South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 81, issue 4, 2013

GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The National Accounts of a Slave-Based Society pp. 467-490

Johan Fourie and Jan Luiten Zanden

An Alternative Business Cycle Dating Procedure for South Africa pp. 491-516

Adel Bosch and Franz Ruch

Modelling the Regional Heterogeneity of South Africa's Trade pp. 517-537

Koen Smet

Modelling Intercontinental Tourism Consumption in South Africa: A Systems-of-Equations Approach pp. 538-560

Andrea Saayman and Isabel Cortés-Jiménez

The Consistency of Merger Decisions at the South African Competition Commission pp. 561-580

Sunel Grimbeek, Steven Koch and Richard Grimbeek

Imported Capital Goods and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence from Botswana's Manufacturing Sector pp. 581-604

Alexis Habiyaremye

Optimal R&D Policy and Managerial Delegation Under Vertically Differentiated Duopoly pp. 605-624

Ya-Chin Wang

Volume 81, issue 3, 2013

Towards a Measure of Core Inflation using Singular Spectrum Analysis pp. 307-329

Franz Ruch and Dirk Bester

Will the Sarb always Succeed in Fighting Inflation with Contractionary Policy? pp. 330-345

Guangling Liu

Inflation and Inflation Expectations in South Africa: an Attempt at Explanation pp. 346-355

Alain Kabundi and Eric Schaling

Monetary Integration In Eastern And Southern Africa: Choosing A Currency Peg For Comesa pp. 356-372

Carlos Vieira and Isabel Vieira

An Integrated Corporate Governance Framework and Financial Performance in South African-Listed Corporations pp. 373-392

Collins Ntim

Measuring the Carbon Intensity of the South African Economy pp. 393-415

Channing Arndt, Rob Davies, Konstantin Makrelov and James Thurlow

An Index-Based Model for Determining the Investment Benchmark of Renewable Energy Projects in South Africa pp. 416-426

John Fay and Umesh Kumar

Finding the Benefits: Estimating the Impact of The South African Child Support Grant pp. 427-450

Marisa Coetzee

The Impact of Social Housing Developments on Nearby Property Prices: a Nelson Mandela Bay Case Study pp. 451-466

Mario Du Preez and Michael Sale

Volume 81, issue 2, 2013

Robust Estimates of Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Post-Independence Namibia pp. 167-191

Sebastian Levine and Benjamin Roberts

Spatial Comparisons of Poverty and Inequality in Living Standards in Malawi pp. 192-210

Richard Mussa

The Impact of Brain Drain on Human Capital in Developing Countries pp. 211-224

Abubakar Lawan Ngoma and Normaz Wana Ismail

Transportation and The International Trade of Eastern and Southern Africa pp. 225-239

Craig Macphee, Peter Cook and Wanasin Sattayanuwat

Trade-Induced Unemployment: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa pp. 240-259

Koen Smet

Volatility Spillovers between the Equity Market and Foreign Exchange Market in South Africa in the 1995-2010 Period pp. 260-274

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga and Jamela Hoveni

Modelling Monetary Union in Southern Africa: Welfare Evaluation for the CMA and SADC pp. 275-291

Xavier Debrun and Paul Masson

Africa's Money in Africa pp. 292-306

Evans Osabuohien and Uchenna Efobi

Volume 81, issue 1, 2013

DISCOUNT RATE DISTORTIONS AND THE RESOURCE CURSE pp. 1-19

Bin Hu and Ross McKitrick

PURCHASING POWER PARITY IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM FOURIER UNIT ROOT TESTS BASED ON LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS pp. 20-34

Veli Yilanci and Zehra Eri̇ş

THE ROLE OF PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS AND THE EXCHANGE MARKET PRESSURE ON REAL EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATION: THE CASE OF TURKEY pp. 35-51

Imre Ersoy

THE CLUSTERING OF IPO SPREADS IN KOREAN IPO MARKET: COMPETITION OR COLLUSION? pp. 52-78

Pando Sohn and Ji-Yong Seo

REGIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA – AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF ITS EFFECTS ON FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT pp. 79-117

Leo Frey and Ulrich Volz

HIV/AIDS AND POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA: A BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF SELECTION MODELS WITH CORRELATED FIXED-EFFECTS pp. 118-139

Fabrice Murtin and Federica Marzo

HOW LARGE IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN AFRICA? EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL ACCOUNTS AND LABOUR MARKETS pp. 140-165

Marco Stampini, Ron Leung, Setou M. Diarra and Lauréline Pla

Volume 80, issue 4, 2012

EQUILIBRIUM FARM GATE PRICE IN THE CASE OF TWO SUCCESSIVE MARKETS WITH FIXED SUPPLY pp. 449-458

BENOîT B. Malan

IMPLEMENTING A ROBUST RISK MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICAN EQUITY MARKETS: A PEAK-OVER-THRESHOLD APPROACH pp. 459-472

John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba

ROLE OF GOVERNANCE IN EXPLAINING DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA pp. 473-489

Olusegun Akanbi

WHAT PRICE-LEVEL DATA CAN TELL US ABOUT PRICING CONDUCT IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 490-509

Kenneth Creamer, Greg Farrell and Neil Rankin

SOUTH AFRICA'S POST-LIBERALISED CAPITAL FLOWS AND BUSINESS CYCLE FLUCTUATIONS pp. 510-525

Sean J. Gossel and Nicholas Biekpe

THE ECONOMICS OF SUICIDE IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 526-552

Ferdi Botha

THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING LEGISLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 553-566

Nick Vink

Volume 80, issue 3, 2012

REVISITING THE EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES: PANEL SURKSS TEST WITH A FOURIER FUNCTION pp. 287-300

Dongxiang Zhang, Tsui-Chih Wu, Tsangyao Chang and Chia-Hao Lee

NO-ARBITRAGE ONE-FACTOR MODELS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES pp. 301-318

Peter Aling and Shakill Hassan

IMPLICATIONS OF REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THEORY, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND APPLICATION TO GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN ZIMBABWE pp. 319-344

Thandinkosi Ndhlela

RISK–RETURN TRADE-OFF AND BEHAVIOUR OF VOLATILITY ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN STOCK MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM BOTH AGGREGATE AND DISAGGREGATE DATA pp. 345-366

Neville Zivanayi Mandimika and Zivanemoyo Chinzara

INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING EXPORTS IN AFRICA: A FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS pp. 367-386

Busani Moyo

THE VALUE OF TIGER SHARK DIVING WITHIN THE ALIWAL SHOAL MARINE PROTECTED AREA: A TRAVEL COST ANALYSIS pp. 387-399

Mario Du Preez, Matt Dicken and Stephen Gerald Hosking

INSTITUTIONAL WAGE EFFECTS: REVISITING UNION AND BARGAINING COUNCIL WAGE PREMIA IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 400-414

Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya Goga and Carlene van der Westhuizen

TREATMENT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ON MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION BEHAVIOUR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SETTING pp. 415-430

Reviva Hasson, Åsa Löfgren and Martine Visser

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS IN SECOND-YEAR MICROECONOMICS pp. 431-448

Leonard C. Smith and Vimal Ranchhod

Volume 80, issue 2, 2012

NATURAL RESOURCE ABUNDANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND TAX REVENUE MOBILISATION IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA pp. 135-156

Thuto Botlhole, John Asafu-Adjaye and Fabrizio Carmignani

SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET VOLATILITY, ASYMMETRY AND RETAIL INTEREST RATES PASS-THROUGH pp. 157-180

Gideon Fadiran and Abel Ezeoha

SOUTH AFRICA'S TRANSITION TO A CONSOLIDATED BUDGET pp. 181-199

Charl Jooste and Marina Marinkov

WAGNER'S LAW REVISITED: A NOTE FROM SOUTH AFRICA pp. 200-208

Kojo Menyah and Yemane Wolde-Rufael

FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE FISCAL REACTION FUNCTION FOR SOUTH AFRICA: ASSESSMENT OF THE PAST AND FUTURE POLICY APPLICATIONS pp. 209-227

Philippe Burger, Ian Stuart, Charl Jooste and Alfredo Cuevas

ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PORT DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY pp. 228-245

Tsung-Chen Lee, Paul T-W. Lee and Tao Chen

THE EFFECT OF ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER SOURCES AND SANITATION ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY: THE CASE OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 246-263

George Halkos and Nickolaos G. Tzeremes

WATER BILL ESTIMATION WHEN PRICE IS CRYPTIC: EXPERIENCE FROM WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA pp. 264-286

Selma Karuaihe, Philip Wandschneider and Jonathan Yoder

Volume 80, issue 1, 2012

STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF SPECIALIST SURGEON CLINICS pp. 1-15

Steven Koch and Jean D. Slabbert

PRICE ELASTICITIES AND PRICING POWER IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE CASE OF PETROCHEMICAL‐DERIVED PLASTICS IN SOUTH AFRICA-super-1 pp. 16-41

Johannes Fedderke and Witness Simbanegavi

INVESTIGATING THE GENDER GAP IN SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP: A DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS pp. 42-61

Miracle Ntuli

REGIONAL VARIATION IN LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES IN MALAWI pp. 62-76

Magnus Hatlebakk

AN APPLICATION OF SEQUENTIAL REGRESSION MULTIPLE IMPUTATION ON PANEL DATA pp. 77-90

Michael Johan von Maltitz and Abraham Johannes van der Merwe

APPLYING A GENETIC ALGORITHM TO INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION OF EQUITY PORTFOLIOS: A SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE pp. 91-105

Alain Kabundi and John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba

LIQUIDITY CREATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS UNDER STRESSED ECONOMIC CONDITIONS pp. 106-122

Ja'nel Esterhuysen, Gary van Vuuren and Paul Styger

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE TO PLASTIC BAG LEGISLATION IN BOTSWANA pp. 123-133

Johane Dikgang and Martine Visser