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Universiteit Utrecht → Centre for Global Economic History (CGEH)

University of Utrecht

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Working papers

2026

  1. Johan Fourie & Kelsey Lemon & Jan-Hendrik Pretorius, 2026, "Selective sanitation and racial health inequality," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 01/2026.
  2. Munashe Chideya & Johan Fourie, 2026, "Between Public Duty and Private Profit: Government Officials and Real Estate Investments in the Cape Colony, 1897–1902," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 02/2026.
  3. Karl Bergemann & Gabriel Brown & Johan Fourie, 2026, "Running Towards: Labour Market Incentives for Runaway Slaves in the British Cape Colony, 1830–1838," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2026.
  4. Johan Fourie, 2026, "Inequality in the Cape Colony, 1685–1844: New Measures, New Evidence," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 04/2026.
  5. Johan Fourie & Krige Siebrits, 2026, "Invisible Handedness: The Myth of Left-Right Batting Partnerships," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 05/2026, revised 2026.
  6. Helanya Fourie & Johan Fourie, 2026, "Beyond GDP: the case of real-time barometer of economic activity in South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number wp-2026-1.
  7. Colvin, Christopher L. & Fourie, Johan, 2026, "Histories that matter: The case for applied economic history," QUCEH Working Paper Series, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History, number 26-01.
  8. Riste Ichev & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Pricing Catastrophe: How Extreme Political Shocks Reprice Sovereign Risk, Beliefs, and Growth Expectations," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2601.20724, Jan.
  9. Rok Spruk, 2026, "Confrontation with the West and Long-Run Economic and Institutional Outcomes: Evidence from Iran," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.03231, Feb.
  10. Rok Spruk, 2026, "Statehood Without Capacity," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2604.11384, Apr.
  11. Giovanni Mellace & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Long-Term Health and Human Capital Effects of Universal Health Care and Mass Literacy: Evidence from Cuba," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2605.29785, May.
  12. Roy Baharad & Asaf Eckstein & Gideon Parchomovsky & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Reputation, Exposure, and Exit: Organizational Turnover after #MeToo," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2606.03491, Jun.
  13. Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti & Cristina Peñasco & Rok Spruk, 2026, "The impact of “Green Regulation” on firms’ innovation," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 2611, Mar, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53479/42665.

2025

  1. Johan Fourie & Helena Liebenberg & Jonathan Schoots & Paul van der Linde, 2025, "Auction records, consumer culture and social networks in the Cape Colony, 1701-1825," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 02/2025.
  2. Johan Fourie & Tessa Hubble & Jonathan Schoots, 2025, "The price of status: Findings from Cape auctions," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2025.
  3. Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2025, "Revolutions as Structural Breaks: The Long-Term Economic and Institutional Consequences of the 1979 Iranian Revolution," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2505.02425, May.
  4. Aleksandar Keseljevic & Stefan Nikolic & Rok Spruk, 2025, "Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War and Economic Growth: Region-Level Evidence from former Yugoslavia," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2505.02431, May.
  5. Riste Ichev & Rok Spruk, 2025, "From Revolution to Ruin: An Empirical Analysis Yemen's State Collapse," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2507.08512, Jul.
  6. Mitja Kovac & Rok Spruk, 2025, "The Economic Dividends of Peace: Evidence from Arab-Israeli Normalization," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2510.14517, Oct, revised Oct 2025.
  7. Nuno Garoupa & Virginia Rosales & Rok Spruk, 2025, "Assaults on Judicial Independence under the Pretense of Modernization: Evidence from Venezuela," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2511.10681, Nov.
  8. Djankov, Simeon & Melcarne, Alessandro & Ramello, Giovanni B. & Spruk, Rok, 2025, "Timely justice as a determinant of economic growth," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 129551, Oct.

2024

  1. Hans-Bernd Schaefer & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Islamic Law, Western European Law and the Roots of Middle East's Long Divergence: a Comparative Empirical Investigation (800-1600)," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2401.14435, Jan, revised Mar 2024.
  2. Robert J. Kolesar & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Greece," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2407.17084, Jul.
  3. Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Populist Constitutional Backsliding and Judicial Independence: Evidence from Turkiye," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2410.02439, Oct.

2023

  1. Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti & Javier Quintana & Isabel Soler & Rok Spruk, 2023, "Sector-level economic effects of regulatory complexity: evidence from Spain," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 2312, Mar, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53479/29854.

2022

  1. Johan Fourie & Kris Inwood & Martine Mariotti, 2022, "Living standards in settler South Africa, 1865-1920," CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, number 07, Jul.
  2. Johan Fourie & Frank W. Garmon Jr., 2022, "The settlers’ fortunes: Comparing tax censuses in the Cape Colony and early American Republic," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 05/2022.
  3. Chiara Natalie Focacci & Mitja Kovac & Rok Spruk, 2022, "The perils of Kremlin's influence: evidence from Ukraine," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2206.04950, Jun.
  4. Aleksandar Keseljevic & Rok Spruk, 2022, "Estimating the Effects of Syrian Civil War," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2209.03046, Sep.

2021

  1. Fourie, Johan & Jayes, Jonathan, 2021, "Health inequality and the 1918 influenza in South Africa," CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), number 532.
  2. Fourie, Johan & Norling, Johannes, 2021, "Household Income and Spending in the United States During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic," CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), number 571.
  3. Feingold, Ellen & Fourie, Johan & Gardner, Leigh, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: the material history of money in South Africa," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 110367, Dec.
  4. Alessandro Melcarne & Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti & Rok Spruk, 2021, "Democracy, technocracy and economic growth: evidence from 20 century Spain," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 2118, May.

2020

  1. Ekama, Kate & Fourie, Johan & Hesse, Hans & Martin, Lisa, 2020, "When Cape Slavery Ended: Evidence from a New Slave Emancipation Dataset," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 53/2019, Feb, DOI: https://www.aehnetwork.org/wp-conte.
  2. Daniel de Kadt & Johan Fourie & Jan Greyling & Elie Murard & Johannes Norling, 2020, "The causes and consequences of the 1918 influenza in South Africa," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 12/2020.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2020, "The settlers of South Africa and the expanding frontier," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 14/2020.
  4. Alessandro Melcarne & Giovanni Battista Ramello & Spruk Rok, 2020, "Is justice delayed justice denied? An empirical approach," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02975445.

2019

  1. von Fintel, Dieter & Fourie, Johan, 2019, "The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 47/2019, Aug.
  2. Martins, Igor & Cilliers, Jeanne & Fourie, Johan, 2019, "Legacies of Loss: The intergenerational outcomes of slaveholder compensation in the British Cape Colony," Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History, number 197, Mar.
  3. Johan Fourie & Nonso Obikili, 2019, "Decolonizing with data: The cliometric turn in African economic history," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 02/2019.
  4. Johan Fourie, 2019, "Who writes African economic history?," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 09/2019.

2018

  1. Links, Calumet & Green, Erik & Fourie, Johan, 2018, "Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 42/2018, Dec.
  2. Rijpma, Auke & Cilliers, Jeanne & Fourie, Johan, 2018, "Record Linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel," Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History, number 172, Feb.
  3. Johan Fourie & Martine Mariotti & Kris Inwood, 2018, "Military technology and sample selection bias," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2018.
  4. Johan Fourie, 2018, "Cliometrics in South Africa," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 14/2018.
  5. Spruk, Rok, 2018, "The Rise and Fall of Argentina," Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center, number 07520, Aug.
  6. Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti & Rok Spruk, 2018, "Industry vs services: do enforcement institutions matter for specialization patterns? disaggregated evidence from Spain," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 1812, Apr.

2017

  1. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2017, "Social mobility during South Africa’s industrial take-off," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 04/2017.
  2. Bokang Mpeta & Johan Fourie & Kris Inwood, 2017, "Black living standards in South Africa before democracy: New evidence from heights," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 10/2017.

2016

  1. Herranz-Loncán, Alfonso & Fourie, Johan, 2016, ""For the public benefit": Railways in the British Cape Colony," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 30/2016, Oct.
  2. Estian Calitz & Johan Fourie, 2016, "The historically high cost of tertiary education in South Africa," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 02/2016.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2016, "The long walk to economic freedom after apartheid, and the road ahead," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 11/2016.

2015

  1. Johan Fourie & Albert Grundlingh & Martine Mariotti, 2015, "“Poor South Africa! Will no nice English people ever come out here?”—The South African Constabulary of the Second South African War," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 04/2015.
  2. Willem H. Boshoff & Johan Fourie, 2015, "When did globalization begin in South Africa?," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 10/2015.

2014

  1. Fourie, Johan & Gardner, Leigh, 2014, "The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 56786, May.
  2. Johan Fourie & Jaume Roselló & Maria Santana-gallego, 2014, "Religion, Religious Diversity and Tourism," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 09/2014.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2014, "Subverting the standard view of the Cape economy: Robert Ross’s cliometric contribution and the work it inspired," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 16/2014.

2013

  1. Piraino, Patrizio & Muller, Sean & Cilliers, Jeanne & Fourie, Johan, 2013, "The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony," SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town, number 113.
  2. Johan Fourie & Robert Ross & Russel Viljoen, 2013, "Literacy at South African Mission Stations," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 06/2013.
  3. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2013, "Vroeë Kaapse en Europese huwelikspatrone," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 13/2013.

2012

  1. Jerven , Morten & Austin , Gareth & Green, Erik & Uche , Chibuike & Frankema , Ewout & Fourie , Johan & Inikori , Joseph & Moradi , Alexander & Hillbom , Ellen, 2012, "Moving Forward in African Economic History: Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 1/2012, May.
  2. Johan Fourie & Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2012, "GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The national accounts of a slave-based society," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 04/2012.
  3. Johan Fourie & Stefan Schirmer, 2012, "The Future of South African Economic History," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 06/2012.
  4. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2012, "New estimates of settler life span and other demographic trends in South Africa, 1652–1948," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 20/2012.

2011

  1. Johan Fourie & Jolandi Uys, 2011, "A survey and comparison of luxury item ownership in the eighteenth century Dutch Cape Colony," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 14/2011.
  2. Johan Fourie, 2011, "Slaves as capital investment in the Dutch Cape Colony, 1652-1795," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 21/2011.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2011, "Die relatiewe welvaart van die vroeë Kaapse setlaars," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 24/2011.
  4. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2011, "Settler Skills and Colonial Development," Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History, number 0009, Jul.
  5. Verbič, Miroslav & Spruk, Rok, 2011, "Aging population and public pensions: theory and evidence," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 38914, Sep.

2010

  1. Stefan Schirmer & Latika Chaudhary & Metin Cosgel & Jean-Luc Demonsant & Johan Fourie & Ewout Frankema & Giampaolo Garzarelli & John Luiz & Martine Mariotti & Grietjie Verhoef & Se Yan, 2010, "The state and scope of the economic history of developing regions," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, number 2010-517, Apr.
  2. Leon du Toit & Johan Fourie & Devon Trew, 2010, "The sources of comparative advantage in tourism," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 01/2010.
  3. Karly Spronk & Johan Fourie, 2010, "South African mega-events and their impact on tourism," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2010.
  4. Johan Fourie & María Santana-gallego, 2010, "The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 20/2010.
  5. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2010, "A History with Evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 23/2010.
  6. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2010, "ʼn Ongelyke Oes: Die Franse Hugenote en die vroeë Kaapse wynbedryf," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 29/2010.
  7. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2010, "The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape Colony," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number wp-2010-112.
  8. Spruk, Rok, 2010, "Iceland's Economic and Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Implications," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 29972, Feb.

2009

  1. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2009, "World Rankings of Comparative Advantage in Service Exports," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2009.
  2. Johan Fourie, 2009, "Evaluating Africa’s comparative advantage in travel service exports," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 06/2009.
  3. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2009, "The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, pre-industrial society: The case of the Cape Colony," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 17/2009.

2008

  1. Willem Boshoff & Johan Fourie, 2008, "Explaining ship traffic fluctuations in the early Cape settlement: 1652–1793," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 01/2008.
  2. Johan Fourie & Krige Siebrits, 2008, "From Competitive Balance to Match Attractiveness in Rugby Union," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 09/2008.
  3. Krige Siebrits & Johan Fourie, 2008, "Using Match Attractiveness Measures to Evaluate the Structure of the Currie Cup," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 16/2008.
  4. Willem H Boshoff & Johan Fourie, 2008, "The significance of the Cape trade route to economic activity in the Cape colony: a medium-term business cycle analysis," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 23/2008.

2007

  1. Johan Fourie, 2007, "A Note on Infrastructure Quality in South Africa," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 03/2007.
  2. Estian Calitz & Johan Fourie, 2007, "Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 15/2007.

2006

  1. Johan Fourie, 2006, "Some policy proposals for future infrastructure investment in South Africa," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 05/2006.
  2. Johan Fourie, 2006, "The South African poor white problem in the early 20th century: Lessons for poverty today," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 14/2006.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Aleksandar Kešeljević & Stefan Nikolić & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, volume 66, issue 3, pages 950-977, June, DOI: 10.1111/jors.70055.
  2. Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Constitutional monarchy and long-run economic growth: friends or foes?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 61, issue 1, pages 113-150, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-025-09859-7.
  3. Juan Mora-Sanguinetti & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Do enforcement institutions matter for economic specialization? province-level evidence from Spain," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, volume 75, issue 2, pages 1-37, June, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-026-01479-6.
  4. Robert J. Kolesar & Rok Spruk, 2026, "Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence From Greece," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 35, issue 8, pages 1175-1191, August, DOI: 10.1002/hec.70107.

2025

  1. Garoupa, Nuno & Spruk, Rok, 2025, "Populist constitutional backsliding and judicial independence: Evidence from Türkiye," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 84, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2025.106301.
  2. Djankov, Simeon & Melcarne, Alessandro & Ramello, Giovanni B. & Spruk, Rok, 2025, "Timely justice as a determinant of economic growth," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 238, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107235.

2024

  1. Jaroslaw Kantorowicz & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Using synthetic control method to estimate the growth effects of economic liberalisation: Evidence from transition economies," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, volume 47, issue 6, pages 2332-2360, June, DOI: 10.1111/twec.13544.
  2. Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti & Javier Quintana & Isabel Soler & Rok Spruk, 2024, "The heterogenous effects of a higher volume of regulation: evidence from more than 200k Spanish norms," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 65, issue 1, pages 137-153, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-023-09466-x.
  3. Aleksandar Kešeljević & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Estimating the effects of Syrian civil war," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 66, issue 2, pages 671-703, February, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-023-02470-2.
  4. Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2024, "Measuring Political Institutions in the Long Run: A Latent Variable Analysis of Political Regimes, 1810–2018," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, volume 173, issue 3, pages 867-914, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-024-03364-1.

2023

  1. Fourie, Johan & Greyling, Jan, 2023, "Wheat productivity in the Cape Colony in 1825: evidence from newly transcribed tax censuses," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 62, issue 01, February, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348187.
  2. Johan Fourie & Frank Garmon, 2023, "The settlers’ fortunes: Comparing tax censuses in the Cape Colony and early American republic," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, volume 76, issue 2, pages 525-550, May, DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13190.
  3. Laura Maravall & Jörg Baten & Johan Fourie, 2023, "Leader selection and why it matters: Education and the endogeneity of favouritism in 11 African countries," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 27, issue 3, pages 1562-1604, August, DOI: 10.1111/rode.12981.
  4. Fourie, Johan & Greyling, Jan, 2023, "Slave labor productivity and wine output: Stellenbosch, 1680–1828," Journal of Wine Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 18, issue 3, pages 191-204, August.
  5. Martins, Igor & Cilliers, Jeanne & Fourie, Johan, 2023, "Legacies of loss: The health outcomes of slaveholder compensation in the British Cape Colony," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 89, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101506.
  6. Robbert Maseland & Rok Spruk, 2023, "The benefits of US statehood: an analysis of the growth effects of joining the USA," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 17, issue 1, pages 49-89, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-022-00247-8.
  7. David Gilchrist & Thomas Emery & Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2023, "Synthetic Control Method: A tool for comparative case studies in economic history," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, volume 37, issue 2, pages 409-445, April, DOI: 10.1111/joes.12493.
  8. Juan S. Mora‐Sanguinetti & Rok Spruk, 2023, "Economic effects of recent experiences of federalism: Analysis of the regionalization process in Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, volume 63, issue 1, pages 30-63, January, DOI: 10.1111/jors.12616.
  9. Focacci, Chiara Natalie & Kovac, Mitja & Spruk, Rok, 2023, "Ethnolinguistic diversity, quality of local public institutions, and firm-level innovation," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 75, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2023.106155.
  10. Emery, Thomas & Mélon, Lela & Spruk, Rok, 2023, "Does e-procurement matter for economic growth? Subnational evidence from Australia," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 89, issue C, pages 318-334, DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2022.09.005.
  11. Emery Thomas J. & Kovac Mitja & Spruk Rok, 2023, "Estimating the Effects of Political Instability in Nascent Democracies," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, volume 243, issue 6, pages 599-642, December, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2022-0074.
  12. Maximiliano Marzetti & Rok Spruk, 2023, "Long-Term Economic Effects of Populist Legal Reforms: Evidence from Argentina," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, volume 65, issue 1, pages 60-95, March, DOI: 10.1057/s41294-022-00193-4.
  13. Simon Hartmann & Rok Spruk, 2023, "The impact of unilateral BIT terminations on FDI: Quasi-experimental evidence from India," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, volume 18, issue 2, pages 259-296, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11558-022-09471-3.
  14. Aleksandar Kešeljević & Rok Spruk, 2023, "Long-Term Effects of Yugoslav War," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 34, issue 4, pages 410-436, May, DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2021.2007334.

2022

  1. Johan Fourie, 2022, "Mark Koyama & Jared Rubin, How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth. Hoboken: Wiley, 2022. pp. 240. ISBN 9781509540235. Pbk £17.99," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, volume 75, issue 4, pages 1379-1380, November, DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13202.
  2. Fourie, Johan & Inwood, Kris & Mariotti, Martine, 2022, "Living standards in settler South Africa, 1865–1920," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 47, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101158.
  3. María Santana-Gallego & Johan Fourie, 2022, "Tourism falls apart: How insecurity affects African tourism," Tourism Economics, , volume 28, issue 4, pages 995-1008, June, DOI: 10.1177/1354816620978128.
  4. Francisco J. Marco-Gracia & Johan Fourie, 2022, "The missing boys: Understanding the unbalanced sex ratio in South Africa, 1894–2011," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 37, issue 2, pages 128-146, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1987212.

2021

  1. Daniel de Kadt & Johan Fourie & Jan Greyling & Elie Murard & Johannes Norling, 2021, "Correlates and Consequences of the 1918 Influenza in South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, volume 89, issue 2, pages 173-195, June, DOI: 10.1111/saje.12285.
  2. Ekama, Kate & Fourie, Johan & Heese, Hans & Martin, Lisa-Cheree, 2021, "When Cape slavery ended: Introducing a new slave emancipation dataset," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 81, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2021.101390.
  3. Fourie, Johan & Jayes, Jonathan, 2021, "Health inequality and the 1918 influenza in South Africa," World Development, Elsevier, volume 141, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105407.
  4. Johan Fourie, 2021, "Macroeconomic history in South Africa: The South African Reserve Bank centennial special issue," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 36, issue 2, pages 117-121, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1930709.
  5. Lloyd Melusi Maphosa & Anton Ehlers & Johan Fourie & Edward M. Kerby, 2021, "The growth and diversity of the Cape private capital market, 1892–1902," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 36, issue 2, pages 149-174, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1943347.
  6. Ellen Feingold & Johan Fourie & Leigh Gardner, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: The material history of money in South Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 36, issue 2, pages 264-281, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1926232.
  7. Melcarne, Alessandro & Ramello, Giovanni B. & Spruk, Rok, 2021, "Is justice delayed justice denied? An empirical approach," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 65, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2020.105953.
  8. Asta, Federico & Mélon, Lela & Spruk, Rok, 2021, "Bono Malum Superate: long-run effects of radical institutional change," Journal of Government and Economics, Elsevier, volume 2, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100008.
  9. Rok Spruk, 2021, "Regional convergence and trade liberalization under weak state capacity: evidence from Mexico," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), volume 18, issue 2, pages 173-216, December.
  10. Mitja Kovac & Salvini Datta & Rok Spruk, 2021, "Pharmaceutical Product Liability, Litigation Regimes, and the Propensity to Patent: An Empirical Firm-Level Investigation," SAGE Open, , volume 11, issue 2, pages 21582440211, April, DOI: 10.1177/21582440211009470.
  11. Simon Hartmann & Rok Spruk, 2021, "Long-term effects of institutional instability," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 61, issue 4, pages 2073-2112, October, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-020-01934-z.

2020

  1. Abel Gwaindepi & Johan Fourie, 2020, "Public Sector Growth in the British Cape Colony: Evidence From New Data on Expenditure and Foreign Debt, 1830‐1910," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, volume 88, issue 3, pages 341-367, September, DOI: 10.1111/saje.12257.
  2. Santana-Gallego, Maria & Fourie, Johan & Rosselló, Jaume, 2020, "The effect of safety and security issues on international tourism," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, volume 80, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2019.02.004.
  3. Farai Nyika & Johan Fourie, 2020, "Black Disenfranchisement in the Cape Colony, c.1887–1909: Challenging the Numbers," Journal of Southern African Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 46, issue 3, pages 455-469, May, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2020.1741177.
  4. Calumet Links & Johan Fourie & Erik Green, 2020, "The substitutability of slaves: Evidence from the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 35, issue 2, pages 98-122, July, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2019.1669444.
  5. Auke Rijpma & Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2020, "Record linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 53, issue 2, pages 112-129, April, DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2018.1517030.
  6. Lela Mélon & Rok Spruk, 2020, "The impact of e-procurement on institutional quality," Journal of Public Procurement, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 20, issue 4, pages 333-375, June, DOI: 10.1108/JOPP-07-2019-0050.
  7. Rok Spruk & Mitja Kovac, 2020, "Does a ban on trans fats improve public health: synthetic control evidence from Denmark," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, volume 156, issue 1, pages 1-32, December, DOI: 10.1186/s41937-019-0048-0.
  8. Rok Spruk & Mitja Kovac, 2020, "Persistent Effects of Colonial Institutions on Long‐Run Development: Local Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design in Argentina," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, volume 17, issue 4, pages 820-861, December, DOI: 10.1111/jels.12266.

2019

  1. Fintel, Dieter von & Fourie, Johan, 2019, "The great divergence in South Africa: Population and wealth dynamics over two centuries," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 47, issue 4, pages 759-773, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2019.08.005.
  2. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie & Christie Swanepoel, 2019, "‘Unobtrusively into the ranks of colonial society’: Intergenerational wealth mobility in the Cape Colony over the eighteenth century," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 34, issue 1, pages 48-71, January, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2019.1574565.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2019, "Who Writes African Economic History?," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 34, issue 2, pages 111-131, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2019.1639500.
  4. Rok Spruk & Mitja Kovac, 2019, "Transaction costs and economic growth under common legal system: State‐level evidence from Mexico," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 31, issue 2, pages 240-292, July, DOI: 10.1111/ecpo.12132.
  5. Spruk, Rok & Kovac, Mitja, 2019, "Replicating and extending Martin-Quinn scores," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 60, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2019.105861.
  6. Miroslav Verbič & Rok Spruk, 2019, "Political economy of pension reforms: an empirical investigation," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 47, issue 2, pages 171-232, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-018-9606-7.
  7. Mitja Kovac & Rok Spruk, 2019, "Does the ban on trans-fats improve public health? In search of the optimal policy response," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 55, issue 3, pages 258-281, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-019-09387-8.
  8. Rok Spruk, 2019, "The rise and fall of Argentina," Latin American Economic Review, Springer;Centro de Investigaciòn y Docencia Económica (CIDE), volume 28, issue 1, pages 1-40, December, DOI: 10.1186/s40503-019-0076-2.

2018

  1. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2018, "Occupational Mobility during South Africa's Industrial Take‐Off," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, volume 86, issue 1, pages 3-22, March, DOI: 10.1111/saje.12177.
  2. Vink, Nick & Boshoff, Willem H. & Fourie, Johan & van Jaarsveld, Rossouw, 2018, "Wine Cycles in South Africa," Journal of Wine Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 13, issue 2, pages 182-198, May.
  3. Alfonso Herranz-Loncán & Johan Fourie, 2018, "“For the public benefit”? Railways in the British Cape Colony," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, volume 22, issue 1, pages 73-100.
  4. Johan Fourie & Christie Swanepoel, 2018, "‘Impending Ruin’ or ‘Remarkable Wealth’? The Role of Private Credit Markets in the 18th-Century Cape Colony," Journal of Southern African Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 44, issue 1, pages 7-25, January, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2018.1403218.
  5. J. Fourie, 2018, "Cliometrics in South Africa," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 42, issue 2, pages 1-14, August, DOI: 10.1080/10800379.2018.12097331.
  6. C. Swanepoel & J. Fourie, 2018, "Why Local Context Matters: Property Rights and Debt Trading in Colonial South Africa," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 42, issue 2, pages 35-60, August, DOI: 10.1080/10800379.2018.12097333.
  7. Spruk, Rok & Kešeljević, Aleksandar, 2018, "Economic freedom and growth across German districts," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 14, issue 4, pages 739-765, August.
  8. Rok Spruk & Mitja Kovac, 2018, "Inefficient Growth," Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia, volume 9, issue 2.

2017

  1. Johan Fourie & Maria Santana-Gallego, 2017, "The Invisible Hand of Thierry Henry," Journal of Sports Economics, , volume 18, issue 7, pages 750-766, October, DOI: 10.1177/1527002515596433.
  2. W.H. Boshoff & J. Fourie, 2017, "When did South African Markets Integrate into the Global Economy?," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 1, pages 19-32, April, DOI: 10.1080/10800379.2017.12097306.

2016

  1. Johan Fourie & Jaume Rosselló & María Santana-Gallego, 2016, "Research Note: Which God is Good for Tourism?," Tourism Economics, , volume 22, issue 1, pages 163-169, February, DOI: 10.5367/te.2014.0412.
  2. Kovač, Mitja & Spruk, Rok, 2016, "Institutional development, transaction costs and economic growth: evidence from a cross-country investigation," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 12, issue 1, pages 129-159, March.

2015

  1. Jörg Baten & Johan Fourie, 2015, "Numeracy of Africans, Asians, and Europeans during the early modern period: new evidence from Cape Colony court registers," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, volume 68, issue 2, pages 632-656, May.
  2. Johan Fourie & Jaume Rosselló & Maria Santana-Gallego, 2015, "Religion, Religious Diversity and Tourism," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, volume 68, issue 1, pages 51-64, February.

2014

  1. Johan Fourie & Dieter Fintel, 2014, "Settler skills and colonial development: the Huguenot wine-makers in eighteenth-century Dutch South Africa," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, volume 67, issue 4, pages 932-963, November.
  2. Johan Fourie & Robert Ross & Russel Viljoen, 2014, "Literacy at South African Mission Stations," Journal of Southern African Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 40, issue 4, pages 781-800, July, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2014.931057.
  3. Johan Fourie & Leigh Gardner, 2014, "The Internationalization of Economic History: A Puzzle," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 29, issue 1, pages 1-14, June, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2014.922842.
  4. Martine Mariotti & Johan Fourie, 2014, "The economics of apartheid: An introduction," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 29, issue 2, pages 113-125, December, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2014.958298.
  5. Miroslav Verbič & Rok Spruk, 2014, "Aging Population and Public Pensions: Theory and Macroeconometric Evidence," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, volume 61, issue 3, pages 289-316.

2013

  1. Johan Fourie, 2013, "The remarkable wealth of the Dutch Cape Colony: measurements from eighteenth-century probate inventories," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, volume 66, issue 2, pages 419-448, May, DOI: 10.1111/ehr.2013.66.issue-2.
  2. Johan Fourie & Jan Luiten Zanden, 2013, "GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The National Accounts of a Slave-Based Society," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, volume 81, issue 4, pages 467-490, December.
  3. Fourie, Johan & Santana-Gallego, María, 2013, "Ethnic reunion and cultural affinity," Tourism Management, Elsevier, volume 36, issue C, pages 411-420, DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.10.002.
  4. Johan Fourie & María Santana-Gallego, 2013, "The determinants of African tourism," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 30, issue 3, pages 347-366, September, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.817302.
  5. Kešeljević, Aleksandar & Spruk, Rok, 2013, "Global distribution and dynamics of economic freedom: Non-parametric approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 33, issue C, pages 560-571, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.05.004.
  6. Aleksandar Kešeljević & Rok Spruk, 2013, "Endogenous economic freedom and the wealth of nations: evidence from a panel of countries, 1996--2011," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 45, issue 28, pages 3952-3962, October, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2012.736948.

2012

  1. Johan Fourie & Stefan Schirmer, 2012, "The Future of South African Economic History," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 27, issue 1, pages 114-124, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2012.682392.
  2. Jeanne Cilliers & Johan Fourie, 2012, "New Estimates Of Settler Life Span And Other Demographic Trends In South Africa, 1652-1948," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 27, issue 2, pages 61-86, December, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2012.745663.
  3. Johan Fourie, 2012, "The Roots of Development," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 27, issue S1, pages 1-1, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2012.677580.
  4. L du Toit & J Fourie, 2012, "Africa’ s Comparative advantage In Travel Service Exports," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 36, issue 1, pages 1-22, April, DOI: 10.1080/10800379.2012.12097232.

2011

  1. Fourie, Johan & Santana-Gallego, María, 2011, "The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals," Tourism Management, Elsevier, volume 32, issue 6, pages 1364-1370, DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.011.
  2. Johan Fourie, 2011, "Travel service exports as comparative advantage in South Africa," South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, volume 14, issue 2, pages 210-228, June.
  3. Johan Fourie & Krige Siebrits & Karly Spronk, 2011, "Tourist displacement in two South African sport mega-events," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 28, issue 3, pages 319-332, September, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2011.595991.

2010

  1. Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2010, "The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, pre-industrial society: the case of the Cape Colony," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 4, issue 3, pages 229-267, October.
  2. Boshoff, Willem H. & Fourie, Johan, 2010, "The significance of the Cape trade route to economic activity in the Cape Colony: a medium-term business cycle analysis," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, volume 14, issue 3, pages 469-503, December.
  3. Estian Calitz & Johan Fourie, 2010, "Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 27, issue 2, pages 177-191, DOI: 10.1080/03768351003740449.

2008

  1. Johan Fourie, 2008, "A note on infrastructure quality in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 25, issue 4, pages 481-494, DOI: 10.1080/03768350802318639.

2006

  1. Johan Fourie, 2006, "Economic Infrastructure: A Review Of Definitions, Theory And Empirics," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, volume 74, issue 3, pages 530-556, September, DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00086.x.

Undated

  1. Johan Fourie & Jonathan Jayes, undated, "Health Inequality and the 1918 Influenza in South Africa," ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa, number v::y:2021:i::id:74.

Books

2022

  1. Fourie,Johan, 2022, "Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781009228466.

Chapters

2025

  1. Johan Fourie, 2025, "Opportunities and Challenges in African Economic History," Frontiers in Economic History, Springer, in: Claude Diebolt & Michael Haupert, "The State of Economic History", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-01624-9_8.

2024

  1. Johan Fourie & Nonso Obikili, 2024, "Decolonizing with Data," Springer Books, Springer, in: Claude Diebolt & Michael Haupert, "Handbook of Cliometrics", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35583-7_69.
  2. Rok Spruk & Nuno Garoupa, 2024, "A region-level analysis of the long-term economic effects of joining the European Union," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 10, in: Jörn A. Kämmerer & Hans-Bernd Schäfer & Kaushik Basu, "The EU Reexamined".

2020

  1. W. H. Boshoff & J. Fourie, 2020, "The South African Economy in the Twentieth Century," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, Springer, in: Willem H. Boshoff, "Business Cycles and Structural Change in South Africa", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35754-2_3.

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