Details about Sophia du Plessis

Access statistics for papers by Sophia du Plessis.

Last updated 2019-06-11. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pdu244

Working Papers

2019

1. The limits of laws: traffic law enforcement in South Africa
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2018

2. Which comes first: good governance or prosperity? A historical experiment from the South African Republic and the Orange Free State
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2017) View citations (3)

2014

3. Slave prices and productivity at the Cape of Good Hope from 1700 to 1725: did all settler farmers profit from the trade?
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

2013

4. Slave Prices and Productivity in the 18th Century at the Cape of Good Hope: The Winners and Losers from the Trade
   Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)

2012

5. Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article Happy in the Service of the Company: The Purchasing Power of VOC Salaries at the Cape in the 18th Century, Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (15) (2012)

2009

6. A new and direct test of the ‘gender bias’ in multiple-choice questions
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

2007

7. Democracy and the feedback mechanism in Botswana
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

2006

8. Institutions and Institutional Change in Zambia
   Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Slave prices and productivity at the Cape of Good Hope from 1700 to 1725: Did everyone win from the trade?
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2015, 9, (3), 289-330 View citations (6)

2013

2. THE WEALTH OF CAPE COLONY WIDOWS: INHERITANCE LAWS AND INVESTMENT RESPONSES FOLLOWING MALE DEATH IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
   Economic History of Developing Regions, 2013, 28, (1), 87-108 View citations (2)

2012

3. Happy in the Service of the Company: The Purchasing Power of VOC Salaries at the Cape in the 18th Century
   Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (1), 125-149 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century, Working Papers (2012) View citations (21) (2012)

2006

4. Explanations for Zambia's economic decline
   Development Southern Africa, 2006, 23, (3), 351-369 View citations (4)

2005

5. REGULATORY TAKINGS
   South African Journal of Economics, 2005, 73, (1), 121-132