N27 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: N27

Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: Africa; Oceania

Evolution and measurement of formal institutions in Cote D’Ivoire

This study analyzes the evolution of institutions in Côte d’Ivoire ...

Zie Ballo

Working Paper

The measurement of institutions and instability in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-2010

This paper introduces a new database for Property Rights, Political...

Alain P. Bala

Policy Brief

Nonlinearities in Financial Development–Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from sub–Sahara...

The impact of financial development on economic growth has received...

Paul Alagidede, Muazu Ibrahim

Policy Brief

Measuring political and economic institutions in Ethiopia: c.1888 –2016

This paper presents the first ever set of indices of political and ...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

Changes in the Liquidity Effect Over Time: Evidence from Four Monetary Policy Regimes

Monetary policy, post Bretton Woods, saw the emergence of the short...

Dawid J. van Lill

Policy Brief

7th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network: Innovation and the African ...

The African Economic History Network, in association with the Labor...

Laboratory for the Economics Africa’s Past, Harvard University’s Centre for African African Studies, ERSA, African Economic History Network

Workshop

Why local context matters: de jure and de facto property rights in colonial South Africa

For economic transactions, including debt transactions, to occur in...

Johan Fourie, Christie Swanepoel

Working Paper

Inflating our troubles: South Africa’s economic performance and the exchange rate

Policy Paper 22 South Africa’s export performance has been disappoi...

Marina Marinkov, David Fowkes, Christopher Loewald

Policy Paper

An analysis of the accuracy of South Africa's inflation figures since 1922

This paper assesses the accuracy of South African inflation data si...

Jannie Rossouw

Working Paper

The Cape of Perfect Storms: Colonial Africa’s first financial crash, 1788-1793

This paper investigates the causes and consequences of colonial Afr...

Roy Havemann, Johan Fourie

Working Paper

Analyzing the Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Public Debt Dynamics in Zimbabwe

This paper provides an analysis of the theoretical and empirical fo...

Pierre Le Roux, Nebson Mupunga

Working Paper

Savings and economic growth: A historical analysis of the relationship between savings ...

The sub-optimal savings propensity in South Africa the past three d...

John W. M. Mwamba, Lorraine Greyling, Grietjie Verhoef

Working Paper

The Equity Premium and Risk-Free Rate Puzzles in a Turbulent Economy: Evidence from 105...

This paper presents a detailed empirical examination of the South A...

Andrew van Biljon, Shakill Hassan

Working Paper