Jan Willem Gunning

Biographic Data

ID232819
NAMEJan Willem Gunning
GIVEN NAMESJan Willem
FAMILY NAMEGunning
SIGNATUREGUNNING J W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Amsterdam
ORCID0000-0002-8402-8793
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS189
AUTHOR COUNT31
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1924
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX8

  • Fading choice: Transport costs and variety in consumer goods

    Open AccessJan Willem Gunning, Pramila Krishnan et al.ARTICLEEconomica2024References: 27

    We examine the spatial variation in variety of manufactured consumer goods to study how choice fades across space. We use data on 132 consumer goods and over 800 brands available from a purpose‐designed survey of fixed shops and periodic market stalls in towns and villages in Ethiopia. We find that local consumer choice fades, with fewer varieties in remoter villages. On average, these villages have approximately half the number of available item…

  • Globalization and Poverty

    Paul Collier, Jan Willem GunningBOOKGlobalization and Poverty2008

    Globalization provokes both excitement and fear. This comprehensive collection, which brings together some of the most important published work on the subject, addresses a core issue of contention: the implications of globalization for poverty and inequality. While the debate is highly politicized, this insightful set of papers focuses on the contributions made by academic economists.

  • Assessing Sector-wide Programs with Statistical Impact Evaluation: A Methodological Proposal

    Open AccessChris Elbers, Jan Willem Gunning et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2008Cited by: 2

  • Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting

    Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2004

    We use firm-level panel data for the manufacturing sector in four African countries to investigate whether exporting impacts on efficiency, and whether efficient firms self-select into the export market. Based on simultaneous estimation of a production function and an export regression, our preferred results indicate significant efficiency gains from exporting, which can be interpreted as learning by exporting. We show that modelling unobserved h…

  • Performance-Based Conditionality: A European Perspective

    Open AccessChristopher Adam, Gérard Chambas et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2004Cited by: 8References: 3

  • Redesigning the Aid Contract: Donors’ Use of Performance Indicators in Uganda

    Open AccessChristopher Adam, Christopher S Adam et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2002Cited by: 10References: 2

  • The Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration

    Janice E Weaver, Ademola Oyejide et al.ARTICLEAfrican Studies Review2001

  • Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing

    Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2000

    This article examines the contractual practices of African manufacturing firms using survey data collected in Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'lvoire, Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Descriptive statistics and econometric results are presented. They show that contractual flexibility is pervasive and that relational contracting is the norm between manufacturers, their suppliers, and their clients. The existence of long‐term relations between firms helps the…

  • Revisiting forever gained: Income dynamics in the resettlement areas of Zimbabwe, 1983–96

    Jan Willem Gunning, John Hoddinott et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2000

    This study examines income dynamics for a panel of households resettled on former white‐owned farms in the aftermath of Zimbabwe's independence. There are four core findings: (i) over a 13‐year period (1983–96) there has been an impressive accumulation of assets and a dramatic increase of crop incomes; (ii) the rise of crop incomes is partly due to asset accumulation but largely to increased asset returns; (Hi) differences between households in i…

  • Inventories and Risk in African Manufacturing

    Open AccessMarcel Fafchamps, Jan Willem Gunning et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal2000Cited by: 3References: 4

    Using a panel data set for Zimbabwe which includes firm-specific measures of contractual risk, we show that contractual risk has a major effect on the holding input stocks and, to a lesser extent, the constitution of cash reserves. This is consistent with inventories being a hedge against stockout risk. By contrast, firms facing more inter-annual market risk hold less inventories. This suggests that African manufacturers prefer adapting to long-t…

  • Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector

    Arne Bigsten, Anders Isaksson et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2000Cited by: 6

  • Regional Integration and Trade Liberalization in SubSaharan Africa

    Open AccessAdemola Oyejide, Benno Ndulu et al.BOOKRegional Integration and Trade…1999

  • Explaining African Economic Performance

    Paul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEJournal of Economic Literature1999

    Africa has had slow growth and a massive exodus of capital. In many respects it has been the most capital-hostile region. We review and interpret the aggregate-level and microeconomic literatures to identify the key explanations for this performance. There is a reasonable correspondence of the two sets of evidence, pointing to four factors as being important. These are a lack of openness to international trade; a high-risk environment; a low leve…

  • Trade shocks in developing countries

    Jan Gunning, Jan Willem Gunning et al.BOOKTrade shocks in developing…1999

  • The IMF'S Role in Structural Adjustment

    Open AccessPaul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEThe Economic Journal1999Cited by: 20References: 1

    In the 1980s conditional lending for structural adjustment in developing countries moved the IMF beyond its role of macroeconomic crisis management. Fund-supported adjustment programmes have often been flawed by a lack of distributional analysis and by poor sequencing of reforms, notably premature financial liberalisation. As a result they have caused avoidable hardship. In addition, the attempt to taper out aid as part of the reform programme le…

  • Why Has Africa Grown Slowly

    Open AccessPaul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEThe Journal of Economic…1999Cited by: 20References: 14

    We distinguish between policy and "destiny" explanations of Africa's slow growth during the past three decades. Policies were poor: high export taxation and inefficient public service delivery, and "destiny" was adverse: landlocked, tropical locations, and terms of trade deterioration. During the 1990s, Africa's economic policies improved, although with considerable variation both between countries and between policies: trade and exchange rate po…

  • Coping with drought in Zimbabwe: Survey evidence on responses of rural households to risk

    Open AccessBill Kinsey, Kees Burger et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1998Cited by: 33References: 3

  • Redesigning conditionality

    Open AccessPaul Collier, P Guillaumont et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1997Cited by: 38References: 4

  • War, peace and private portfolios

    Open AccessPaul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEWorld Development1995Cited by: 3References: 3

  • Socially relevant policy analysis. Structuralist computable general equilibrium models for the developing world

    Open AccessJan Willem GunningARTICLEJournal of Development Economics1993

  • Aid and Exchange Rate Adjustment in African Trade Liberalisations

    Paul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEThe Economic Journal1992Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Aid and Exchange Rate Adjustment in African Trade Liberalisations Get access Paul Collier, Paul Collier St Antony's College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jan Willem Gunning Jan Willem Gunning Free University, Amsterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 102, Issue 413, 1 July 1992, Pages 925–939, https://doi.org/10…

  • Controlled Open Economies: A Neoclassical Approach to Structuralism

    Syed Monjur Murshed, David Bevan et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1992Cited by: 11

    Journal Article Controlled Open Economies: A Neoclassical Approach to Structuralism Get access Controlled Open Economies: A Neoclassical Approach to Structuralism. By BE Van (David), Collier (Paul) and WILLEM Gunning (Jan). (Oxford and New York: Clarendon Press, 1990. Pp. xiii + 367. £44.00 hardback. ISBN 0 19 828620 1.) S. M. Murshed S. M. Murshed University of Surrey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The E…

  • Money creation and financial liberalization in a socialist banking system: Tanzania 1983–88

    Open AccessPaul Collier, Jan Willem GunningARTICLEWorld Development1991Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Oil windfalls: Blessing or curse

    Open AccessJan Willem GunningARTICLEJournal of Development Economics1991Cited by: 2

  • Black markets: Illegality, information, and rents

    Open AccessDavid Bevan, Paul Collier et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1989Cited by: 1References: 1