South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 83, issue 4, 2015

On the Sources of Inflation in Kenya: A Model-Based Approach pp. 475-505

Michal Andrle, Andrew Berg, R. Armando Morales, Rafael Portillo and Jan Vlcek

A Sticky Information Phillips Curve for South Africa pp. 506-526

Monique Reid and Gideon Rand

Measuring Core Inflation in South Africa pp. 527-548

Stan Plessis, Gideon Rand and Kevin Kotze

Measuring Potential Output for the South African Economy: Embedding Information About the Financial Cycle pp. 549-568

Johannes Kemp

Mozambique Metical Exchange Rate Dynamics: Evidence of Fractional Co-Integration in the USA and South African Rates pp. 569-575

Carlos Barros, Luis Gil-Alana and Joao Faria

Monetary Policy and the Diversification–Profitability Linkage in Banking: Evidences from Emerging Market Economies pp. 576-597

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

Global Risk Factors and South African Equity Indices pp. 598-616

Daniel Adam Polakow and Emlyn James Flint

Institutional Investors' Trading in Speculation: Evidence from China pp. 617-631

Gaowen Kong and Dongmin Kong

Volume 83, issue 3, 2015

Policy Determinants of School Outcomes under Model Uncertainty: Evidence from South Africa pp. 317-334

Fabrice Murtin, Thomas Laurent, Geoff Barnard, Dean Janse van Rensburg, Vijay Reddy, George Frempong and Lolita Winnaar

An Examination of Subnational Growth in Nigeria: 1999-2012 pp. 335-356

Nonso Obikili

Public Debt and Economic Growth in Emerging Market Economies pp. 357-370

Bettina Fincke and Alfred Greiner

The Mystery of Missing Real Spillovers in Southern Africa: Some Facts and Possible Explanations pp. 371-389

Olivier Basdevant, Andrew Jonelis, Borislava Mircheva and Slavi Slavov

Innovation in Africa: Why Institutions Matter pp. 390-410

Stephen Oluwatobi, Uchenna Efobi, Isaiah Olurinola and Philip Alege

Inflation and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community pp. 411-424

Manoel Bittencourt, Renee van Eyden and Monaheng Seleteng

Liberalisation and Financial Sector Competition: A Critical Contribution to the Empirics with an African Assessment pp. 425-451

Simplice Asongu

Re-Visiting Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus: The Role of Capitalization in Bangladesh pp. 452-471

Muhammad Shahbaz, Ijaz Ur Rehman and Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar

Philip Andrew Black: 1947-2015 pp. 472-474

Brian Dollery

Volume 83, issue 2, 2015

Wages, Productivity and Labour's Declining Income Share in Post-Apartheid South Africa pp. 159-173

Philippe Burger

The Exchange Rate Dimension of Inflation Targeting: Target Levels and Currency Volatility pp. 174-179

Stan Du Plessis and Monique Reid

On Taxation, Political Accountability and Foreign Aid: Empirics to a Celebrated Literature pp. 180-198

Simplice Asongu

Price-Setting Behaviour in Lesotho: Stylised Facts from Consumer Retail Prices pp. 199-219

Mamello Amelia Nchake, Lawrence Edwards and Neil Rankin

Illegal Cartel Overcharges in Markets with a Legal Cartel History: Bitumen Prices in South Africa pp. 220-239

Willem Boshoff

Highway to Economic Growth? Competition in Public Works Tenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 240-252

Sergio Galletta, Mario Jametti and Agustin Redonda

Testing the Marshall–Lerner Condition in Kenya pp. 253-268

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Luis Gil-Alana and Robert Mudida

Measuring the Foreign Exchange Premium and the Premium for Non-Tradable Outlays for 20 Countries in Africa pp. 269-285

Chun-Yan Kuo, Sener Salci and Glenn Jenkins

Managing Some Motorised Recreational Boating Challenges in South African Estuaries: A Case Study at the Kromme River Estuary pp. 286-302

Deborah Ellen Lee, Stephen Gerald Hosking and Mario Du Preez

Economic Growth and Electricity Consumption in GCC and MENA Countries pp. 303-316

Fazıl Kayıkçı and Melike Bildirici

Volume 83, issue 1, 2015

The Impact of Firm Size and Liquidity on the Cost of External Finance in Africa pp. 1-22

Bruce Hearn and Jenifer Piesse

SADC Trade with the European Union from a Preferential to a Reciprocal Modality pp. 23-40

Rehab O. M. Osman

Empirical Analyses of Extreme Value Models for the South African Mining Index pp. 41-55

Knowledge Chinhamu, Chun-Kai Huang, Chun-Sung Huang and Jahvaid Hammujuddy

The Impact of Political Instability on Inflation Volatility in Africa pp. 56-73

Florence Barugahara

The Unintended Consequences of Education Policies on South African Participation and Unemployment pp. 74-100

Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg and Dieter Fintel

Parental Education and Children's School and Work Status in Urban Ethiopia: A Note on Gender Bias pp. 101-116

Eskander Alvi and Seife Dendir

How to Model a Child in School? A Dynamic Macrosimulation Study for Tanzania pp. 117-139

Hannah Schuerenberg-Frosch

Intrahousehold and Interhousehold Child Nutrition Inequality in Malawi pp. 140-153

Richard Mussa

Volume 82, issue 4, 2014

Resource utilisation Efficiency: A South African Provincial Evaluation pp. 475-492

Chris van Heerden and Riaan Rossouw

Quantifying Inefficient Expenditure in Local Government: A Free Disposable Hull Analysis of a Sample of South African Municipalities pp. 493-517

Jugal Mahabir

Measuring Multi-Membership in Economic Integration and Its Trade Impact: A Comparative Study of ECOWAS and SADC pp. 518-530

Sylvanus Afesorgbor and Peter Bergeijk

Global Financial Crises and Time-Varying Volatility Comovement in World Equity Markets pp. 531-550

Andrew S. Duncan and Alain Kabundi

Capital Flows: The South African Experience pp. 551-566

Logan Rangasamy

A Flexible Neuro-Fuzzy Approach for Improvement of Seasonal Housing Price Estimation in Uncertain and Non-Linear Environments pp. 567-582

Ali Azadeh, Mohammad Sheikhalishahi and Ali Boostani

Inflation and Market Uncertainty in South Africa pp. 583-602

Philippe Burger

The Determinants of Time-Varying Exchange Rate Pass-Through in South Africa pp. 603-615

Charl Jooste and Yaseen Jhaveri

Sudden Stops and Current Account Reversals: Potential Macroeconomic Consequences for South Africa pp. 616-627

Ben Smit, Christelle Grobler and Carmen Nel

Volume 82, issue 3, 2014

Ethnic Diversity, Political Stability and Productive Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from the African Countries pp. 315-333

Alexandre Repkine

African Development: Beyond Income Convergence pp. 334-353

Simplice Asongu

Economic Convergence in the African Continent: Closing the Gap pp. 354-370

Faiza A. Khan

Income Convergence in African Countries: Evidence from a Stationary Test With Multiple Structural Breaks pp. 371-391

Omid Ranjbar, Chien-Chiang Lee, Tsangyao Chang and Mei-Ping Chen

Are Real GDP Levels Stationary in African Countries? pp. 392-401

Zheng Ying, Chang-Rui Dong, Hsu-Ling Chang and Chi-Wei Su

Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness in Sub-Saharan Economies: A Panel Data Granger Causality Analysis pp. 402-421

Mebratu Seyoum, Renshui Wu and Jihong Lin

Foreign Investment and Technological Spillovers in Kenya: Extent and Mode of Occurrence pp. 422-442

Geoffrey G. Gachino

Technical Efficiency in the Angolan Banking Sector with the B-convexity Model pp. 443-454

Carlos Barros, Qi Bin Liang and Nicolas Peypoch

Efficiency Determinants and Capacity Issues in Angolan Insurance Companies pp. 455-467

Carlos Barros, Silvestre Dumbo and Peter Wanke

A Note on the (Continued) Ability of the Yield Curve to Forecast Economic Downturns in South Africa pp. 468-473

Ferdi Botha and Gavin Keeton

Volume 82, issue 2, 2014

Facing the Conundrum: How Useful Is the “Developmental State” Concept in South Africa? pp. 159-180

Philippe Burger

Is System Dynamics Modelling of Relevance to Neoclassical Economists? pp. 181-192

Douglas Crookes and Martin de Wit

Law and Finance Revisited: Evidence from African Countries pp. 193-208

Babajide Fowowe

Spillovers in Exchange Rates and the Effects of Global Shocks on Emerging Market Currencies pp. 209-238

Haakon Kavli and Kevin Kotze

Measuring Exchange Market Pressure and Its Contagion in the East African Community pp. 239-257

Scott Hegerty

African Stock Markets: Efficiency and Relative Predictability pp. 258-275

Graham Smith and Aneta Dyakova

REER Imbalances and Macroeconomic Adjustments in the Proposed West African Monetary Union pp. 276-289

Simplice Asongu

A Case for Economic Capital as a Pillar 1 Regulatory Tool pp. 290-314

Johann Jacobs and Gary Vuuren

Volume 82, issue 1, 2014

Job Creation and Destruction in South Africa pp. 1-18

Andrew Kerr, Martin Wittenberg and Jairo Arrow

Reweighting South African National Household Survey Data to Create a Consistent Series Over Time: A Cross-Entropy Estimation Approach pp. 19-38

Nicola Branson and Martin Wittenberg

An Evaluation of the Determinants and Implications of Panel Attrition in the National Income Dynamics Survey (2008-2010) pp. 39-65

Nic Baigrie and Katherine Eyal

Job Search and the Measurement of Unemployment in South Africa pp. 66-80

Dorrit Posel, Daniela Casale and Claire Vermaak

Internal Migration of Blacks in South Africa: An Application of the Roy Model pp. 81-98

Chung Choe and E. LaBrent Chrite

Does Human Capital Protect Workers against Exogenous Shocks? Evidence from Panel Data on South Africa during the 2008-2009 Crisis pp. 99-116

Ronald Leung, Marco Stampini and Desire Vencatachellum

Monetary policy and inflation in South Africa: A VECM augmented with foreign variables pp. 117-140

Annari De Waal and Renee van Eyden

Inflation Targeting in ASEAN-10 pp. 141-157

Wai-Ching Poon and Yong Shen Lee