Email: ishioroben@delsu.edu.ng

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  • Area of Specialization: Economic Theory, Growth Econometrics/Modelling, Macroeconomics of Infectious Diseases/Health Economics, Development Economics and Demographic Studies, Energy/Quantitative Economics and Optimization
  • Department of Economics

  • Dr. Bernhard ISHIORO had his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc Hons) Degree in Economics (DELSU), Master of Science (M.Sc) Degree in Economics (Awka) and, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Economics from the University of Benin, Benin City in collaboration with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya and Five other African Universities including University of Ibadan, Nigeria ( A Programme jointly sponsored by the World Bank, African Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, Bill Gate Foundation, Ford Foundation and Other Multilateral/Donor Agencies). Dr. ISHIORO was an AERC Scholar to a Six-Months World Bank, African Development Bank and International Monetary Fund sponsored Intensive Elective Courses Programme in Arusha , Tanzania. He has attended many training programmes and Workshops on Econometric Modeling, Simulation and Forecasting both at the National and Regional levels. Dr. ISHIORO is a Full member of the Nigerian Economic Society and the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Technical Finance Network Community. He has chaired about 4 Concurrent Sessions during the Nigerian Economic Society annual conferences. Dr. ISHIORO was acting Head of Department of Economics , Faculty of the Social Sciences, Delta State University for 4 Years from February, 2016 to March , 2020 and Winner of the Professor Bright Ekuerhare Best Head of Department Award. He has chaired the Viva Voce of over 60 M.Sc and 8 PhD Students. He has supervised about 20 M.Sc Dissertations and. he is currently supervising / co-supervising 7 PhD Theses. He is a Reviewer to many Learned Society Journals including the Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies ( NJESS - Journal of the Nigerian Economic Society),Scientific papers Journal of the University of Pardubice Series D ( Official Journal of the University of Pardubice,Czech Republic) and Economic Review, Journal published by Croatian Economic Association. Dr. ISHIORO is an Expert in Econometric Software and, Econometric Software Consultant / Facilitator to many institutions and corporate organizations. He is a Public Speaker and a teacher with flair for details . He is a lover of Books.
    My Publications
  1. Maku,O.A.,Ishioro,B.O. & Asagba, V.E. (2023) Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Fundamentals in a Small Commodity-Export-Dependent Economy, Innovations
    Vol.72(02) Pages: 361-369

  2. ISHIORO, B.O. (2023) Digital Finance and Financial Inclusion in Nigeria:Are They Siamese Twins?, Finance and Accounting Research Journal
    Vol.5(5) Pages: 100-115

  3. ISHIORO, B.O. (2023) Natural Gas Energy Consumption-Wealth Nexus:Unveiling a Quantitative Measure, International Journal of Advanced Economics
      Vol.5(5) Pages:  

  4. ISHIORO, B.O. (2023) Nigeria's Banking Sector Reforms and Commercial Banks' Performance: A Simple Test of the Modified Pantula Principle, Finance and Accounting Research Journal
    Vol.5(4) Pages: 78-99

  5. ISHIORO, B.O. (2023) The Long-Run Impact of E-payment on Financial Inclusion in Nigeria., International Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Research
    Vol.5(5) Pages: 281-290

  6. MAKU, O.A. & ISHIORO,B.O. (2023) Empirics of the Relationships Among Macroeconomic Fundamentals in Nigeria, Innovations
    Vol.72(05) Pages: 1011-1021

  7. ISHIORO, B.O. (2023) Electricity Energy Consumption and Quality of Life:Evidence from an Electricity-Deficient Economy, International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences
    Vol.5(3) Pages: 68-79

  8. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Disaggregated Health Expenditure, HIV Prevalence and Economic Growth in West Africa:The Augmented Solow Growth Model., International Journal of Advanced Economics
    Vol.4(2) Pages: 222-244

  9. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Dynamic Effects of Health Expenditure Shocks on HIV Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Academic Research in Economics
    Vol.14(3) Pages: 1-22

  10. ISHIORO, B.O. & MAKU, A.O. (2022) Health Care Expenditure-GDP Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Positive School Psychology
    Vol.6(12) Pages: 1649-1664

  11. ISHIORO, B.O. & TARURHOR,M.E. (2022) Has Stock Market Development Engendered Sort-and Long-Run Inclusive Growth in Nigeria?, Finance and Accounting Research Journal
    Vol.4(6) Pages: 324-337

  12. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Unit Root and Stationarity Tests in Expenditure and Economic Growth Series:Maximizing the Power of Breakpoints, Himalayan Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
    Vol.3(6) Pages: 14-21

  13. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Oil Production - GDP Nexus:Empirical Insights from the Nigerian Economy, International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences
    Vol.4(11) Pages: 1-14

  14. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) The Dynamic Relationship Between Stock Market Development andInclusive Growth in a Retrospectively-tended Economy., International Journal of Advanced Economics
    Vol.4(9) Pages: 208-221

  15. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Long-Run Macroeconomic Determinants of Banks' Performance in Nigeria, KIU Journal of Social Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
      Vol.8(4) Pages: 25-37

  16. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Inter-Relationships Among Stock Market Fundamentals: A Search for Evidences of Causality, Cointegration, Complementarity and Substitutability, International Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Research
      Vol.4(12) Pages: 556-573

  17. ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Expenditure on Well-Being, HIV Prevalence and Performance of Economic Growth in East and Southern African Sub-Regions, International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences
      Vol.4(10) Pages: 399-414

  18. AKPOBASA, R.A. & ISHIORO, B.O. (2022) Investments of Multinational Corporations and Telecommunication Output in Nigeria:A Leapfrogging Experience?, Himalayan Economics and Business Management
      Vol.3(6) Pages: 12-19

  19. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2020) Crude Oil and Economic Growth in Nigeria:A Simplified Pairwise Causality Test, Journal of Academic Research in Economics/ Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Spiru Haret University,Constanta
    www.jare-sh.com/downloads/jul_2020/ishioro.pdf Vol.12(2) Pages: 224-246

  20. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2020) Financial Market Inclusion, Shadow Economy and Economic Growth Paradigm:A Less Developed Country Perspective, Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice, Series D,
    https://editorial.upce.cz/1804-8048/28 Vol.28(1) Pages: 67-78

  21. Bernhard O. ISHIORO, PhD (2019) REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS , Sahel Analyst Journal of Management Sciences/A Publication of the University of Maiduguri,Nigeria
    https://saheljournalsonline.org.ng/jmsyear_2019_4.html Vol.Volume 17 Issue 4 Pages: 115-132

  22. Bernhard O. ISHIORO, PhD (2019) Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Nigeria : An Augmented Neoclassical Growth Perspective, Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism/ Asers Publishers
    https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jemt/issue/current Vol.Volume X Issue 7(39) Pages: 1637-1657

  23. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2018) Energy Consumption and Performance of Sectoral Outputs:Evidence from an Energy-impoverished Economy, Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism/ Asers Publishers
    DOI:10.14505/jemt.v9 Vol.IX Pages: 1539-1558

  24. Bernhard O. ISHIORO, PhD (2018) Testing for Hsiao Causality Among Health Expenditure, HIV Prevalence and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa., Sahel Analyst Journal of Management Sciences/A Publication of the University of Maiduguri
    Vol.Vol.16.(5) Pages: 130-147

  25. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2018) Industrial Policies in Nigeria:Emerging Trends from Current and Past Policies, UNILAG Publishers
    Vol. Pages: 165-188

  26. B.O.ISHIORO (2017) Banking Sector reforms and the performance of the Nigerian Industrial Sector. , EUSCER
    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=EUSCER Vol. Pages: 101

  27. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2017) Performance of Industrial Accumulation in Nigeria:Some Results from Broad-based Theoretical Dogma, Illorin Journal of Social Sciences
    Vol.4(1) Pages: 155-167

  28. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2017) Banking Sector Reforms and Economic Growth:Recent Evidence from a Reform-Bound Economy, Binus Business Review
    journal.binus.ac.id/index.php/BBR/article/view/1798/2994 Vol.8(1) Pages: 46-60

  29. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2016) HIV/AIDS and Macroeconomic Performance:Evidence From Kenya, Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice, Series D,
    https://editorial.upce.cz/1804-8048/28 Vol.XXIII(36) Pages: 102-117

  30. Bernhard O. ISHIORO,Orubu F.O.,D.G.Omotor (2016) Poverty and Socioeconomic Profile of Selected Communities in Nigeria:The Use of Innovative Instruments, West African Financial and Economic Review
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319929984_POVERTY_AND_SOCIO-ECONOMIC_PROFILE_OF_SOME_SELECTED_COMMUNITIES_IN_NIGERIA_THE_USE_OF_INNOVATIVE_INSTRUMENTS Vol.14(1) Pages: 101-132

  31. Dedekuma, S.E., Ishioro, B.O., Aruoren, E.E., Jeroh, E. and Omoroghomwan, O.B (2016) The Relationship Between Undergraduate Students' Mode of Entry and their Cumulative Grade Point Average in Their Final Year. In C. Ewhrudjakpor, F.A. Sanubi and S.O. Ogege (eds) Town and Gown: The Reciprocal Linkage For Nigeria's Development., Faculty of the Social Sciences, DELSU, Nigeria
    Vol. Pages: 25-49

  32. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2015) Crude Oil Production,Export, Consumption and Economic Growth in Nigeria:Cointegrating Regression Approach, Nigerian Sociological Society
    Vol.2(2) Pages: 116-129

  33. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2015) The Determinants of the Demand for Commercial Banks Deposits in Nigeria, Journal of Management Sciences,Benue State University
    Vol.4(2) Pages: 199-207

  34. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2015) Intertemporal Optimisation of the Consumption of Petroleum Stock:Evidence from Nigeria, Journal of Academic Research in Economics/ Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Spiru Haret University,Constanta
    www.jare-sh.com/downloads/jul_2015/ishioro.pdf Vol.7(2) Pages: 232-255

  35. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2015) The Long-run Relationship Between Foreign Reserves Inflows and Domestic Credit:Evidence from A Smal Open Economy, Oeconomica/Acta Universitatis Danubius
    journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/oeconomica/article/view/2738/2599 Vol.11(2) Pages: 18-41

  36. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2014) Ecosystems of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria:Conceptual and Theoretical Appraisal, Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    Vol.9(1) Pages: 10-18

  37. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2014) The Impact of Female Genital Mutilation on HIV Transmission and Attainment of the MDGs:The African Perspective, Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    Vol.9(2) Pages: 81-91

  38. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2014) External Reserves Accumulation and Economic Growth in Nigeria, Journal of Social and Management Sciences
    Vol.9(3) Pages: 89-101

  39. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2014) The Causal Linkage among Finance,Exchange Rate,Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria, Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Anambra State
    Vol.3(2) Pages: 1-21

  40. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2014) The Dynamics of Exchange Rate Expectations Formation: The Nigerian Perspective , EKONOMSKA MISAO I PRAKSA, DUBROVNIK
    Vol.Vol. XXIII, No. 2 Pages: 431 - 460

  41. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2013) Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Nigeria: A Causality Test., Mediterranean Journal of the Social Sciences
    Vol.Vol. 4, No. 13 Pages: 377-388

  42. Bernhard O. ISHIORO (2013) Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Zimbabwe , EKONOMSKA MISAO I PRAKSA, DUBROVNIK
    Vol.Vol. XXII, No. 2 Pages: 343 - 360

  43. Igbinedion S.Osahon and Bernhard Ishioro (2011) Inflation Targeting in Macroeconomic Management: Are Developing countries Good Candidates?, African Journal of Humanities and Society (A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Society)
      Vol.Vol. 12, No. 1 (April) Pages: 78-83

  44. Ishioro, B.O. and D.G. Omotor (2007) Manufacturing Industries in Delta State. In F.O. Odemerho, O.D. Awaritefe, A.O. Atubi, B.A. Ugbomeh and S.I. Efe (eds) Delta State in Maps, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, DELSU, Nigeria.
    Vol. Pages: 25-49