South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 93, issue 1, 2025

Basel III and South African Banking: Assessing the Effects pp. 3-5

Serena Merrino and Laurence Harris

The Impact of Basel III Implementation on Bank Lending in South Africa pp. 6-26

Xolani Sibande and Alistair Milne

The Lending Implications of Banks Holding Excess Capital pp. 27-42

Neryvia Pillay and Konstantin Makrelov

Has Macroprudential Regulation Affected Marginal Borrowers? Evidence From South Africa pp. 43-55

Serena Merrino, Keagile Lesame and Ilias Chondrogiannis

Basel III Regulations and Financing Decisions of Nonfinancial Firms: The South African Evidence pp. 56-72

Tesfaye T. Lemma, Michael Machokoto and Tendai Gwatidzo

Regulation and Bank Lending in South Africa: A Narrative Index Approach pp. 73-85

Xolani Sibande, Dumakude Nxumalo, Keaoleboga Mncube, Steve Koch and Nicola Viegi

The Impact of Bank Regulation on Commercial Bank Performance: Evidence From South Africa pp. 86-111

Tendai Gwatidzo

Bank Business Model Identification, Evolution and Outcomes: Evidence for South Africa pp. 112-137

John O. S. Wilson, Linh Nguyen, Anna Sobiech and Lechedzani Kgari

Volume 92, issue 4, 2024

A computable general equilibrium model of the monetary policy implications for financial stability in South Africa pp. 415-443

Conrad Beyers, Kojo A. Essel‐Mensah and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos

Tuberculosis and labour market participation: Evidence from South Africa pp. 444-474

Helena Ting, Martina Bozzola and Chiara Ravetti

Determinants of fiscal rules policy credibility in West African Economic and Monetary Union countries pp. 475-497

Dakpoulé Da and Mahamadou Diarra

Inclusive education and labour productivity: The case of Sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 498-523

Muhamadu Awal Kindzeka Wirajing, Tii Nchofoung and Roger Tsafack Nanfosso

US suspension policy from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An estimation of the missing exports from sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 524-548

Zakaria Sorgho

Search, transport costs and labour markets in South Africa pp. 549-580

Kishan Shah and Federico Sturzenegger

Volume 92, issue 3, 2024

Approximating Botswana's financial cycle: Expanding the macroprudential toolkit pp. 289-304

Leonard Nnete Setshegetso and Mogakolodi Mado

Monetary policy, inflation and distributional impact: South Africa's case pp. 305-330

Ken Miyajima

Investigating unemployment hysteresis in South Africa pp. 331-353

Vincent Dadam and Nicola Viegi

The impact of energy prices on inflation and economic growth in Mozambique: A wavelet approach and OLS estimator pp. 354-385

Gilmar Fernando Dias da Conceição

Widowhood and multidimensional poverty: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 386-412

Taiwo Aderemi and Joseph Ogebe

Volume 92, issue 2, 2024

What goes up must come down? The effect of ‘2020’ on university students' academic performance trajectories pp. 135-160

Emma Whitelaw and Nicola Branson

COVID‐19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Socioeconomic impacts and government recovery measures pp. 161-182

Victor Nechifor, Ole Boysen, Emanuele Ferrari, Kidanemariam Hailu and Mohammed Beshir

The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities pp. 183-213

Hammed Adedeji Amusa and David Fadiran

The effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives: A microsimulation analysis on selected African countries pp. 214-234

Adnan Shahir and Francesco Figari

Determinants of digital technologies' adoption in South African manufacturing: Evidence from a firm‐level survey pp. 235-259

Elvis Korku Avenyo, Jason F. Bell and Julius Nyamwena

Total factor productivity in Kenyan manufacturing firms: The role of ISO certification and direct vs indirect export intensity pp. 260-285

Cyprian Amutabi

Volume 92, issue 1, 2024

ESSA presidential address: The cost of going nowhere slowly pp. 3-8

Heinrich R. Bohlmann

South African student retention during 2020: Evidence from system‐wide higher education institutional data pp. 9-30

Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw

The effectiveness of macroprudential policies in managing extreme capital flow episodes pp. 31-46

David de Villiers, Hylton Hollander and Dawie van Lill

Measuring the unit cost of financial intermediation in South Africa: A measure of bank productivity pp. 47-56

Keaoleboga Mncube and Nicola Viegi

The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa pp. 57-68

Hylton Hollander, Roy Havemann and Daan Steenkamp

A supply‐side alternative for SRD grants in South Africa pp. 69-79

Jan Horn Van Heerden, Jonathan Mark Horridge and David Suarez‐Cuesta

Measuring the gender wealth gap in South Africa using individual‐level data pp. 80-92

Daniela Casale and Adeola Oyenubi

Climate change‐related shocks, assets and welfare outcomes in South Africa pp. 93-104

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón, Muna Shifa, Vimal Ranchhod and Takwanisa Machemedze

Fiscal policy and dimensions of inequality in South Africa: A time‐varying coefficient approach pp. 105-119

Jeanne Terblanche, Dawie van Lill and Hylton Hollander

Cultural consumption and equality of access during economic downturns: The expenditure Gini coefficient for South Africa pp. 120-132

Jen Snowball and Andre Gouws

Volume 91, issue 4, 2023

The labour market and poverty impacts of COVID‐19 in South Africa pp. 419-445

Ihsaan Bassier, Joshua Budlender, Rocco Zizzamia and Ronak Jain

The impact of agricultural minimum wages on worker flows in South Africa pp. 446-465

Marlies Piek, Dieter von Fintel and Johann Kirsten

Productivity and reallocation under monopolistic competition: A Micro panel data analysis pp. 466-497

Samuel Vika Mhlanga

Ruggedness and child health outcomes: Evidence from Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Nigeria pp. 498-527

Carolyn Chisadza, Matthew Clance, Fritz van der Merwe and Eleni Yitbarek

Effects of terrorism and economic policy uncertainty on economic complexity in Africa: A study of the moderating role of governance institutions pp. 528-557

Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, Ekene ThankGod Emeka and Emmanuel Nwosu

Volume 91, issue 3, 2023

Export capacity and capital stock augmentation through imports: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 273-305

Catherine Co

Is inflation uncertainty a self‐fulfilling prophecy in South Africa? pp. 306-329

Chevaughn van der Westhuizen, Renee van Eyden and Goodness C. Aye

Macroeconomic challenges of scaling up aid to West African Economic and Monetary Union pp. 330-350

Sessinou Erick Abel Dedehouanou and Abou Kane

Impact of capital regulation on interest rate pass‐through in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 351-374

Sopani Gondwe, Tendai Gwatidzo and Nyasha Mahonye

Government social protection programme spending and household welfare in Lesotho pp. 375-393

Joachim Boko, Dhushyanth Raju and Stephen D. Younger

Public spending, credit market conditions and economic activity in South Africa pp. 394-415

Naser Yenus Nuru

Volume 91, issue 2, 2023

Interdependence between climate change and migration: Does agriculture, geography, and development level matter in sub‐Saharan Africa? pp. 141-160

Frank Bannor, Isaiah Hubert Magambo, Jugal Mahabir and Jeanluc Mubenga Tshitaka

Social capital and women's willingness to pay for safe water access: Evidence from African rural areas pp. 161-185

Raffaele Scuderi, Giuseppe Tesoriere and Giulio Pedrini

Social institutions, gender attitudes and female labour force participation in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 186-213

Tendai Zawaira, Matthew Clance and Carolyn Chisadza

How do firms in Sub‐Saharan Africa benefit from global value chains? pp. 214-241

Carolina Calatayud and Maria Engracia Rochina Barrachina

Foreign acquisition and firm performance in sub‐Saharan Africa: Empirical evidence from Ghana pp. 242-269

Paul Wabiga and Neil Rankin

Volume 91, issue 1, 2023

South Africa's titanium industrial policy: A product space perspective pp. 3-27

Karolien De Bruyne, Wouter Bam and Denis Engelbrecht

Resource mobilisation, institution and inclusive growth in Africa: Evidence from spatial analysis pp. 28-67

Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun, Olumide S. Ayodele, Mosab I. Tabash and Suhaib Anagreh

The impact of capital goods prices on Africa's economic performance pp. 68-84

B. Ben Moummad, E. Ezzahid and A. Zoglat

Sub‐Saharan Africa's rising public debt stock: Is there a cause for concern? pp. 85-115

Olumide Olusegun Olaoye and Phillip A. Olomola

Fiscal risks and their impact on banks' capital buffers in South Africa pp. 116-134

Konstantin Makrelov, Neryvia Pillay and Bojosi Morule

In memoriam Charles Edward Wickens Simkins: The renaissance economist pp. 135-136

Johannes Fedderke and John Luiz

DJJ Botha, Former ESSA President and SAJE Managing Editor pp. 137-138

Steven Koch and Niek Schoeman