CURRICULUM VITAE: FREDERICK C.v.N. FOURIE
Personal particulars
Full names: Frederick Christiaan van Niekerk Fourie
Place of birth: Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa
Date of birth: September 24th, 1952
Married to Anna-Maria Venter, with two adult daughters
Citizenship: South African
Language: Fluent in English and Afrikaans
Qualifications
Matriculation: Grey College, Bloemfontein, 1970 (three distinctions)
University education:
1974: B.A. cum laude, University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa
Majors: Mathematics, Economics, Philosophy
Other subjects: Physics, Political Science, French
1975: B.A. Hons. (Economics) cum laude, UFS
1976: M.A. (Economics) cum laude, UFS
1980: M.A. (Economics), Harvard University, USA
1981: Ph.D. (Economics), Harvard University, USA
Academic career
1976:
1977 - 1978:
1980 - 1981:
1981:
1982 - 1990:
1991:
1992:
1998:
2009 2011 -
Junior lecturer in Economics, UFS
Lecturer in Economics, UFS
Course instructor, Harvard University
Senior lecturer in Economics, UFS
Professor in Economics, UFS (at age 29)
Professor (promoted to level 7 post), UFS
Professor (promoted to level 8 post), UFS
Distinguished Professor, UFS
Senior Research fellow and Professor of Economics, UFS
Research affiliate, SALDRU, University of Cape Town
Management positions and roles
1992 - 1995: Chief Director: Department of Finance, Pretoria, as founder and part-time Head: Unit
for Fiscal Analysis
1994 - 1996: Head, Department of Economics, UFS
1997 - 1999: Dean, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
1999 - 2002: Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Rector: Academic, UFS
2000 - 2002: Co-ordinator: UFS Turnaround Strategy
2000 - 2002 (several extended periods): Acting Rector, UFS
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2003 - 2008: Rector and Vice-Chancellor, UFS
Membership of university management bodies
1982 Member, Senate of the UFS
1986 - 1988: Vice-chairman, Teachers’ Association of the UFS
1990 - 1992: Chairman, Library Committee of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences;
Member, Library Committee of the Senate of the UFS
1992 - 2002: Management Board for Publications, UFS
1992 - 2006: Management Board of the Odeion String Quartet, UFS
1994:
Chairman, Management Committee, Centre for Development Support
1994 - 1999: Executive Committee, Centre for Management Development, UFS (Chairman 19971999)
1994 - 1999: Executive Committee, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UFS
(Chairman 1997-1999)
1995 - 1999: Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Financing (SCAF)
1996:
Member, Committee for Academic Structuring (CAS)
1997 - 1999: Member of various strategic academic planning committees and task teams in capacity
as Dean
1998 - 2001: Chairman, Portfolio Committee on Resource Planning
1998:
Convenor, Committee on Library Financing
1998 - 1999: Senate representative, Council of the UFS
1999 Portfolio Committee on Teaching and Research (Chair)
1999 - 2003: Several committees and task teams in capacity as Vice-Rector
Role in economic policy and other contexts - provincial, national and international
1992 - 1994: Consultant to the World Bank on economic concentration and competition policy in
South Africa
1992 - 1994: Founder and Part-time Head: Unit for Fiscal Analysis, Department of Finance, Pretoria
(Chief Director level)
1994:
Convenor, Economic and Fiscal Focus Group, National Economic Forum Investigation
into a National Public Works Programme
1994:
Technical advisor, Commission of Investigation into the Tax System (Katz
Commission)
1994 - 1995: Research consultant, Department of Finance, Pretoria
1994 - 1995: Member of task team and co-author of draft document to establish new competition
policy framework, Ministry of Trade & Industry
1994 - 1995: Member, Strategic Management Team (SMT), Free State MEC for Finance - Mr Tate
Makgoe
1995:
Task team, Medium-term Expenditure Guideline Project (prepared for the National
Cabinet)
1996:
Member, Macro-economic Policy Co-ordination Working Group, Department of
Finance, Pretoria
1999:
Consultant, Competition Commission: staff training project; also responsible for
establishing a policy and research unit
1999:
Research consultant, Department of Finance: public-private partnerships (PPPs); fiscal
policy and savings
1982-99:
1999-2004:
2002 - 2008:
2004 - 2007:
2005 - 2007:
2006 - 2008:
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Several private sector consultations on concentration, regulation, competition policy
and mergers
Member of the Competition Tribunal
Member, Board of Directors, Farmovs-Parexel (UFS spin-off company)
Member, Board of Directors, PACOFS (Performing Arts Centre of the Free State)
Member, Premier’s Economic Advisory Council, Free State Provincial Government
Member, Board, National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE), Kimberley
Awards
1988:
1993:
1994:
1995:
1996:
1998:
First prize, national academic essay competition of the Institute for Research
Methodology, Human Sciences Research Council.
Second prize, national research competition of the Industrial Development Corporation
(IDC)
Second prize, national research competition of the Industrial Development Corporation
(IDC)
Best researcher award, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UFS
Best teacher award, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UFS
Appointed as distinguished professor, UFS
Research/study grants
1975:
1979/80:
1980/81:
1980/81:
1983/84:
1988/89:
1989/90:
1989/90:
1990:
1995:
1995/96:
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Fellowship for Honours Study
Rotary Foundation International Exchange Award
HSRC scholarship for doctoral studies abroad
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust grant for doctoral studies
Human Sciences Research Council research grant (Investigation into Intergroup
Relations)
HSRC ad hoc research grant
HSRC Senior Research Grant for research abroad
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust grant for research abroad
HSRC award for the presentation of a paper at a conference abroad
HSRC award for the presentation of a paper at a conference abroad
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust University Travelling Fellowship
Visits abroad
July 1978 - June 1981: Doctoral studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United
States of America
July 1989: Paper (by invitation): Government in the economy: the issue that won't go away, Lausanne
Colloquium, Institut De Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique, Université de Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland
July - Dec. 1989: Honorary Visiting Fellow, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences &
Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, U.K.
Sept/Oct. 1989: Visiting researcher, Cambridge University.
January 1990: Visiting fellow, Max Planck Institute of International and Comparative Law
January 1990: Short visits to approximately 15 universities and institutes in Germany and the
Netherlands
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November 1990: Presentation of paper: The market as a complex societal phenomenon: a structural
analysis, Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy,
Florence, Italy
January 1991: Presentation of paper: Nationalisation alternatives: Rethinking ownership and control,
Newick Park Conference, Battle, Sussex, U.K. (by invitation)
January 1991: Seminar: Economic options for post-apartheid South Africa, at the universities of
Cambridge, York and Leeds (U.K.)
August 1991: Invited paper: Government in the economy: a conceptual rethink, Malvern Political
Economy Conference, Malvern, U.K.
September 1991: Presentation of paper: Economic concentration and the efficacy of anti-inflationary
demand policy in South Africa, Conference of the European Association for Research in
Industrial Economics, Ferrara, Italy
August 1995: Presentation of paper: Fiscal federalism in South Africa: part of the problem or part of
the solution? Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, Lisbon, Portugal
September 1995: Paper: Shareholder associations, control contracts and the organization of the firm,
Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Juan le Pins,
France
July - December 1996: Visiting fellow, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund,
Washington DC
May 1998: African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya
October 1998: Visit to DePaul University, Chicago, to establish co-operation agreement
August 1999: Paper: Is fiscal sustainability possible? High interest rates, low growth and the general
balance effect, Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, Moscow, Russia
September 2000: Paper: Striking a balance between becoming entrepreneurial and nurturing the
academic heartland: is this possible in a transforming higher education institution? OECD
Institute for Management in Higher Education, Paris
August 2001: Paper: The political economy of fiscal sustainability: The South African transformation
challenge (with P Burger). International Institute of Public Finance, Linz, Austria
April 2002: Visits to six British and European universities that are leaders in entrepreneurial research
activities and technology transfer
2003 - 2006: Annual visits abroad to Farmovs-Parexel for board meetings, as well as partner
institutions such as the DePaul University in Chicago and Purdue University in Indianapolis
Teaching experience
Undergraduate level: Intermediate macro-economics
Graduate level:
- Introductory Econometrics
- Applied Econometrics and model building
- Advanced Econometrics
- Macro-economics (also for MBA students)
- Advanced Macro-economics
- Industrial Organisation and Competition Policy
- Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
- Methodology of Economics
- Political Economy in South Africa
- Philosophy of Economics
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Graduate student teaching
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Supervisor for two students who were awarded the Senbank Prize of the Economic Society of
South Africa for the best Honours paper in Economics at a South African university.
Three papers of Honours students conducting research under Prof Fourie’s supervision have
been published in professional Economics journals.
Fifteen papers of doctoral students under Prof Fourie’s supervision have been published in
professional Economics journals, 1993-2000.
Doctoral dissertations of three students under Prof Fourie’s supervision were awarded (in
1996, 1997 and 2001), the Founder's Medal of the Economic Society of South Africa for the
best doctoral dissertation in Economics in South Africa.
Membership of professional associations
Economic Society of South Africa
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Miscellaneous academic activities
1982 – 1988: External examiner, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town
1988/90/94: Referee, Founder's Medal award of the Economic Society of South Africa for the best
master’s or doctoral dissertation in Economics
1991 - 1997: External examiner (postgraduate), Department of Economics, University of the
Witwatersrand
1995 - 1997 External examiner (under- and postgraduate), Department of Economics, Rhodes
University
External examiner of numerous master's and doctoral theses (Universities of
Witwatersrand, Natal, Port Elizabeth, etc.)
Editorial activities
1981 - 1990: Editorial Board, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics
1988 - 1998: Deputy Editor, Acta Academica
Referee, International Review of Applied Economics
Referee, Cambridge Journal of Economics (U.K.)
Referee, Journal for Studies in Economics & Econometrics
Referee, South African Journal of Economics
Referee, Development Southern Africa
Referee, Journal of Industrial Psychology
Referee, Management Dynamics
Editorial Board, The Budget Project, University of Cape Town
Referee, SA Network for Economic Research
Books
F.C.v.N. Fourie (2001): How to think and reason in macro-economics, Juta, Cape Town, 2nd edition.
F.C.v.N Fourie and P. Burger (2009), How to think and reason in macro-economics, 3rd edition, Juta,
Cape Town, .
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Scientific papers
A large number of papers were presented at national and international academic conferences. Since
most of these have been published, as is evident below, they are not listed here.
Published scientific papers
1. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1978): Milton Friedman's monetary rule - a critique of its principles and
consequences, South African Journal of Economics. Included in 1990 in Milton Friedman: Critical
Assessments, Routledge, London. This is an international selection of what is considered the major
critical contributions with regard to the work of Friedman (Nobel prize winner in Economics).
2. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1980a): Serial correlation, lagged variables and the choice between different
consumption function specifications, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
3. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1980b): Serial correlation, lagged variables and the consumption function II: the
simultaneous equation context, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
4. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1984): Industrial concentration and inflation in South Africa 1972-1979, South
African Journal of Economics (also published in P.A. Black & B.A. Dollery, Leading Issues in
South African Macroeconomics: Selected Readings, Southern Book Publishers, Sandton, 1989).
5. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1986): Second thoughts on economic forecasting, South African Journal of
Economics.
6. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1986a): Die wisselwerking tussen ekonomie en politiek in SuidAfrika, in Mostert J.P.C. (ed.), Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krisis: Perspektiewe op die Grondwetlike
Bestel, INEG, Bloemfontein.
7. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1986b): Die ekonomiese bestel en politieke hervorming: 'n
prinsipiële ontleding, in Mostert J.P.C. (ed.), Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krisis: Perspektiewe op die
Grondwetlike Bestel, Bloemfontein.
8. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1987a): Mededingingsbeleid sedert 1984 - 'n Nuwe Wending?, South African
Journal of Economics.
9. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1987b): Issues and problems in South African competition policy, South African
Journal of Economics.
10. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1987a): Ekonomie en politiek in die Suid-Afrikaanse
ontwikkelingsgeskiedenis: 'n historiografiese verkenning, Historia.
11. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1987b): Die nuwe subsidieformule vir universiteite - is dit
werklik in hulle belang?, Journal for the Humanities.
12. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Pagel, C.A. (1988): Die aktiwiteite en benadering van die Raad op
Mededinging 1980-1983, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
13. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1988): Ekonomiese regte en sosiale regte in 'n akte van menseregte?, Interim,
Winter 1988, INVS, UFS.
14. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1988a): Economic rights in a charter of human rights in South
Africa?, South African Journal of Economics.
15. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1988b): Social and economic human rights: an exploratory
survey, Journal for Juridical Science.
16. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1989a): Unemployment in conventional macro-economic theory: a suggestion,
South African Journal of Economics.
17. Fourie F.C.v.N. (1989b): The nature of firms and markets - do transaction approaches help?,
South African Journal of Economics.
18. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Booysen, A. (1989): Economic concentration and the variability of
employment and production, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
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19. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smit, M.R. (1989): Import-adjusted concentration trends in South African
manufacturing industry, South African Journal of Economics.
20. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1990): A critical evaluation of economic policy views across the
political spectrum, Acta Academica.
21. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1990): The Namibian constitution and economic rights, South African Journal
on Human Rights.
22. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1991): Economic concentration and the efficacy of anti-inflationary demand
policy in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics.
23. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1991): Ekonomiese hervorming en die valse keuse tussen kapitalisme en
sosialisme, in Van der Walt, B.J. (ed.), Christelike Reformasie: Gister en Vandag, Institute for
Reformatory Studies, Potchefstroom.
24. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1991): The nature of the market: a structural analysis, in G. Hodgson & E.
Screpanti, Rethinking Economics: Markets, technology and economic evolution, Edward Elgar,
U.K.
25. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1992): Government in the economy: a Reformational rethink,
Philosophia Reformata (Netherlands).
26. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1992): Economic policy views across the political spectrum, in
P. Hugo (ed.): Redistribution and Affirmative Action, Southern Publishers, Halfway House.
27. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1992): 2 Februarie vir die ekonomie? Ekonomiese herstrukturering, liberalisering en legitimiteit, Acta Academica.
28. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1992): Quest for economic justice, in G. Howe & P. le Roux (eds):
Transforming the economy: policy options for South Africa, Durban: Indicator South Africa.
29. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): In the beginning there were markets?, in C. Pitelis (ed.): Transaction
costs, markets and hierarchies, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
30. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): Deconcentration, deconglomeration, demerger or nationalization? A
survey and evaluation, South African Journal of Economics.
31. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1993): Concentration, tariff protection and industrial performance
in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics.
32. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Owen, A. (1993): Value-added tax and regressivity in South Africa, South
African Journal of Economics.
33. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1994): The South African cement cartel: an economic evaluation,
South African Journal of Economics.
34. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1994): The structure, conduct and performance of the South
African building materials industry, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
35. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Venter, W. (1994): Bedryfskonsentrasie in die rooivleisbedryf in perspektief,
Agrekon.
36. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1995): The South African cement cartel: a reply, South African
Journal of Economics..
37. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Steyn, W. (1996): Preserving the structure of personal income tax in times of
inflation: a formula tax, South African Journal of Economics.
38. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1996): Industrial concentration levels and trends in South Africa: completing the
picture, South African Journal of Economics.
39. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1996): Macro-economic balance or development? Towards a strategic
framework for fiscal policy. Development Southern Africa.
40. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1996): Separation of ownership and control: what is the problem? South African
Journal for Economic and Management Sciences.
41. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Steyn, W. (1997): Preserving the structure of personal income tax in times of
inflation: a formula tax, South African Journal of Economics.
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42. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smit, M.R. (1998): Monopoly and profits versus monopoly and wages: two
sides of a coin? South African Journal of Economics.
43. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1998): The concentration-profits stalemate I: causality and
interpretation problems, South African Journal of Economics.
44. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (1999): The concentration-profits stalemate II: ideological rifts and
methodological stress, South African Journal of Economics.
45. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Burger, P. (2000): Is fiscal sustainability attainable? High interest rates, low
growth and the general balance effect. South African Journal of Economics 68(2):212-245.
46. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Burger, P. (2000): An economic analysis and assessment of public-private
partnerships (PPPs). South African Journal of Economics; 68(4):693.
47. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Burger, P. (2001): Fiscal implications of public-private partnerships. South
African Journal of Economics 69(1):147-167.
48. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Smith, A. (2001): Revisiting the concentration-profits relationship in South
Africa: Moving the debate beyond deadlock. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics,
25(2): 25-60.
49. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Fourie, M. (2001). Striking a balance between becoming entrepreneurial,
nurturing the academic heartland and transforming a higher education institution. Higher
Education Management, 13(3): 65-84.
50. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Burger, P. (2003). Fiscal sustainability and the South African transformation
challenge. South African Journal of Economics.71:4 December.
51. Booysen-Wolthers A., Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Botes, L. (2006): Changes in the development status of
women in South Africa from 1996 to 2001: for the better or for the worse?, Development Southern
Africa, December.
52. Booysen-Wolthers A., Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Botes, L. (2011): The development status of women in
South Africa: patterns and progress in the provinces. Development Southern Africa, March.
Working papers
Fourie, F.C.v.N. (2011): The South African unemployment debate: three worlds, three discourses?,
SALDRU Working Paper 63, June.
Research reports
1. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1982): Die noodsaaklikheid van 'n Derde Weg. Submission,
President’s Council’s Investigation into the Free Market System in South Africa.
2. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Beukes, E.P. (1984): 'n Teoretiese Ondersoek van Aspekte van die Verhouding
tussen Sosio-ekonomiese Faktore en Politieke Hervorming. Report, HSRC Investigation into
Intergroup Relations.
3. Fourie, F.C.v.N., Beukes, E.P., Strauss, D.F.M., Brouwer, P. & Pretorius, J.L. (1984): 'n
Teoretiese ontleding van staatkundige teorieë en modelle soos van toepassing op die SuidAfrikaanse konstitusionele bestel en die moontlikhede om te ontwikkel in 'n breë
verteenwoordigende regering. Report, HSRC Investigation into Intergroup Relations.
4. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1989): Die invloed van ekonomiese konsentrasie op die effektiwiteit van antiinflasionêre vraagbeleid in Suid-Afrika 1970-1986. Report of research project funded by the
HSRC.
5. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1991): Nuwe ontwikkelings en alternatiewe siening in die teorie en praktyk van
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mededingingsbeleid, en implikasies vir die beginsels en toepassing van Suid-Afrikaanse
mededingingsbeleid. Report, overseas research project funded by HSRC.
6. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1992): Concentration, tariff protection and industrial performance in South
Africa. Research report for the World Bank.
7. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1992): The structure, conduct and performance of the South African building
materials industry, with specific reference to the cement industry. Research report for the World
Bank.
8. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): A strategic framework for public finance and fiscal policy?, Unit for
Fiscal Analysis, Dept. of Finance, Pretoria.
9. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): What should fiscal policy do?, Unit for Fiscal Analysis, Dept. of Finance,
Pretoria.
10. Fourie, F.C.v.N. et al. (1993): Job creation programmes: an economic and fiscal evaluation, Unit
for Fiscal Analysis, Dept. of Finance, Pretoria.
11. Fourie, F.C.v.N. et al. (1993): Towards a fiscal programme for South Africa, Unit for Fiscal
Analysis, Dept. of Finance, Pretoria.
12. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): How Regressive is Value-added Tax in South Africa?, Unit for Fiscal
Analysis, Dept. of Finance, Pretoria.
13. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1993): Economic concentration in South Africa: completing the picture, Report
for the World Bank.
14. Fourie, F.C.v.N. & Abedian, I. (1994): Fiscal and economic aspects of a public works
programme, National Economic Forum, Johannesburg.
15. Fourie, F.C.v.N. (1995): A projected macro-economic envelope for public investment (government
and non-government) South Africa 1996/97 - 2000/01, Report for the Macro-economic Working
Group.
16. Fourie, F.C.v.N., Pretorius W., Lewis, D. (1995): Towards Competition Policy Reform, Report for
the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Other activities
Music: Professional (and founder) member of the Free State Symphony Orchestra (cellist) since 1976.
Sport: Golf, squash.
August 2011