South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 88, issue 4, 2020

Media‐Based Sentiment Indices as an Alternative Measure of Consumer Confidence pp. 409-434

Hanjo Odendaal, Monique Reid and Johann Kirsten

Spillovers of the Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy from the US to South Africa pp. 435-471

Alain Kabundi, Tumisang Loate and Nicola Viegi

Inflation‐Output Trade‐Off in South Africa: Is the Phillips Curve Symmetric? pp. 472-494

Harold Ngalawa and Coretha Komba

Business Cycles Synchronisation and Symmetries in the Transition to East African Monetary Union pp. 495-517

Aweng Peter Majok Garang and Hatice Erkekoglu

Beyond Borders: The Euro Crisis and Public Support for Monetary Integration in East Africa pp. 518-535

Menna Bizuneh, Steven Buigut and Neven Valev

Non‐linear Effects of Inflation on Economic Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo pp. 536-550

Boniface Yemba, Erick Kitenge and Paul Woodburne

Macroeconomic Effects of an Ageing Population in Mauritius pp. 551-574

Julia Włodarczyk, Indranarain Ramlall and Jan Acedański

Volume 88, issue 3, 2020

Do Foreign Firms Transfer Gender Norms in the Labour Market? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 227-241

Rezart Hoxhaj and Florian Miti

The Impacts of Economic Freedom and Institutional Quality on Migration from African Countries pp. 242-266

Tadesse Gignarta, ZhenZhong Guan and Dinkneh Gebre Borojo

Does Teacher Subject Knowledge Contribute to Student Academic Performance in Developing and Least Developed Countries? pp. 267-297

Oscar David Marcenaro‐Gutierrez and Luis Alejandro Lopez‐Agudo

Economic Development and South Africa: 25 Years Analysis (1994 to 2019) pp. 298-322

Pavitra Dhamija

Leaders and Tenures in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 323-340

Carolyn Chisadza

Public Sector Growth in the British Cape Colony: Evidence From New Data on Expenditure and Foreign Debt, 1830‐1910 pp. 341-367

Abel Gwaindepi and Johan Fourie

The Optimal Monetary and Macroprudential Policies for the South African Economy pp. 368-404

Guangling Liu and Thabang Molise

Economic Development in the Twenty‐first Century. Lessons for Africa Throughout History pp. 405-406

Charles V. R. Wait

Volume 88, issue 2, 2020

Measuring the Financial Cycle in South Africa pp. 123-144

Greg Farrell and Esti Kemp

The South African Financial Cycle and its Relation to Household Deleveraging pp. 145-173

Adél Bosch and Steven Koch

Prospects for a Monetary Union in the East Africa Community: Some Empirical Evidence pp. 174-185

Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Luis Gil‐Alana

The South Africa‐U.S. Trade and the Real Exchange Rate: Asymmetric Evidence from 25 Industries pp. 186-203

Mohsen Bahmani‐Oskooee and Abera Gelan

Explaining Export Duration in Kenya pp. 204-224

Socrates Majune, Eliud Moyi and Kamau Gathiaka

Volume 88, issue 1, 2020

If You Build It Nearby and Keep the Price Low, Will They Come? Large‐Scale Evidence on the Relative Roles of Access and Quality in Use of Healthcare in Low‐and Middle‐Income Countries pp. 3-20

Nicholas Wilson

The Impact of Leaving Camps on Well‐being of Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda pp. 21-39

Fu‐Min Tseng, Barbara McPake and Ijeoma Edoka

Unveiling the Endogenous Relationship Between Technical Efficiency and Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions in Nigeria pp. 40-70

Mfon Akpan, Peter Wanke, Zhongfei Chen and Jorge Moreira Antunes

Bank Income Diversification, Asset Correlation and Systemic Risk pp. 71-89

Chien-Chiang Lee, Pei-Fen Chen and Jhih‐Hong Zeng

National and Regional Impacts of an Increase in Value‐Added Tax: A CGE Analysis for South Africa pp. 90-120

Elizabeth Lousia Roos, Mark Horridge, Jan H. van Heerden, Philip Adams, Heinrich R. Bohlmann, Kgatedi Kenneth Kobe and Bokang Vumbukani‐Lepolesa

Volume 87, issue 4, 2019

The Elasticity of Taxable Income: The Case of South Africa pp. 417-449

Johannes Kemp

An empirical analysis on the effects of the inflation targeting framework on monetary policy in South Africa pp. 450-463

Weiming Chen and Kenneth Creamer

The Transmission of Monetary Policy in South Africa Before and After the Global Financial Crisis pp. 464-489

Alain Kabundi and Mpho Rapapali

Exchange Rate and Inflation Dynamics in a Resource Rich Setting: The Case of Zambia pp. 490-514

Lionel Roger, Gregory Smith and Oliver Morrissey

Interest Rate Pass‐through in Malawi: Implications for the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy pp. 515-531

Austin Chiumia and Arnold Palamuleni

Volume 87, issue 3, 2019

Teacher Pay and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the Rural Hardship Allowance in Zambia pp. 255-282

Grieve Chelwa, Miquel Pellicer and Mashekwa Maboshe

The Impact of Public Works Programme on Child Labour in Ethiopia pp. 283-301

Yonatan Dinku

Market Definition Using Consumer Characteristics and Cluster Analysis pp. 302-325

Willem Boshoff and Rossouw van Jaarsveld

The Role of Trade Policies in Building Regional Value Chains – Some Preliminary Evidence From Africa pp. 326-353

Anja Slany

The Impact of Foreign Agricultural Aid and Total Foreign Aid on Agricultural Output in African Countries: New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis pp. 354-375

Karim Barkat and Mouyad Alsamara

Explaining Nigeria’s Economic Growth: Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Approach With External and Internal Imbalances pp. 376-413

Yohanna Panshak, İrfan Civcir and Hüseyin Ozdeser

Volume 87, issue 2, 2019

Introduction to Special Issue on: ‘Inequalities in the Least Developed Countries – Some Lessons from Africa’ pp. 87-90

Carlos Gradín and Finn Tarp

Living Conditions and Basic Needs: Evidence from African Countries pp. 91-109

Andrew Clark and Conchita D'Ambrosio

Investigating Growing Inequality in Mozambique pp. 110-138

Carlos Gradín and Finn Tarp

Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique pp. 139-179

Joseph Deutsch and Jacques Silber

Gender Inequality in Employment in Mozambique pp. 180-199

Carlos Gradín and Finn Tarp

The counting approach to multidimensional poverty. The case of four African countries pp. 200-227

Valérie Berenger

Contract Farming in Mozambique: Implications for Gender Inequalities Within and Across Rural Households pp. 228-252

Cecilia Navarra

Volume 87, issue 1, 2019

The Impact of Political Competition on Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities in South Africa pp. 3-21

Nonso Obikili

Why Do Property‐Liability Insurers Destroy Liquidity? Evidence from South Africa pp. 22-45

Abdul Latif Alhassan and Nicholas Biekpe

Financial Openness and Aid for Trade in Developing Countries pp. 46-64

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

Valuation of the Quality Attributes of Online Banking Services by Small and Medium Enterprises Engaged in International Trade pp. 65-81

Parvaneh Shahnoori and Glenn Jenkins

Volume 86, issue S1, 2018

Introduction: Firm Level Analysis With Administrative Data pp. 3-5

Channing Arndt, Rob Davies, Elizabeth Gavin and Landon Mcmillan

Introduction to the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury Firm‐Level Panel pp. 6-39

Duncan Pieterse, Elizabeth Gavin and Carl Kreuser

Total Factor Productivity in South African Manufacturing Firms pp. 40-78

Carl Kreuser and Carol Newman

Importing and Firm Export Performance: New Evidence from South Africa pp. 79-95

Lawrence Edwards, Marco Sanfilippo and Asha Sundaram

Understanding Manufactured Exporters at the Firm‐Level: New Insights from Using SARS Administrative Data pp. 96-119

Marianne Matthee, Neil Rankin, Tasha Webb and Carli Bezuidenhout

Markups and Concentration in South African Manufacturing Sectors: An Analysis with Administrative Data pp. 120-140

Johannes Fedderke, Nonso Obikili and Nicola Viegi

Job Flows, Worker Flows and Churning in South Africa pp. 141-166

Andrew Kerr

New Data, New Approaches and New Evidence: A Policy Synthesis pp. 167-178

Channing Arndt

Volume 86, issue 4, 2018

Cash Transfers and Food Security in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 383-400

Francesco Burchi, Giorgio d’Agostino, Luca Pieroni and Margherita Scarlato

Evaluating South African Fiscal and Monetary Policy Trade‐offs Using a Wavelet‐Based Model pp. 401-427

Patrick Crowley and David Hudgins

Financial Innovation and Money Demand: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 428-448

John Dunne and Elizabeth Kasekende

Is the Relationship Between Remittances and Political Institutions Monotonic? Evidence from Developing Countries pp. 449-467

Kevin Williams

An Investigation of Multidimensional Energy Poverty among South African Low‐income Households pp. 468-487

Sylvia Olawumi Israel‐Akinbo, Jeanette Snowball and Gavin Fraser

Volume 86, issue 3, 2018

Exiting from Fragility in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Role of Fiscal Policies and Fiscal Institutions pp. 271-307

Corinne Deléchat, Ejona Fuli, Dafina Mulaj, Gustavo Ramirez and Rui Xu

Do Monetary Policy Announcements Affect Exchange Rate Returns and Volatility of Returns? Some Evidence from High‐Frequency Intra‐Day South African Data pp. 308-338

Cyril May, Greg Farrell and Jannie Rossouw

Has the Exchange Rate Pass‐Through changed in South Africa? pp. 339-360

Alain Kabundi and Asithandile Mbelu

Macroeconomic Uncertainty in South Africa pp. 361-380

Chris Redl

Volume 86, issue 2, 2018

Dynamics of Child Malnutrition in Rural and Small‐Town Ethiopia pp. 127-152

Ilana Seff, Sarah Baird and Dean Jolliffe

Incentivising the Social Discounting Task: A Laboratory Experiment pp. 153-172

Frederik Booysen, Alistair Munro, Sevias Guvuriro, Tshepo Moloi and Celeste Campher

Re‐Examining the Role of Structural Change and Nonlinearities in a Phillips Curve Model for South Africa pp. 173-196

Kevin Nell

Inflation in South Africa: An Assessment of Alternative Inflation Models pp. 197-230

Johannes Fedderke and Yang Liu

Female Economic Participation with Information and Communication Technology Advancement: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 231-246

Uchenna Efobi, Belmondo V. Tanankem and Simplice Asongu

Total Factor Productivity Convergence in Developing Countries: Role of Technology Diffusion pp. 247-262

Khoula Maryam and Zainab Jehan

Sampie Terreblanche (17 April 1933–17 February 2018): Afrikaner Political Economist who Spoke Truth to Power to both the NP and ANC pp. 263-267

Christelle Terreblanche

Volume 86, issue 1, 2018

Occupational Mobility during South Africa's Industrial Take‐Off pp. 3-22

Jeanne Cilliers and Johan Fourie

Social Transfer Benefits and Retirement Decisions: Evidence from South Africa pp. 23-52

Steve Muchiri and John Garen

Macroeconomic Effects of Commodity Price Shocks in a Low‐income Economy: The Case of Tobacco in Malawi pp. 53-75

Bertha Bangara and John Dunne

Unemployment in Africa: A Fractional Integration Approach pp. 76-81

Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Luis Alberiko Gil‐Alana

Systemic Risks Spillovers and Interdependence among Stock Markets: International Evidence with Covar‐Copulas pp. 82-112

Gideon Boako and Imhotep Alagidede

Post‐Truth,” “Alternative Facts” and “Fakenomics pp. 113-124

Gavin Keeton