Johannes W. Fedderke | Economic Research Southern Africa

Contributor Name: Johannes W. Fedderke

Dr. Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke is a Professor at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests center on the determinants of economic growth, with a special interest in the role of institutions in long run economic development.

Characteristics of the South African retirement fund industry

Working Paper 880 Using administrative data, we examine three chara...

Neryvia Pillay Bell, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Part 4: Towards a fiscal policy that supports economic recovery while achieving sustain...

Drawing on the discussions in the previous 3 sessions, session 4 wi...

Federico Sturzenegger, Adebe Selasie, Ricardo Hausmann, Laurence Harris, Johannes W. Fedderke

The South African - United States Sovereign Bond Spread and its Association with Macroe...

The yield spread of South African to United States 10 year governme...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Prof Johannes W. Fedderke on the South African – US sovereign bond spread: how is this ...

In this podcast, Prof. Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA s...

Margaux Giannaros, Johannes W. Fedderke

Podcast

The differential impact of the Coronavirus as of end of March 2020: learnings from Germ...

In this podcast, Prof. Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA s...

Johannes W. Fedderke

The SA–US sovereign bond spread and its association with macroeconomic variables

In this podcast, Prof. Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA s...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Prof. Johanne Fedderke on the differential impact of the Coronavirus as of end of March...

Professor Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA speaks to our ...

Margaux Giannaros, Johannes W. Fedderke

Podcast

Measurement and analysis of the evolution of institutions in Nigeria

“Institutions matter” has become a generally accepted premise in de...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Mare Sarr, David O. Fadiran

Working Paper

Postliberation Politics: Evidence from Demographic Determinants of South Africa Voting ...

In this paper we examine demographic drivers of South African votin...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Margaux Giannaros

Working Paper

Estimating South Africa's output gap and potential growth rate

The potential output of an economy is an unobservable variable whic...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Daniel K. Mengisteab

Policy Brief

Inflation in South Africa: An Assessment of Alternative Inflation Models

In this paper we examine potential drivers of inflation in South Af...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Yang Liu

Policy Brief

Inflation in South Africa: An Assessment of Alternative Inflation Models

We consider the relative empirical performance of a range of inflat...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Yang Liu

Working Paper

Estimating South Africa’s output gap and potential growth rate

Policy Paper 21 This paper estimates the potential output of the So...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Daniel K. Mengisteab

Policy Paper

Estimating South Africa’s Output Gap Potential Growth Rate

This paper estimates the potential output of the South African econ...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Daniel K. Mengisteab

Working Paper

Accounting for Productivity Growth: Schumpeterian versus Semi-Endogenous Explanations

In this paper we analyze whether empirical evidence across a range ...

Yang Liu, Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Brief

Accounting for Productivity Growth: Schumpeterian versus Semi-Endogenous Explanantions

This paper examines the nature and sources of productivity growth i...

Yang Liu, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Does Massive Research Funding Work?: Lessons from South Africa

Does research output increase significantly when funding allocation...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Marcela Goldschmidt

Policy Brief

Exploring Unbalanced Growth in South Africa: Understanding the Sectoral Structure of th...

This paper explores the reasons for the unbalanced growth structure...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Art in Africa: Market Structure and Pricing Behavior in the South African Fine Art Auct...

In contrast to the international market in major centers such as Ne...

Kaini Li, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Diagnosing Deep Roots of Development: Genetic, Disease and Environmental Factors

We examine the association between indicators of real GDP per capit...

Valerio Napolioni, Robert E. Klitgaard, Johannes W. Fedderke, James P. MacMurray

Working Paper

Are Justices of the US Supreme Court Islands Unto Themselves? Examining external influe...

This paper examines whether the voting behavior of Supreme Court ju...

Marco Ventoruzzo, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Does Massive Funding Support of Researchers Work?: Evaluating the Impact of the South A...

Does knowledge and innovation need to come with a big price tag? Th...

Johannes W. Fedderke, M. Velez

Working Paper

Promotion and Relegation between Country Risk Classes as Maintained by Country Risk Rat...

Credit rating agency assessments of sovereign risk bear weak statis...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

The Productivity Impact of Infrastructure in Turkey, 1987 - 2006

This paper explores the impact of some key infrastructure measures ...

Johannes W. Fedderke, T. E. Kaya

Working Paper

Competition, Industrial structure and Economic Growth

This paper takes as its starting point established findings on indu...

Abieyuwa Ohonba, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Sustainable growth in South Africa

Policy Paper 20 This paper considers a range of evidence surroundin...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

Infrastructure development and economic growth in South Africa: A review of the accumul...

Policy Paper 12 This paper provides a broad overview of the relatio...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Rob Garlick

Policy Paper

International benchmarking of South Africa’s infrastructure performance

Policy Paper 07 The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensiv...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Željko Bogetic

Policy Paper

Fiscal incentives for research and development

Policy Paper 03 It is often argued that since the social return to ...

Bruce G. Teubes, Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

From chimera to prospect: South African sources of and constraints on long-term growth,...

Policy Paper 01 The paper takes stock of South Africa’s past growth...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

The Objectivity of National Research Foundation Peer Review Based Ratings in South Africa

This paper examines the strength of association between the outcome...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

The Cost of Rigidity: The Case of the South African Labor Market

The South African labor market has been characterized by high and p...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Measuring Institutions: Indicators of Political and Economic Institutions in Namibia: 1...

This paper presents a database on institutional measures for Namibi...

Bernhard P. Zaaruka, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

What Price the Court of St. James? Political Influences on Ambassadorial Postings of th...

This paper explores the appointment of career diplomats and politic...

Dennis Jett, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Indicators of Political and Economic Institutions in Tanzania: 1884 - 2008

This paper is part of series of studies focusing on the measurement...

Bernhard P. Zaaruka, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Heterogeneity Happens: How Rights Matter in Economic Development

The paper examines how much governance matters for long run economi...

Kamil Akramov, Robert E. Klitgaard, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper