''South African Journal of Economics'' is a quarterly

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published by

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on behalf of the

Economic Society of South Africa Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), established in 1925 is a "discussion forum" for South African economists in academic life, government and business. It is currently (2024) chaired by Prof. Daniela Casale of the university of the Witwaters ...

(ESSA). The journal was established in 1933. The journal publishes information on

economic An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...

issues affecting African countries. General topics of focus include health issues,

inflation In economics, inflation is an increase in the average price of goods and services in terms of money. This increase is measured using a price index, typically a consumer price index (CPI). When the general price level rises, each unit of curre ...

issues, monetary and

fiscal policy In economics and political science, fiscal policy is the use of government revenue collection ( taxes or tax cuts) and expenditure to influence a country's economy. The use of government revenue expenditures to influence macroeconomic variab ...

issues, regulatory issues and information on the South African Political Economy. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.685, ranking it 225th out of 347 journals in the category "Economics".

History

During

Apartheid Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...

the Journal experienced significant challenges to remain viable due to a lack of foreign contributions and emigration of young South African economics graduates.

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