in Africa*, Capital Flight from Africa (pp. 301-322). Oxford University Press
Kedir AM (2014) Debating Critical Issues of Green Growth and Energy in Africa: Thinking beyond Our Lifetimes, Managing Africa’s Natural Resources (pp. 185-205). Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hanson KT, Puplampu KP & Shaw TM () From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals Routledge
Kedir AM () Debating Critical Issues of Green Growth and Energy in Africa, Managing Africa's Natural Resources Palgrave Macmillan
Mayasari D, Littlewood D & Kedir A () Women’s entrepreneurship in the context of a matriarchal society in Indonesia In McAdam M & Cunningham J (Ed.), Women and Global Entrepreneurship: Contextualising Everyday Experiences

Conference proceedings papers

Kedir AM (2014) Inclusive Growth and Inequalities in the Context of Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ethiopia. Development, Vol. 57(3-4) (pp 512-520)
Williams CC, Kedir A & Fethi M (2010) Tackling envelope wages in the European Union. European Public Choice Society, 8 April 2010 - 11 April 2010.
Kedir AM (2009) Health and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia. African Development Review, Vol. 21(1) (pp 59-72)

Reports

Williams C, Bejaković P, Mikulić D, Franic J, Kedir A & Horodnic I (2017) An Evaluation of the Scale of Undeclared Work in the European Union and Its Structural Determinants: Estimates Using the Labour Input Method View this article in WRRO

Working papers

Williams CC, Kedir AM & Fethi MD (2011) Evaluating tax invasion in the European Union: a case study of the prevalence and character of 'envelope wage' payments. Working Paper No.11/33, Department of Economics, University of Leicester.
Kedir AM, Disney RF & Dasgupta I () Why Use ROSCAs When You Can Use Banks? Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia. IZA Discussion Paper.

Preprints

Kedir AM, Disney RF & Dasgupta I () Why Use ROSCAs When You Can Use Banks? Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia.
Kedir AM () Understanding Urban Chronic Poverty: Crossing the Qualitative and Quantitative Divide.

Research group: Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED)

Grants

Funder: ESRC (Quality Related (QR)- GCRF/ODA project) Description: Female labour supply and the escape from poverty: new evidence from household data Co-applicants: A. McKay and R. Disney. Time period: 2015-2018
Funder: European Commission Description: Estimating the size of the Undeclared Economy in the EU28. Co-applicants: C. Williams, P. Bejaković, D. Mijulic and J. Franic. Time period: 2016-2020
Funder: International Development Research Center (IDRC) GroW Programme Description: Early labour market transitions of women in Africa. Co-applicants: A. McKay, A. Newell, C. Rienzo, J. Kabubo-Mariara, A. Wambugu, S. Ssewanyana, I. Kasirye, G. Ahaibwe, S. Nuru Ali, A. Kamanzi, C. Wetta, F. Zida, L. Boakye-Yiadom and N. Owoo. Time period: 2014-2017
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (UK): ESRC-DFID Growth Research Programme Description: Politics, Finance and Growth. Co-applicants: P. Demetriades, S. Andrianova, B. Baltagi, T. Beck, D. Fielding, S. Hall, S. Koch, R. Lensink and P. L. Rousseau. Time period: 2012-2015
Funder: British Academy Description: Household Credit Demand and Welfare in Ethiopia Co-applicants: Gaia Garino Time period: 2011-2013
Funder: British Academy Description: Poverty and Inequality in Trinidad and Tobago Co-applicants: - Time period: 2008
Funder: Department for Education and Skills (DfES) Description: Capacity Building for the Department of Economics, University of Gondar Co-applicants: - Time period: 2007-2008
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Description: Credit Markets, Debt and Saving Behaviour of Ethiopian rural and urban households: an investigation using Ethiopian data Co-applicants: R. Disney Time period: 2003-2004

Teaching interests: I am interested in teaching any of the following subjects: international business/trade, entrepreneurship, managerial economics, development finance, international development, financial econometrics, statistics and econometrics. Most of my teaching is research-led. This helps students to appreciate the benefits of applying theories and concepts to tackle important global challenges in interntional business and international development.

Teaching activities

Entrepreneurial Economies, since 2017 (PG)
European Business, since 2017 (PG)
Development Finance 2020(PG)
Managerial Economics, since 2018, (PG)
Business Strategy, since 2017 (UG)

Professional activities and memberships

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Development Studies
Journal of Entrepreneurship Behaviour and Research
Special Issue Editor of The Services Industries Journal

PhD supervision: I am interested in supervising PhD student who are interested in the following broad disciplinary areas using quantitative research methods; international business/trade, entrepreneurship, development finance, and international development.