Dr Hammed Musibau
Research Fellow
School of Economics and Public Policy
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Dr. Hammed Musibau is a Research Fellow - Government Commissioned Research Economist at the School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide, Australia.Hammed holds a PhD in economics from the University of Tasmania School of Business and Economics. His research interests encompass various fields, including Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, Education Economics, International Trade, and Applied Econometrics. His doctoral thesis examines the factors influencing economic growth, particularly emphasizing the role of environmental quality and human capital.Before this role, he served as an Economist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for the Queensland Government. Additionally, he was a doctoral researcher, lecturer, and research assistant at the Tasmania School of Business and Economics at the University of Tasmania.In recent years, he has been engaged in several projects related to evaluating the socio-economic impacts of energy policy reform, focusing on aspects such as the influence of power dynamics and the role of environmental performance in economic growth. His work also includes the construction of educational outcomes data utilizing factor analysis and the Chow Lin (1971) technique, resulting in an annual series for 37 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, as well as an examination of the impacts of education quality on economic growth, supported by the TSBE at the University of Tasmania.Additionally, he has participated in a project funded by the Queensland Government, the Queensland Pasture Resilience Program, which addresses challenges such as pasture dieback, declining land conditions, and pasture rundown that threaten beef productivity. This initiative is a collaboration among the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Meat & Livestock Australia, and the Australian Government through the MLA Donor Company. Furthermore, he has contributed to the review of the Breedcow and Dynama software developed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Queensland.
My research spans Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, Education Economics, International Trade, and Applied Econometrics.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency Arabic Can read English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Malay Can read and speak Yoruba Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2019 - 2023 University of Tasmania Australia PhD in Economics 2017 - 2019 Sultan Zainal Abidin University Malaysia PhD in International Economics 2015 - 2016 Northern University of Malaysia Malaysia MSc in Economics 2007 - 2010 University of Ilorin Nigeria BSc. (Hons.) in Economics -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2019 Graduate Certificate, Research University of Tasmania Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Musibau, H., Zakari, A., Gold, K. L., & Muili, H. A. (2025). Poland's net-zero pathways: Moderating role of carbon tax and renewable energy on electricity generation through a novel multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 380, 124848-1-124848-18.
Scopus22025 Musibau, H. (2025). New Oil Price Crisis, and Health Costs: Impact on the OECD Economy: Insights From a Novel IV‐Quantile–Quantile Analysis. Sustainable Development.. Wiley Online Library, 1-14.
2024 Musibau, H. O., & Abdulrasheed, Z. (2024). Sustainable economic development in OECD countries: Does energy security matter?. Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1337-1353.. Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1337-1353.
2024 Musibau, H., Shittu, W. O., Habeeb, O. A., & Hassan, S. (2024). Drivers of Female Labor Participation: Insights from West Africa. Iranian Economic Review, 28(1), 293-322.
2024 Musibau, H. O., Adenekan, T. A., & Shittu, W. O. (2024). Have FDI, Globalisation and Energy Security Addressed the Malaise in the Nigerian Economy? A Quantile Analysis. Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 23(1), 33-55.
Scopus32024 Musibau, H. O., Zakari, A., & Taghizadeh-Hesary, F. (2024). Exploring the Fiscal policy—income inequality relationship with Bayesian model averaging analysis. Economic Change and Restructuring, 57(2), 21-1-21-13.
Scopus62023 Yusuf, M. S., Musibau, H. O., Dirie, K. A., & Shittu, W. O. (2023). Role of trade liberalization, industrialisation and energy use on carbon dioxide emissions in Australia: 1990 to 2018. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(32), 79481-79496.
Scopus62023 Adeleye, B. N., Musbahu, H. O., Abdulkareem, H. K. K., & Kanwal, A. (2023). Growth-Led Tourism and the Role of Exchange Rate: Empirical Evidence from Sri Lanka. Tourism, 71(3), 600-617.
Scopus32022 Nepal, R., Phoumin, H., Musibau, H., & Jamasb, T. (2022). The socio-economic impacts of energy policy reform through the lens of the power sector – Does cross-sectional dependence matter?. Energy Policy, 167, 113079-1-113079-10.
Scopus122022 Nasir, M. H., Wen, J., Nassani, A. A., Haffar, M., Igharo, A. E., Musibau, H. O., & Waqas, M. (2022). Energy Security and Energy Poverty in Emerging Economies: A Step Towards Sustainable Energy Efficiency. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10, 12 pages.
Scopus752022 Shittu, W. O., Musibau, H. O., & Jimoh, S. O. (2022). The complementary roles of human capital and institutional quality on natural resource - FDI—economic growth Nexus in the MENA region. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(6), 7936-7957.
Scopus442022 Musibau, H. O., Olawale Shittu, W., & Yanotti, M. (2022). Natural resources endowment: What more does West Africa need in order to grow?. Resources Policy, 77, 102669-1-102669-11.
Scopus282021 Shittu, W., Adedoyin, F. F., Shah, M. I., & Musibau, H. O. (2021). An investigation of the nexus between natural resources, environmental performance, energy security and environmental degradation: Evidence from Asia. Resources Policy, 73, 102227-1-102227-9.
Scopus1712021 Yuan, S., Musibau, H. O., Genç, S. Y., Shaheen, R., Ameen, A., & Tan, Z. (2021). Digitalization of economy is the key factor behind fourth industrial revolution: How G7 countries are overcoming with the financing issues?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 165, 120533-1-120533-7.
Scopus1372021 Musibau, H. O., Adedoyin, F. F., & Shittu, W. O. (2021). A quantile analysis of energy efficiency, green investment, and energy innovation in most industrialized nations. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(15), 19473-19484.
Scopus34 Europe PMC132021 Nepal, R., Musibau, H. O., & Jamasb, T. (2021). Energy consumption as an indicator of energy efficiency and emissions in the European Union: A GMM based quantile regression approach. Energy Policy, 158, 112572-1-112572-10.
Scopus422021 Nepal, R., & Musibau, H. O. (2021). Energy security, renewable, non-renewable energy and economic growth in asean economies: New insights. Singapore Economic Review, 66(2), 457-488.
Scopus152021 Gold, K., Rasiah, R., Kwe, K. T., Yusuf, H., Musibau, H., & Muhammad, M. (2021). Altruism or trade motive: What determines china’s financial aid to african oil exporting countries?. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 22(4), 1104-1123.
Scopus32021 Musibau, H. O., Shittu, W. O., & Ogunlana, F. O. (2021). The relationship between environmental degradation, energy use and economic growth in Nigeria: new evidence from non-linear ARDL. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 15(1), 81-100.
Scopus222020 Musibau, H., Rabindra, N., Joaquin, V., & Maria, Y. (2020). The Moderating Role of Green Energy and Energy-Innovation in Environmental Kuznets: Insights from Quantile-Quantile Analysis. the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. 2020 Shittu, W. O., Ismail, N. A., Abdul Latiff, A. R., & Musibau, H. O. (2020). Modelling external debt – growth nexus: how relevant is governance?. Journal of Financial Crime, 27(4), 1323-1340.
Scopus172019 Musibau, H. O., Yusuf, A. H., & Gold, K. L. (2019). Endogenous specification of foreign capital inflows, human capital development and economic growth: A study of pool mean group. International Journal of Social Economics, 46(3), 454-472.
Scopus462019 Musibau, H. O., Mahmood, S., Ismail, S., Haruna, M. A., & Khan, M. U. (2019). Electricity availability, human capital investment and sustainable economic growth causality in Sub Sahara Africa: Revisited evidences. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(6), 222-233.
Scopus72018 Shittu, W. O., Musibau, H., & Hassan, S. (2018). Revisiting the environmental Kuznets curve in Malaysia: The interactive roles of deforestation and urbanisation. International Journal of Green Economics, 12(3-4), 272-293.
Scopus172018 Aboudahr, S. M. F. M., Mohamed, M., & Musibau, H. O. (2018). Re-visiting diffusion of innovation theory on the impact of ICT infrastructure and quality governance in higher education. International Journal of Management and Business Research, 8(2), 206-215.
Scopus12017 Mahmood, S., Musibau, H. O., Adeel-Farooq, R. M., & Raheem, I. D. (2017). Stock market performance and macroeconomic fundamentals in the great nation: A study of pool mean group. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, 12(5), 1399-1408.
Scopus12017 Mahmood, S., Musibau, H. O., & Masud, A. (2017). The analysis of Pedroni Co-integration and VECM on export performance and exchange rate fluctuation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIENCES, 4(11), 43-48.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2023 Musibau, H., Rabindra, N., Taghizadeh-Hesary, F., & Best, R. (2023). Greenfield Investments as a Source of Sustainable Green Finance? On the Relationships Between Greenfield Investments, Environmental Performance, and Asian Economic Growth. In Z. Dayong (Ed.), The Handbook of Energy Policy (pp. 1-31). Springer Nature Singapore. 2023 Nepal, R., Musibau, H., Taghizadeh-Hesary, F., Prodromou, T., & Best, R. (2023). Rethinking green finance in greenfield investments: The moderating role of institutional qualities on environmental performance. In F. Taghizadeh-Hesary, & D. Zhang (Eds.), The Handbook of Energy Policy (pp. 347-377). Springer Nature Singapore.
Scopus22022 Musibau, H., Nepal, R., & Phoumin, H. (2022). What Have Reforms Delivered So Far?—A Quantitative Analysis of Power Sector Reform Impacts in the ASEAN Economies. In H. Phoumin, R. Nepal, F. Kimura, G. S. Uddin, & F. Taghizadeh-Hesary (Eds.), Revisiting Electricity Market Reforms: Lessons for ASEAN and East Asia (pp. 27-44). Springer.
- Phoumin, H., Taghizadeh-Hesary, F., & Kimura, F. (Eds.) (2020). Energy Sustainability and Development in ASEAN and East Asia. In . Routledge.
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Working Paper
Year Citation 2024 Musibau, H., Vespignani, J., & Yanotti, M. B. (2024). Education Quality and Economic Growth: A New International Measure of Quality of Education. 2024 Musibau, H., Vespignani, J., Yanotti, M., & Nepal, R. (2024). Environmental Performance and Economic Growth
in the West African Economies.- Musibau, H. O., Nepal, R., Vespignani, J., & Yanotti, M. (n.d.). The Moderating Role of Green Energy and Energy-Innovation in Environmental Kuznets: Insights from Quantile-Quantile Analysis. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Lecturer, The University of Tasmania
BEA 109 Introduction to Quantitative Methods (Undergraduate)
Lecturer, The University of Tasmania
BEA 111 Principle of Economics (Undergraduate)
Tutor, The University of Tasmania
BEA 102 Economics of Social Issues (Undergraduate)
BEA 111 Introduction to Markets and the Economy (Undergraduate)
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