Participation in Research Projects

BECOOL Project: Horizon 2020 research and innovation project fostering cooperation between the European Union and Brazil for the development of advanced lignocellulosic biofuels from sustainable agricultural value chains.
GASTRIC Project: Internal project at UNIBO studying the correlation of gastric tumors with demographic features in a patient sample recovered from Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital.
ORCHESTRA Project: Contributing as a Data Manager and Analyst in WP5, this project provides an innovative method for studying the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering recommendations for future health crises.

Research experience

November,2019-May,2020- Visiting scholar at the Research Center of International Economics - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics at the University Pompeu Fabra (full funded), Barcelona (Spain)
May 2019-June 2019-Visiting scholar at the Central Bank of Albania (full funded), Tiranë (Albania).
June, 2018 – Visiting Scholar at Levy Economics Institute of Bard College(full funded), New York, (USA)

Presentations

2020 - BANK OF ALBANIA 14th South-Eastern European Economic Research Workshop Tirana, 10-11 December 2020, Money demand and interest sensitivity in India: an ARDL approach with Masudul Hasan Adil (Mumbai School of Economics and Public-Policy, University of Mumbai), Rafiq Hussain (School of Studies in Economics, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India). Discussant: Altin Tanku (Bank of Albania)
2017 - University of Pristina International Students Conference- Youth Involvement in Republic of Albania and Kosovo, https://upisc17.wordpress.com/

Publications

Yuzhao, W., Onwe, J., Haseeb, M., Saini, S., Matuka, A. (2022) Role of technological innovation, renewable and non-renewable energy, and economic growth on environmental quality. Evidence from African countries. Frontiers in Energy Research
Masudul, A., Hussain, R.,Matuka, A. (2022) Interest rate sensitivity of demand and effectiveness of monetary policy: fresh evidence from combined cointegration test and ARDL approach, SN Business & Economics, Springer, Vol.2, Issue.7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43546-022-00249-8. 3. Kumari, B., Ayam, H., Fatih, Ch., Matuka, A., Mishra, P., Vani, GK. (2022) Impact of agricultural exports segmentation on economic growth in India, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, The Society of Economics and Development, Vol.18, Issue.1, pp.163-168
Matuka, A. & Asafo,S.S. (2021), Effects of Services on Economic Growth in Albania: An ARDL Approach, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2021.1910723
Mishra, P., Matuka, A., Abotaleb, M.S.A., W. P. M. C. N. Weerasinghe, Karakaya, K. and Das, S.S. (2021), Modelling and forecasting of milk production in the SAARC countries and China, Modelling Earth Systems and Environment, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-021-01138-z 6. Matuka, A. (2020) COVID-19 Outbreak and US Economic Policy Uncertainty: An ARDL Approach, SSRN Electronic Journal, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3685346 7. Asafo, S.S and Matuka, A. (2020) An agnostic analysis of exchange rate movement in Ghana, The Economics and Finance Letters, Vol. 7, No.1, pp.1-12.
Matuka, A., (2019) Exchange rate pass-through to prices: Var evidence for Albania, International Journal of Business, Economics and Management, Vol. 6. No. 5, pp. 303-315. 9.Matuka, A., (2019), Bank credit to the private sector: VECM approach for Albania, Journal of Economics and Political Economy, Vol.6, Issue.2, pp. 159-171.
Asafo, S.S and Matuka, A., (2019). External Debt and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A two-step GMM Approach. International Journal of Business, Economics and Management, Vol.6, No.1, pp 39-48.
Matuka, A and Asafo, S.S, (2018). External Debt and Economic Growth in Ghana: A co integration and Vector Error Correction Approach. Theoretical and Practical Research in the Economic Fields, Vol.19, No.1, pp.45-53

Other publications:

Matuka, A., (2022) List of ECB’s unconventional monetary policies from 2008 to 2018, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35415.34722

Under peer review

The dynamic relationship between Domestic Stock Returns Volatility and Macroeconomic factors of Investment: Evidence from South Asian Countries (Under peer review at Frontiers in Environmental Science, section Environmental Economics and Management) COVID-19 Spillovers in China, Italy, UK, and US: A GARCH (1,1) Approach (Under peer-review at Indian Economic Review, Springer)