Studies in Economics and Econometrics

1996 - 2025

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Volume 45, issue 4, 2021

First Palestinian intifada and intergenerational transmission of human capital pp. 209-242

Sameh Hallaq

The impact of fiscal policy on total factor productivity growth in a developing economy: evidence from Botswana pp. 243-259

Sayed O. M. Timuno and Joel Eita

Changes in educational achievement and educational inequality in Lesotho: a relative distribution analysis pp. 260-282

Ramaele Moshoeshoe

Inflation expectations surveys: a review of some survey design choices and their implications pp. 283-303

Monique Reid and Pierre Siklos

Volume 45, issue 3, 2021

The steady progress of Non-English-Speaking migrant women’s labour market participation in Australia pp. 131-148

Tariq H. Haque and M. Ohidul Haque

Can the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) protect the interest earnings of savers/investors? A new look at Fisher’s hypothesis pp. 149-163

Lutho Mbekeni and Andrew Phiri

Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale economies in South Africa’s healthcare insurance market pp. 164-183

Thabang Ndlovu

The impact of higher leverage ratios on the South African economy pp. 184-207

Konstantin Makrelov, Rob Davies and Laurence Harris

Volume 45, issue 2, 2021

HIV among women: does education matter more than we previously thought? pp. 71-87

Jean-Louis Bago, Ernest Ouédraogo and Miaba Louise Lompo

The child support grant and childbearing in South Africa: is there a case for a basic income grant? pp. 88-101

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

FDI and financial development: evidence from eight post-communist countries pp. 102-116

Manuchehr Irandoust

Cyclicality of size, value, and momentum on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange pp. 117-129

M. H. Kapche Fotso and W. G. P. Brown

Volume 45, issue 1, 2021

Depreciation allowances in South Africa pp. 1-22

Estian Calitz, Eva Muwanga-Zake, Alexius Sithole and Wynnona Steyn

The differential effects of oil price shocks on exchange rate, inflation, and monetary policy rate in Ghana pp. 23-41

Mikidadu Mohammed

GARCH option pricing and implied FX volatility indices pp. 42-52

Pierre J. Venter and Eben Maré

The corporate income tax gap in South Africa: a top-down approach pp. 53-69

Ada Jansen, Wynnona Steyn, Winile Ngobeni and Alexius Sithole

Volume 44, issue 3, 2020

DYNAMIC INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN CRUDE OIL PRICES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET IN NIGERIA pp. 1-20

K.O. Emenike

WEAK LINKS AMONG RISK, RETURN AND VOLUME IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS pp. 21-40

H. Dong and X. Guo

A FORWARD GUIDANCE INDICATOR FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK: IMPLEMENTING A TEXT ANALYSIS ALGORITHM pp. 41-72

R. Erasmus and Hylton Hollander

ANALYSIS OF THE DEPENDENCE STRUCTURE BETWEEN MINERALS PRICES AND THE RAND/USD EXCHANGE RATE USING COPULAS pp. 73-107

K. Malandala and J.O. Olaomi

COMMODITY PRICE SHOCKS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR STABILITY IN COMMODITY DEPENDENT COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA pp. 109-137

N. Mupunga and T. Ngundu

IDENTIFYING THE DRIVERS OF TRADE FINANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 139-162

S. Boshoff, G. van Vuuren and Wilma Viviers

Volume 44, issue 2, 2020

Using Dynamic Panel Data Modeling to Study Net FDI Inflows in MENA Countries pp. 1-28

Mohamed Abonazel and O.A. Shalaby

Trade Openness, Institutions and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 29-48

Witness Bandura

Exploring the Behaviour of Actively Managed, Maximally Diversified Portfolios pp. 49-72

L. Theron and G. van Vuuren

Is there an Interdependence in Foreign Exchange Markets During Non-Crisis Periods? Empirical Evidence from Mena Countries pp. 73-107

H. Bouhali, M.S. Chiadmi and F. Ghaiti

Income Concentration and Economic Growth in the Neoliberal Period (1980-2014) pp. 109-132

J. Vaca

Underspecification of the Empirical Return-Factor Model and a Factor Analytic Augmentation as a Solution to Factor Omission pp. 133-165

J.J. Szczygielski, L.M. Brummer and H.P. Wolmarans

Volume 44, issue 1, 2020

Does a Monetary Union Matter for the Degree of Inflation Persistence? The Case of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) pp. 1-34

Ojo Adelakun

Detecting the Environmental Kuznets Curve in African Countries pp. 35-44

A.R.M. Alsayed and A. Malik

Aggregational Effects in Extreme Value and Generalized Hyperbolic Models for Value-At-Risk Estimation: Evidence From the NYSE, FTSE, KRX and TWSE pp. 45-72

Q. Mashalaba and C-K. Huang

Liquidity Risk and Asset Liability Mismatches: Evidence From South Africa pp. 73-112

G. Marozva and Daniel Makina

An Efficiency Analysis of Female Hair Dressers in Empangeni, South Africa: The Role of Infrastructure pp. 113-128

R.T. Nokuthula and M.B. Tavonga

When Does Export Diversification Improve Economic Growth? A Comparative Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries pp. 129-141

D.N. Yuni, N. Urama, U. Ugwuegbe and T. Agbanike

Volume 43, issue 3, 2019

The Impact of China's Fdi and Fdi From Other Sources on Growth in Sub-Sahara Africa Through Export Upgrading pp. 1-30

M. Ngundu and Nicholas Ngepah

Examining The Non-Linearities In Inflation-Growth Nexus: Further Evidence From a Fixed-Effect Panel Threshold Regression Approach For The Sacu Region pp. 31-61

C. Urom, D. Yuni, A. Lasbrey and C. Emenekwe

Scenario-Based Asset Allocation With Fat Tails And Non-Linear Correlation pp. 61-94

V. Gorlach

The Effect of a Charter School in Peru (Fe Y AlegrÍA) on School Achievement:Exploiting a School Lottery Selection as a Natural Experiment pp. 95-110

Pablo Lavado, Santiago Cueto, Gustavo Yamada and M. Wensjoe

South African Historical Interest Rate Volatility - Evidence of Regime- Switching pp. 111-132

Storme Kennedy-Palmer

Volume 43, issue 2, 2019

Suicide and the South African Business Cycle pp. 1-8

Ferdi Botha and A. Pitot

A Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis of the Effect of Parents' Educational Status on Youth Employment Outcomes pp. 9-28

F.G. Sackey, P.N. Amponsah and P. Yeboah

Accounting for Threshold Effects and Asymmetric Adjustment Between Inflation and Equity Returns in South Africa pp. 29-54

P. Moores-Pitt, B.S. Strydom and M. Murray

Macroeconomic Variables and Current Account Balance in an Open Economy: Evidence from Namibia pp. 55-70

Joel Eita, V. Manuel and E. Naimhwaka

Volume 43, issue 1, 2019

Exchange-Rate Regimes And Monetary Autonomy: The Transmission Of Interest Rates In The Sadc pp. 1-16

T. Qabhobho, C.V.R. Wait and P. le Roux

An Analysis of Media 24's “Economist of the Year” Forecasting Competition pp. 17-38

C. Van Walbeek and M. Kilumelume

The J-Curve Hypothesis: Evidence from Commodity Trade Between South Africa and the United States pp. 39-62

H. Amusa and David Fadiran

An Analysis of the Impact of the Financialization of Commodity Markets pp. 63-95

T. Ndawona, G. Keeton, N. Cattaneo and L. Mann

Volume 42, issue 3, 2018

Cross-Border Banking, International Financial Flows and Financial Deepening pp. 1-34

A. Bara and S. Abel

Comparing Macroeconomic Forecasts For South Africa From 2001 to 2017: Do We Need Official Forecasts? pp. 35-70

F. Bhoola, J. Rossouw and M. Giannaros

Modelling Exchange Rate Volatility Dynamics: Empirical Evidence From South Africa pp. 71-114

C. May and Greg Farrell

Electricity Disruptions and the Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Africa: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis pp. 115-135

Busani Moyo

Volume 42, issue 2, 2018

Cliometrics in South Africa pp. 1-14

Johan Fourie

The Khoikhoi Population, 1652-1780: A Review of the Evidence and Two New Estimates pp. 15-34

Sumner La Croix

Why Local Context Matters: Property Rights and Debt Trading in Colonial South Africa pp. 35-60

Christie Swanepoel and Johan Fourie

All that Glitters is not Gold: The Return on British Investments in South Africa, 1869-1969 pp. 61-80

K. Rönnbäck and O. Broberg

Long-Run Spatial Inequality in South Africa: Early Settlement Patterns and Separate Development pp. 81-102

Dieter von Fintel

Bamboo Shoots: Asian Migration, Trade and Business Networks in South Africa pp. 103-137

E. Kerby

Volume 42, issue 1, 2018

Recommendation Pattern Preferences and Share Analysts Bias on the JSE pp. 1-22

R. Lötter and E. vd M. Smit

Paying the High Price of Active Management: A New Look at Unit Trust Fees pp. 23-40

C. Janse van Rensburg and J.D. Krige

An Empirical Assessment of Low Volatilty Portfolio Construction Techniques in the South African Environment pp. 41-62

O.S. Oladele and D. Bradfield

Volatility Spillover Between the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index and Index Futures: A Bekk-Garch and DCC-Garch Approach pp. 63-86

K. McCullough, M. Murray and B. Strydom

Value at Risk and Extreme Value Theory: Application To The Johannesburg Securities Exchange pp. 87-114

R. Williams, J.D. van Heerden and W.J. Conradie

Unemployment Persistence Insouthern African Countries: Further Evidence from Panel Unit Root Tests pp. 115-134

E. Kouassi and L. Sethlare

The Effects of Inflation on Employment in African Countries: A Non-dynamic Panel Threshold Approach pp. 135-150

C.F.J. N’Guessan