Dr. Idris A. Adediran, Ph.D.

Dr Idris Adediran is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Finance and Digital Economy, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow of the Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research, Ibadan, Nigeria. He teaches macroeconomics and applied econometric courses and mentors other emerging scholars. He conducts high quality research in the areas of financial economics, energy economics, monetary economics, and development economics, and as well produce policy oriented studies. He has served as an Adjunct Lecturer in Economics: Koladaisi University Ibadan, James Hope University Lagos, and Fountain University Osogbo where he taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in macroeconomics, mathematics for economists, and monetary economics. He has served as a Foreign Faculty/Research Associate with ILMA University Karachi and Fulbright University Vietnam, under which arrangements he received publication grants. His research articles can be found in top refereed journals such as Economic Modelling, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Journal of Policy Modelling, Resources Policy, Journal of Forecasting, among others. He frequently reviews for quite a lot of SCOPUS- and Web of Science-indexed journals as part of his selfless contributions to the academic community. He has also handled several funded projects and co-facilitated a number of capacity-building courses for the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Finance, Partnership for Economic Policy, and the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management.

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publications

1. Adediran, I. A., Oyadeyi, O. O, & Oloko, T. F. (2025): Inflation and Policy Coordination in High-Inflation Environments. Journal of Policy Modeling,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2025.05.002.

2. Adediran, I. A., Oyadeyi, O. O, Agboola, O. W., Raji, K. H., & Ayoade, H. F. (2025): Financial market risks and the hedging powers of unconventional assets under different conditions. Journal of Applied Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2025.2522129.

3. Oloko, T. F., Ogbonna, A. E., & Adediran, I. A. (2024): Digital Currencies and Macroeconomic Performance: A Global Perspective. Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, 27(2): 351 - 394,
https://doi.org/10.59091/2460-9196.1954.

4. Adediran, I. A., Bewaji, P. N., & Oyadeyi, O. O. (2024): Climate Risk and Stock Markets: Implications for Market Efficiency and Return Predictability. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2023.2298251.

5. Adediran, I. A., Adegoke, Y. O. & Salawudeen, A. (2024). Have precious metals lost their protective powers during COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war? Accepted for publication in Energy Research Letters, 4(Early View).
https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.89771.

6. Oyadeyi, O. O., Adediran, I. A., & Kabir, B. A. (2024): Remittance and Macroeconomic Performance in Top Migrating Countries. Social Sciences, 13: 239,
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13050239.

7. Adediran, I. A., & Swaray, R. (2023). Carbon trading amidst global uncertainty: The role of policy and geopolitical uncertainty. Economic Modelling, 123, 106279.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106279.

8. Adediran, I. A., Swaray, R., Orekoya, A. O. & Kabir, B. A. (2023). Hedging potentials of green investments against climate and oil market risks. Fulbright Review of Economics and Policy,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/FREP-04-2022-0030.

9. Alimi, A.S., & Adediran, I. A. (2023). A new look at stock price-exchange rate nexus: Analysis of COVID-19 pandemic waves in advanced & emerging economies. Scientific African,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01671.

10. Salisu, A.A., Gupta, R., and Adediran, I.A. (2023). The Effect of US Uncertainty Shock on International Equity Markets: The Role of the Global Financial Cycle. Review of Economic Analysis,
https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v15i2.5213.

11. Ogbonna, A. E., Adediran, I. A., Oloko, T. F. & Isah, K. O. (2022). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and youth unemployment in Africa. Quality & Quantity.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-022-01600-9.

12. Salisu, A. A., Adediran, I. A., Omoke, P. C. & Tchankam, J. P. (2022). Gold and tail risks. Resources Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103154.

13. Adediran, I. A., Isah, K. O., Ogbonna, A. E. & Badmus, S. K. (2022). A Global Analysis of the Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change. Asian Economics Letters.
https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.39732.

14. Adediran, I. A., Okunade, S. O., & Aor, R. L. (2022). Diaspora investments in low & high interest rate environments. Research in Globalization, vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2022.100094.

15. Oloko, T. F., Adediran, I. A., & Fadiya, O. T. (2022). Climate Change and Asian Stock Markets: A GARCH-MIDAS Approach. Asian Economics Letters.
https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.37142.

16. Salisu, A.A., Tchankam J.P. and Adediran, I.A. (2022). Out-of-Sample Stock Return Predictability of Alternative COVID-

19 Indices. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2022.2072203.


17. Adediran, I. A. and Akpa, E. O. (2022). A note on the transmission of policy uncertainty shocks on Asia-Pacific stock returns. Asian Economics Letters, vol. 3,
https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.31662.

18. Salisu, A.A., Adediran, I.A. and Rangan Gupta. (2021). A Note on the COVID-19 Shock and Real GDP in Emerging Economies: A Counterfactual Analysis from the Threshold-Augmented Global Vector Autoregressive Model. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2021.1981854.

19. Adediran, I.A., Salawudeen, A. and Ashraf Sabzwari, S.N. (2021). Islamic stock markets and COVID-19-induced shocks: simulations with global VAR approach. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IMEFM-02-2021-0077.

20. Adediran, I. A. (2021). Can Tail Risk Predict Asia-Pacific Exchange Rates Out of Sample? Asian Economics Letters, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.23501

21. Salisu, A.A., Ogbonna, A.E.; Oloko, T.F., Adediran, I.A. (2021). A New Index for Measuring Uncertainty Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability, 13, 3212.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063212.

22. Adediran, I.A., Yinusa, O.D., Lakhani, K.H. (2021). Where lies the silver lining when uncertainty hang dark clouds over the global financial markets? Resources Policy, 70, 101932.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101932.

23. Salisu, AA, Ogbonna, AE, Adediran, I. (2021). Stock-induced Google trends and the predictability of sectoral stock returns. Journal of Forecasting, 40, 327– 345.
https://doi.org/10.1002/for.2722.

24. Salisu, A., and Adediran, I. (2020). Uncertainty Due to Infectious Diseases and Energy Market Volatility. Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, 1(2).
https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.14185.

25. Alimi, A.S., and Adediran, I.A. (2020). ICT diffusion and the finance–growth nexus: a panel analysis on ECOWAS countries. Future Business Journal, 6, 16.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-020-00024-x.

26. Salisu, A.A. and Adediran, I.A. (2020). Gold as a hedge against oil shocks: Evidence from new datasets for oil shocks. Resources Policy, 66, 101606,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101606.

27. Salisu, A.A., Ndako, U.B., Adediran, I.A. and Swaray, R. (2020). A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 51, 101056,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101056

28. Salisu, A.A., Adediran, I.A., Oloko, T.F. and Ohemeng, W. (2020). The heterogeneous behaviour of the inflation hedging property of cocoa, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 51, 101093,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101093.

29. Salisu, A.A. and Adediran, I.A. (2019). Assessing the inflation hedging potential of coal and iron ore in Australia. Resources Policy, 63, 101410,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101410.

30. Salisu, A.A., Swaray, R. and Adediran, I.A. (2019). Can urban coffee consumption help predict US inflation? Journal of Forecasting, 38, 649–668.
https://doi.org/10.1002/for.2589.

31. Nwosu, C., Salisu, A., Hilili, M., Okafor, I., Oji-Okoro, I., and Adediran, I. (2019). Evidence on Monetary Policy Transmission during Tranquil and Turbulent Periods. Buletin Ekonomi Moneter Dan Perbankan, 22(3), 311-350. https://doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v22i3.1111

32. Salisu, A., & Adediran, I. (2018). The U.S. Shale Oil Revolution and the Behavior of Commodity Prices. Econometric Research in Finance,
[https://doi.org/10.33119/ERFIN.2018.3.1.2]

33. Salisu, A.A., Oloko, T.F., Adediran, I.A. (2021). COVID‐19 Pandemic and CO2 Emission in the United States: A Sectoral Analysis. Chapter 4, In Book: Detection and Analysis of SARS Coronavirus.
https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527832521.ch14.