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Working Papers

2021

1. The economics of potential price gouging during Covid-19 and the application to complaints received by the CMA
   Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

2017

2. Identifying growth opportunities in the Southern African Development Community through regional value chains: The case of the animal feed to poultry value chain
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (4)
3. The Southern African poultry value chain: Regional development versus national imperatives
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
4. Working Paper 255 - Competition and industrial policies relating to food production in southern Africa
   Working Paper Series, African Development Bank

2016

5. Development of the animal feed to poultry value chain across Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Grower Power for Value Creation in High-Value Horticulture? The Case of Citrus in South Africa
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2024, 36, (1), 1-24

2023

2. Cementing regional integration or building walls? Competition, cartels and regional integration in the cement industry in Africa
   The World Economy, 2023, 46, (2), 437-452
3. Competition, trade, and sustainability in agriculture and food markets in Africa
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2023, 39, (1), 147-161

2022

4. Competition and Regulation of Mobile Money Platforms in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya and Uganda
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2022, 60, (3), 463-489 View citations (2)
5. Governing digital platform power for industrial development: towards an entrepreneurial-regulatory state
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2022, 46, (6), 1431-1454 View citations (3)

2021

6. Competition, Productive Capabilities and Structural Transformation in South Africa
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2021, 33, (2), 253-274 View citations (3)

2019

7. Cartels as ‘fraud’? Insights from collusion in southern and East Africa in the fertiliser and cement industries
   Review of African Political Economy, 2019, 46, (161), 369-386 View citations (2)
8. From a developmental to a regulatory state? Sasol and the conundrum of continued state support
   International Review of Applied Economics, 2019, 33, (1), 11-29

2018

9. Introduction to special issue on regional growth opportunities
   Development Southern Africa, 2018, 35, (3), 295-296
10. Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa
    Development Southern Africa, 2018, 35, (3), 297-314 View citations (13)

2014

11. HARM AND OVERCHARGE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS CARTEL
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2014, 10, (3), 621-646 View citations (4)

2013

12. Expectations and outcomes: considering competition and corporate power in South Africa under democracy
    Review of African Political Economy, 2013, 40, (138), 556-571 View citations (2)

2008

13. ASSESSING EXCESSIVE PRICING: THE CASE OF FLAT STEEL IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2008, 4, (3), 871-891 View citations (5)

2006

14. The changing face and strategies of big business in South Africa: more than a decade of political democracy
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15, (3), 549-577 View citations (13)

2004

15. Globalization and the South African textiles industry: impacts on firms and workers
    Journal of International Development, 2004, 16, (1), 125-139 View citations (13)
16. Investment in South Africa - a comment on recent contributions
    Development Southern Africa, 2004, 21, (4), 743-756 View citations (4)
17. The role for competition policy in economic development: the South African experience
    Development Southern Africa, 2004, 21, (1), 227-243 View citations (11)

2003

18. Adjusting to Trade Liberalisation: The Case of Firms in the South African Textile Sector
    Journal of African Economies, 2003, 12, (1), 74-103 View citations (15)
19. THE DTI'S NEW‘INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING STRATEGY?’
    South African Journal of Economics, 2003, 71, (4), 679-704 View citations (1)

2002

20. Addressing Lacunae of Neo-classical Economics: Firms, production and technology
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2002, 16, (4), 493-496

2001

21. Globalization, industrial development and the plastics industry in South Africa
    Journal of International Development, 2001, 13, (6), 797-810

2000

22. Large, International Business and Economic Development
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2000, 14, (1), 135-143
23. Understanding the Effects of Trade Policy Reform: The Case of South Africa
    South African Journal of Economics, 2000, 68, (4), 270-281 View citations (19)

1998

24. Economic Globalization: a break from the past?
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1998, 12, (2), 311-315
25. Economic Policy and Industrial Restructuring in South Africa—political economy approaches
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1998, 12, (2), 317-324

Undated

26. Telecommunications in developing countries: reflections from the South African experience
    Telecommunications Policy, 27, (1-2), 41-59 View citations (5)

Chapters

2015

1. Abuses of dominance in developing countries: a view from the South, with an eye on telecommunications
   Chapter 13 in The Economic Characteristics of Developing Jurisdictions, 2015, pp 357-378

2013

2. Competition Policy, Industrial Policy, and Corporate Conduct
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)