Edward Kerby
Biographic Data
| ID | 1168853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Kerby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerby |
| SIGNATURE | KERBY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2156-4449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes across Southern Africa. We show the geographic breadth of the capital market, revealing how shareholders…
African time travellers: What can we learn from 500 years of written accounts
In this paper we study 500 years of African economic history using traveller accounts. We systematically collected 2464 unique documents, of which 855 pass language and rigorous data quality requirements. Our final corpus of texts contains more than 230 000 pages. Analysing such a corpus is an insurmountable task for traditional historians and would probably take a lifetime's work. Applying modern day computational linguistic techniques such as a…
The growth and diversity of the Cape private capital market, 1892–1902
The adoption of limited liability in the nineteenth century is considered to have boosted economic growth and expanded capital markets in Europe and North America. Despite similar legal changes in frontier markets such as South Africa, very few attempts have been made to analyse the economic effects thereof. After the Cape Joint Stock Company Act No. 25 of 1892 there was an upsurge in new joint stock companies in the Cape Colony, but little is kn…
History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities In Kenya
Little is known about the extent and forces of path dependence in developing countries. Colonial era railway construction in Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the emergence and persistence of a spatial equilibrium. Data spanning over one century show that railways determined the location of European settlers, Asian traders and the main cities at independence. Europeans then left, Asians departed and railways declined in the immediate p…
History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities In Kenya
Little is known about the extent and forces of path dependence in developing countries. Colonial era railway construction in Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the emergence and persistence of a spatial equilibrium. Data spanning over one century show that railways determined the location of European settlers, Asian traders and the main cities at independence. Europeans then left, Asians departed and railways declined in the immediate p…
History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities In Kenya
Little is known about the extent and forces of path dependence in developing countries. Colonial era railway construction in Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the emergence and persistence of a spatial equilibrium. Data spanning over one century show that railways determined the location of European settlers, Asian traders and the main cities at independence. Europeans then left, Asians departed and railways declined in the immediate p…
The growth and diversity of the Cape private capital market, 1892–1902
The adoption of limited liability in the nineteenth century is considered to have boosted economic growth and expanded capital markets in Europe and North America. Despite similar legal changes in frontier markets such as South Africa, very few attempts have been made to analyse the economic effects thereof. After the Cape Joint Stock Company Act No. 25 of 1892 there was an upsurge in new joint stock companies in the Cape Colony, but little is kn…
African time travellers: What can we learn from 500 years of written accounts
In this paper we study 500 years of African economic history using traveller accounts. We systematically collected 2464 unique documents, of which 855 pass language and rigorous data quality requirements. Our final corpus of texts contains more than 230 000 pages. Analysing such a corpus is an insurmountable task for traditional historians and would probably take a lifetime's work. Applying modern day computational linguistic techniques such as a…
The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes across Southern Africa. We show the geographic breadth of the capital market, revealing how shareholders…
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Cape (2 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)