O1 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: O1

Taxpayer responsiveness to taxation: Evidence from bunching at kink points of the South...

I apply the bunching methodology to South African administrative ta...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Working Paper

Risk Preferences and the Impact of Credit and Insurance on Farm Technology Uptake

We use a series of credit and insurance simulation games to test th...

Martine Visser, Kerri Brick, Hafsah Jumare

Working Paper

Teacher human capital, teacher effort and student achievements in Kenya

Although research generally shows that teachers matter for student ...

Justine Burns, Fredrick M. Wamalwa

Policy Brief

The effect of financial inclusion on welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from disag...

Over two decades sub-Saharan Africa has grown an average by 4.8% pe...

Anthanasius F. Tita, Meshach J. Aziakpono

Working Paper

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

The Impact of Basic and Social Infrastructure Investment on Economic Growth and Social ...

Basic and social infrastructure investment can assist in addressing...

Derick Blaauw, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Henk Gnade

Policy Brief

Path dependence and interdependence between institutions and development

Path dependence theory, within the institutions context, means that...

Mare Sarr, David Fadiran

Policy Brief

Third Annual Financial Economics Workshop

Keynote Speaker: Atif Mian (Princeton University) Following the fir...

Atif Mian

Workshop

Growth (and segregation) by rail: How the railways shaped Colonial South Africa

The railway played a large part in late nineteenth century and earl...

Johan Fourie, Alfonso Herranz-Loncan

Working Paper

Father's Employment and Sons' Stature: The Long Run Effects of a Positive Regional Empl...

It is now well known that early life environmental conditions affec...

Martine Mariotti

Policy Brief

Institutionalisation of Derivatives Trading and Economic Growth: Evidence from South Af...

The purpose of this paper is to foresee the likely developmental im...

Audrey N. Bekale, Erika Botha, Cobus Vermeulen

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

Second Annual Financial Economics Workshop

Following the first workshop on financial economics in Cape Town in...

Sascha Steffen, Franklin Allen

Workshop

First Annual Financial Economics Workshop: Financial Economics and the Nexus of Growth,...

The recent financial crisis has challenged our understanding of the...

UCT Graduate School of Business

Workshop

Can International Interventions Secure the Peace?

The international community uses a number of interventions to make ...

Anke Hoeffler

Working Paper

Institutional dynamics and capital accumulation: Evidence from Namibia and Tanzania

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of institutions ...

Bernhard P. Zaaruka

Working Paper

Sustainable growth in South Africa

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

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

Policy change and economic growth: A case study of South Africa

Policy Paper 14 South Africa’s growth experience provides an exampl...

David Faulkner, Christopher Loewald

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

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

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

Alternative indices of political freedoms, property rights, and political instability f...

This paper presents new institutional measures for Zambia. Coverage...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Farayi Gwenhamo, I. Lourenco

Working Paper

Measuring Institutions: Indicators of Political Rights, Property Rights and Political I...

This paper aims to construct a new set of institutional indicators ...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Julia Garlick

Working Paper

Does Human Generate Social and Institutional Capital? Exploring Evidence From Time Seri...

This paper presents an analysis of the interaction of human capital...

Johannes W. Fedderke, John M. Luiz

Working Paper

Impact of the Current Crisis on Development Thinking

Prof Bheki Sibiya, Director and Head of Wits Business School, cordi...

John Williamson

Workshop

ERSA Training & Networking Workshop

Assessing Future Economic Developments and Policy Evaluation using ...

Workshop

Financial Instability: an Emerging Market Perspective

ERSA in collaboration with the Wits Business School is pleased to a...

Workshop

An examination of the Impact of Economic Policy on long-run Economic Growth: An applica...

This paper examines the impact of two indicators of government poli...

Martine Mariotti

Working Paper

An examination of the impact of financial deepening on long-run economic growth: An app...

This paper examines the impact of financial deepening on long run e...

Chandana Kularatne

Working Paper

A case of polarization paralysis: the debate surrounding a growth strategy for South Af...

Policy Paper (Interest) 01 This paper addresses two questions. The ...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

The new partnership for African development: Africa’s response to its underdevelopment

Policy Paper (Interest) 22 The economic development gap been Africa...

John M. Luiz

Policy Paper