South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 90, issue 4, 2022

Can reconstruction programmes improve political perceptions in conflict contexts? Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo pp. 427-455

Alexander De Juan, Carlo Koos, Miquel Pellicer and Eva Wegner

Time, health service utilisation and health status in Africa: Evidence from six countries pp. 456-468

Germano Mwabu

Electricity outages and residential fires: Evidence from Cape Town, South Africa pp. 469-485

Kerianne Lawson

Equivalence scales in a developing country with extensive inequality pp. 486-512

Steven Koch

Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: Representativeness, household counts, and small households pp. 513-534

Amy Thornton and Martin Wittenberg

Determinants of attrition between Waves 1 and 2 of South Africa's National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS‐CRAM) pp. 535-552

Reza Daniels, Kim P. Ingle and Timothy S. L. Brophy

Volume 90, issue 3, 2022

Identifying steady‐state growth and inflation in the South African economy, 1960–2020 pp. 279-300

Johannes Fedderke

Inflationary effects of oil price and exchange rate shocks in South Africa: Evidence from time‐varying pass‐through coefficients pp. 301-328

Coşkun Akdeniz, Abdurrahman Nazif Çatık and Esra Ballı

Revisiting the accuracy of inflation forecasts in Nigeria: The oil price–exchange rate–asymmetry perspectives pp. 329-348

Kazeem Isah, Abdulkader C. Mahomedy, Elias A. Udeaja, Ojo Adelakun, Yusuf Yakubu and Danmecca Musa

Identifying supply and demand shocks in the South African Economy, 1960–2020 pp. 349-389

Johannes Fedderke

On the aggregate effects of global uncertainty: Evidence from an emerging economy pp. 390-407

Johnson Ahiadorme

Foreign direct investment determinants in Mano River Union countries: Micro and macro evidence pp. 408-424

Rodrigo Martins, Jorge Cerdeira, Miguel Fonseca and Mohamed Barrie

Volume 90, issue 2, 2022

Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms: An analysis of the labour market effects pp. 123-148

Anmar Pretorius, Carli Bezuidenhout, Marianne Matthee and Derick Blaauw

Export margins and survival: A firm‐level analysis using Kenyan data pp. 149-174

Kemal Turkcan, Socrates Majune and Eliud Moyi

Tax revenue effort and aid in fragile states: The case of Comoros pp. 175-195

Jose L. Diaz‐Sanchez, Abrams M. E. Tagem and Joana Mota

Do tax administration reforms improve tax revenue performance in Togo? Empirical insights from experimental approaches pp. 196-213

Nimonka Bayale, Pouwemdéou Tchila, Jacques‐Patrick Arnold Yao and Honoré Tenakoua

Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017 pp. 214-242

Simone Schotte, Rocco Zizzamia and Murray Leibbrandt

Evaluating the economic well‐being in the context of Africa pp. 243-259

Comlanvi Martin Konou and Edwin Clifford Mensah

Moving from a bad to a good pricing regime: The South African private health care market pp. 260-276

Eric Picard and Alexander Zimper

Volume 90, issue 1, 2022

Willingness to pay for COVID‐19 test and vaccine in South Africa and Ghana: A contingent valuation study pp. 3-20

Rebecca Nana Yaa Ayifah and Emmanuel Ayifah

Grit, motivation and university grades pp. 21-36

Michelle Pleace and Nicky Nicholls

An analysis of the impact of technological innovation on productivity in South African manufacturing firms using direct measures of innovation pp. 37-56

Amy Kahn, Moses Sithole and Yasser Buchana

Firing on all cylinders: Decomposing regional growth dynamics in South Africa pp. 57-74

Justin Visagie and Ivan Turok

The impact of foreign ownership on the performance of Johannesburg Stock Exchange‐listed firms: A blessing or a curse? pp. 75-92

Delane Naidu, Ailie Charteris and Peter Moores‐Pitt

A computable general equilibrium model as a banking sector regulatory tool in South Africa pp. 93-120

Frederik J.C. Beyers, Allan De Freitas, Kojo A. Essel‐Mensah, Reyno Seymore and Dimitrios Tsomocos

Volume 89, issue 4, 2021

Conflict heterogeneity in Africa pp. 459-479

Carolyn Chisadza and Matthew Clance

Potential Impact of Climate Change and Armed Conflict on Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 480-498

Angela Ujunwa, Chinwe Okoyeuzu, Nelson Nkwor and Augustine Ujunwa

The South African–United States sovereign bond spread and its association with macroeconomic fundamentals pp. 499-525

Johannes Fedderke

Nowcasting South African gross domestic product using a suite of statistical models pp. 526-554

Byron Botha, Tim Olds, Geordie Reid, Daan Steenkamp and Rossouw van Jaarsveld

Dynamics of Money Market Interest Rates in Ghana: Time‐Frequency Analysis of Volatility Spillovers pp. 555-589

Nana Kwame Akosah, Imhotep Alagidede and Eric Schaling

Extending the determinants of currency substitution in Nigeria: Any role for financial innovation? pp. 590-607

Angela Ifeanyi Ujunwa, Augustine Ujunwa, Emmanuel Onah, Nnenna Georgina Nwonye and Onyedikachi David Chukwunwike

A single currency for the Economic Community of West Africa? An economic assessment pp. 608-634

João Loureiro and Evaldo Baptista

Perspectives of a capitalist on targeting inflation at 3 per cent and on fiscal sustainability in South Africa pp. 635-643

Jannie Rossouw

Volume 89, issue 3, 2021

A Spatial Analysis of Property Crime Rates in South Africa pp. 329-347

Kabeya Clement Mulamba

Ethnic Diversity and Local Economies pp. 348-367

Yonatan Dinku and Dereje Regasa

Market structure and bank conduct in Lesotho pp. 368-390

Ramaele Moshoeshoe and Katleho Thokoa

Fixed costs, markups and concentration in Eswatini (Swaziland): A firm‐level analysis of panel data pp. 391-416

Samuel Vika Mhlanga and Neil Rankin

Associations Between Logistics and Economic Growth in Africa pp. 417-438

Chengete Chakamera and Noleen M. Pisa

A Description of Predatory Publishing in South African Economics Departments pp. 439-456

Andrew Kerr and Phillip de Jager

Volume 89, issue 2, 2021

A Tale of Two Countries and Two Stages: South Africa, China and the Lewis Model pp. 143-172

John Knight

Correlates and Consequences of the 1918 Influenza in South Africa pp. 173-195

Daniel de Kadt, Johan Fourie, Jan Greyling, Elie Murard and Johannes Norling

Do International Sanctions Reduce Household and Government Consumption in Developing Countries? pp. 196-217

Kevin Williams

Convergence Triggers in Africa: Evidence from Convergence Clubs and Panel Models pp. 218-245

Aweng Peter Majok Garang and Hatice Erkekoglu

Exclusive Growth? Rapidly Increasing Top Incomes Amid Low National Growth in South Africa pp. 246-273

Ihsaan Bassier and Ingrid Woolard

Skill and Earnings Amongst Golfers on the Southern‐African Sunshine Tour pp. 274-281

Ferdi Botha, Gavin Fraser and Thomas Rhoads

Differentiation in Economic Costs and Returns from Living with Wildlife in Namibian Community Conservancies pp. 282-300

Nicoli Nattrass

Non‐income effect of land ownership and tenure on subjective wellbeing in South Africa pp. 301-323

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Volume 89, issue 1, 2021

Covid‐19, Economic Growth and South African Fiscal Policy pp. 3-24

Philippe Burger and Estian Calitz

A Tale of Three Countries: What is the Relationship Between COVID‐19, Lockdown and Happiness? pp. 25-43

Talita Greyling, Stephanie Rossouw and Tamanna Adhikari

Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa at the Onset of the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 44-62

Vimal Ranchhod and Reza Daniels

Social Assistance Amidst the COVID‐19 Epidemic in South Africa: A Policy Assessment pp. 63-81

Haroon Bhorat, Morne Oosthuizen and Benjamin Stanwix

Economic and Distributional Impact of COVID‐19: Evidence from Macro‐Micro Modelling of the South African Economy pp. 82-94

Margaret Mabugu, Martin Henseler, Ramos Mabugu and Hélène Maisonnave

The Possible Effects of the Extended Lockdown Period on the South African Economy: A CGE Analysis pp. 95-111

Jan Van Heerden and Elizabeth Roos

South African competition policy on excessive pricing and its relation to price gouging during the COVID‐19 disaster period pp. 112-140

Willem Boshoff