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2009
- 144 Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe: The Role of Institutional Factors
by Farayi Gwenhamo - 143 Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables Using Large Datasets: Dynamic Factor Model versus Large-Scale BVARs
by Rangan Gupta & Alain Kabundi - 142 Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa
by Olufunke Alaba & Steven Koch - 141 Is Water Shedding Next?
by James Blignaut & Jan van Heerden - 140 Modelling South African Currency Crises as Structural Changes in the Volatility of the Rand
by Andrew S Duncan & Guangling D Liu - 139 The impact of an electricity generation tax on the South African economy
by R. Seymore & P. D. Adams & M. Mabugu & J. H. van Heerden & J. Blignaut - 138 Economic Growth in South Africa since the late nineteenth century
by Johannes Fedderke & Charles Simkins - 137 A Large Factor Model for Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables in South Africa
by Rangan Gupta & Alain Kabundi - 136 Regulation and Banking Stability: A Survey of Empirical Studies
by Fulbert Tchana Tchana - 135 Enhancing consumers' voluntary use of small-scale wind turbines to generate own electricity in South Africa
by Brendan Whelan & Edwin Muchapondwa - 134 The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, preindustrial society: The case of the Cape Colony
by Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel - 133 Household responses to adverse income shocks: Pensioner out-migration and mortality in South Africa
by Vimal Ranchhod - 132 A comparative analysis of the synchronisation of business cycles for developed and developing economies with the world business cycle
by Ilse Botha - 131 The Sensitivity of South African Inflation Expectations to Surprises
by Monique Reid - 130 Ostracism and Common Pool Resource Management in a Developing Country: Young Fishers in the Laboratory
by Wisdom Akpalu & Peter Martin - 129 Modelling the Impact of Automatic Fiscal Stabilisers on Output Stabilisation in South Africa
by Kibambe Jacques Ngoie & Niek Schoeman - 128 The Empirics of Banking Regulation
by Fulbert Tchana Tchana - 127 Isolating a Measure of Inflation Expectations for the South African Financial Market Using Forward Interest Rates
by Monique Reid - 126 Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe
by Edwin Muchapondwa & Thomas Sterner - 125 Monetary Policy and Long-Term Interest Rates in South Africa
by Lumengo Bonga-Bonga - 124 Trends in the gender wage gap and gender discrimination among part-time and full-time workers in post-apartheid South Africa
by Colette Muller - 123 A Dynamic Model of Mesh Size Regulatory Compliance in Fisheries
by Wisdom Akpalu - 122 Forward Exchange Rate Puzzle: Joining the Missing Pieces in the Rand-US Dollar Exchange Market
by Lumengo Bonga-Bonga - 121 The Welfare Cost of Banking Regulation
by Fulbert Tchana Tchana - 120 Using Economic Incentives to encourage Conservation in Bioregions in South Africa
by Edwin Muchapondwa & Harry Biggs & Amanda Driver & Frank Matose & Kevin Moore & Eric Mungatana & Kelly Scheepers - 119 Growth, Employment and Unemployment in South Africa
by Duncan Hodge - 118 Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment of South African Financial Services Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
by John Luiz & Harry Charalambouse - 117 The Economic Rationale for Agricultural Regeneration and Rural Infrastructure Investment in South Africa
by N G Meyer & M C Breitenbach & T I Fenyes & A Jooste - 116 Local Municipalities and Progress with the Delivery of Basic Services in South Africa
by Waldo Krugell & Hannelie Otto & Jacky van der Merwe - 115 How persistent is South Africa's inflation
by Logan Rangasamy - 114 Wage Subsidy and Labour Market Flexibility in South Africa Delfin S. Go, Marna Kearney, Vijdan Korman, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
by Delfin S. Go & Marna Kearney & Vijdan Korman & Sherman Robinson & Karen Thierfelder - 113 Unions and the Gender Wage Gap in South Africa
by Daniela Casale & Dorrit Posel
2008
- 99 Costly Tax Enforcement and Financial Repression
by Rangan Gupta & Emmanuel Ziramba - 98 Modeling the Rand-Dollar Future Spot Rates: The Kalman Filter Approach
by Lumengo Bonga-Bonga - 97 Revisiting independence and stochastic dominance for compound lotteries
by Alexander Zimper - 96 On the Real Exchange Rate Effects of Higher Electricity Prices in South Africa
by Jan van Heerden & James Blignaut & André Jordaan - 95 Perceptions regarding Entrepreneurship in an Emerging and Culturally Diverse Economy: A South African Survey
by John Luiz & Martine Mariotti - 94 Nonparametric estimation when income is reported in bands and at points
by Martin Wittenberg - 93 Testing Creative Destruction in an Opening Economy: the Case of the South African Manufacturing Industries
by Philippe Aghion & Johannes Fedderke & Peter Howitt & Chandana Kularatne & Nicola Viegi - 92 Asset pricing in a Lucas "fruit-tree' economy with non-additive beliefs
by Alexander Zimper - 91 What’s in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa
by Wilhelm Gerhard van der Merwe & Justine Burns - 90 Estimation of the aggregate agricultural supply response in Zimbabwe: The ARDL approach to cointegration
by Edwin Muchapondwa - 89 Ship Traffic and the Economy of the Cape Colony: 1652-1793
by Willem H. Boshoff & Johan Fourie - 88 The Impact of International Trade on Changing Patterns of Energy Use in South African Industry
by Marcel Kohle - 87 Returns to Schooling: Skills Accumulation or Information Revelation?
by Steve F Koch & Ssekabira Ntege - 86 Financial Development and Inequality: Brazil 1985-1994
by Manoel Bittencourt - 85 Is a DFM Well Suited for Forecasting Regional House Price Inflation?
by Sonali Das & Rangan Gupta & Alain Kabundi - 84 National Saving and Fiscal Policy in South Africa: an Empirical Analysis Sector in South Africa
by Lumengo Bonga-Bonga - 83 Social Networks and Ethnic Niches: An Econometric Analysis of the Manufacturing Sector in South Africa
by Andre Hofmeyr - 82 The income distribution with coarse data
by Reza Daniels - 81 Tax evasion and financial repression: A reconsideration using endogenous growth models
by Rangan Gupta & Emmanuel Ziramba - 80 The Private Sector and Cash Transfers in Africa
by Sheshangai Kaniki - 79 Exchange rate pass-through to import prices in South Africa: Is there asymmetry?
by T D Karoro & M J Aziakpono & N Cattaneo - 78 Price Elasticities and Pricing Power in Emerging Markets: The Case of Petrochemicals Derived Plastics in South Africa
by Johannes Fedderke & Witness Simbanegavi - 77 Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis
by Andre Hofmeyr & Justine Burns & Martine Visser - 76 Orphanhood and Schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005
by Cally Ardington - 75 Begging the Question: Permanent Income and Social Mobility
by Seán Mfundza Muller - 74 A parsimonious model of subjective life expectancy
by Alexander Ludwig & Alexander Zimper - 73 Does training benefit those who do not get any? Elasticities of complementarity and factor price in South Africa
by Alberto Behar - 72 Fiscal Illusion at the Local Sphere: An Empirical Test of the Flypaper Effect using South African Municipal Data
by Hammed Amusa & Robert Mabunda & Ramos Mabugu - 71 Inflation Targeting: a Framework for Communication
by Maria Demertzis & Nicola Viegi - 70 Currency Substitution and Financial Repression
by Rangan Gupta - 69 The Impact of Retirement Benefits on Consumption and Saving in South Africa
by V. C. Nhabinde & N J Schoeman - 68 Measuring the welfare cost of inflation in South Africa
by Rangan Gupta & Josine Uwilingiye - 67 Inflation and Financial Development: Evidence from Brazil
by Manoel Bittencourt - 112 Measuring Institutions: The Zimbabwe Case
by Farayi Gwenhamo & Johannes Fedderke & Raphael de Kadt - 111 South African Manufacturing Industry Structure and its Implications for Competition Policy
by Johannes Fedderke & Witness Simbanegavi - 110 Who would eat more with a Food Voucher Programme in South Africa?
by Jan H van Heerden - 109 Does Survivorship Bias really matter? An Empirical Investigation into its Effects on the Mean Reversion of Share Returns on the JSE Securities Exchange (1984-2006)
by Evan Gilbert & Dave Strugnell - 108 Application of a Multi-Criteria Integrated Portfolio Model for Quantifying South Africa’s Crude Oil Import Risk
by Hammed Amusa & Njeri Wabiri & Krish Chetty - 107 Modelling International Tourism Demand for Zimbabwe
by Edwin Muchapondwa & Obert Pimhidzai - 106 Characterizing Conflict Forms
by Johannes Fedderke & Chandana Kularatne - 105 Loss leader or low margin leader? Advertising and the degree of product differentiation
by Witness Simbanegavi - 104 On attitude polarization under Bayesian learning with non-additive beliefs
by Alexander Zimper & Alexander Ludwig - 103 Adaptive Bayesian Analysis for Binomial Proportions
by Sonali Das & Sourish Das - 102 Asymmetry and Discrimination in Internet Peering Evidence from the LINX
by Alessio D'Ignazio & Emanuele Giovannetti - 101 Macroeconomic Performance and Inequality: Brazil 1983-1994
by Manoel Bittencourt - 100 Will availing credit incentives to Zimbabwean farmers trigger a maize output response?
by Sophia Musuna & Edwin Muchapondwa
2007
- 66 A Method for Theoretical Innovation in Economics
by Arnold Wentzel - 65 Can the restrictive harvest period policy conserve mopane worms in Southern Africa? A bio-economic modelling approach
by Wisdom Akpalu & Edwin Muchapondwa & Precious Zikhali - 64 A Theoretically Defensible Measure of Risk: Using Financial Market Data from a Middle Income Context
by Johannes Fedderke & Neryvia Pillay - 63 Economics, realism and reality: a comparison of Mäki and Lawson
by Duncan Hodge - 62 Learning About the Term Structure and Optimal Rules for Inflation Targeting
by Mewael F. Tesfaselassie & Eric Schaling & Sylvester Eijffinger - 61 Is there evidence of a wage penalty to female part-time employment in South Africa?
by Dorrit Posel & Colette Muller - 60 Exchange Rates and Product Variety
by Witness Simbanegavi - 59 Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa
by Cally Ardington & Anne Case & Victoria Hosegood - 58 Half empty, half full and the possibility of agreeing to disagree
by Alexander Zimper - 57 The male marital earnings premium in the context of bridewealth payments: Evidence from South Africa
by Daniela Casale & Dorrit Posel - 56 Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa
by David Lam & Cally Ardington & Murray Leibbrandt - 55 Robust Estimates of Okun's Coefficient for South Africa
by J. Geldenhuys & M. Marinkov - 54 Competition and Productivity Growth in South Africa
by Philippe Aghion & Matias Braun & Johannes Fedderke - 53 The Spatial Distribution of Manufacturing in South Africa 1970-1996, its Determinants and Policy Implications
by Johannes Fedderke & Alexandra Wollnik - 51 Forecasting the South African Economy: A DSGE-VAR Approach
by Guangling ‘Dave’ Liu & Rangan Gupta & Eric Schaling - 50 Synchronization between South Africa and the U.S.: A Structural Dynamic Factor Analysis
by Alain Kabundi - 49 The Price of Risk on the JSE
by Nick Samouilhan - 48 The Direct Productivity Impact of Infrastructure Investment: Dynamic Panel Data Evidence From Sub Saharan Africa
by Ibrahim Bun Kamara - 47 Security and Potential Level Preferences with Thresholds
by Ulrich Schmidt & Alexander Zimper - 46 Dissecting post-apartheid labour market developments: Decomposing a discrete choice model while dealing with unobservables
by Martin Wittenberg
2006
- 52 Can local communities in Zimbabwe be trusted with wildlife management?: Evidence from contingent valuation of elephants
by Edwin Muchapondwa & Fredrik Carlsson & Gunmar Köhlin - 45 An epistemic model of an agent who does not reflect on reasoning processes
by Alexander Zimper - 44 Currency Crises and Monetary Policy in an Economy with Credit Constraints: The Case for Low Interest Rates Restored
by Shakill Hassan - 43 Industry Structure and Labour Market Flexibility in the South African Manufacturing Sector: A Time Series and Panel Data Approach
by Johannes W. Fedderke & Andrew J Hill - 42 The Relationship Between International Equity Market Behaviour and the JSE
by Nick Samouilhan - 41 What Advertisers Want: A Hedonic Analysis of Advertising Rates in South African Consumer Magazines
by Nicolas Pietersma
2005
- 40 Flexibility of Choice Versus Reduction of Ambiguity
by Ani Guerdjikova & Alexander Zimper - 39 Infrastructure and Growth in South Africa: Direct and Indirect Productivity Impacts of 19 Infrastructure Measures
by Johannes Fedderke & Željko Bogetic - 38 The South African Phillips Curve: How Applicable is the Gordon Model?
by P Burger & M Markinkov - 37 Antitrust Analysis for the Internet Upstream Market: a BGP Approach
by Alessio D'Ignazio & Emanuele Giovannetti - 36 Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecom Sectors
by Željko Bogetic & Johannes Fedderke - 35 Equilibrium Pricing When Only Some Goods Are Advertised
by Witness Simbanegavi - 34 An Alternative Approach to the Existence of Sunspot Equilibria
by Haim Abraham - 33 Informative Advertising: Competition or Cooperation?
by Witness Simbanegavi - 32 A fixed point characterization of the dominancesolvability of lattice games with strategic substitutes
by Alexander Zimper - 31 The Determinants of Educational Attainment
by Charles Simkins - 30 Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment in Africa
by Mthuli Ncube - 29 Does Human Generate Social and Institutional Capital? Exploring Evidence from Time Series Data in a Middle Income Country
by Johannes Fedderke & John Luiz - 28 DEA Applied to a Gauteng Sample of South African Public Hospitals
by Kibambe Jacques Ngoie & Steven Koch - 27 Technology, Human Capital and Growth
by Johannes Fedderke - 26 An Analysis of Industry Concentration in South African Manufacturing, 1972-2001
by Johannes Fedderke & Dietmar Naumann - 25 Governance, Incentives and Elections as Determinants of Economic Performance, Aid and Investment Flows
by Al Bhimani & Mthuli Ncube - 24 The Aid and Maid System: South African Household Data Pitfalls
by Steve F Koch - 23 Industry Concentration in South African Manufacturing Industry: Trends and Consequences, 1972-96
by Johannes Fedderke & Gabor Szalontai - 22 Fractionalization and Lon-Run Economic Growth: Webs and Direction of Association between the Economic and the Social - South Africa as a Time Series Case Study
by Johannes Fedderke & John Luiz - 21 Evaluating the general equilibrium effects of a wage subsidy scheme for South Africa
by Kalie Pauw & Lawrence Edwards - 20 Financial Systems and Monetary Policy in Africa
by Mthuli Ncube - 19 Do Free Trade Agreements Create Trade for South Africa?
by Merle Holden & Landon McMillan - 18 Macroeconomic News 'Surprises' and the Rand/Dollar Exchange Rate
by Johannes Fedderke & Philippe Flamand - 17 The Impact of Performance Intensive Policy Intervention: Aid Policy that is Performance Intensive
by Johannes Fedderke & Robert Klitgaard - 16 What is the Structure of South African Happiness Equations? Evidence from Quality of Life Surveys
by Timothy Hinks & Carola Gruen - 15 The Political Economy of Institutions, Stability and Investment: a simultaneous equation approach in an emerging economy – the case of South Africa
by Johannes Fedderke & John Luiz - 11 Monetary Policy, Determinacy, and Learnability in the Open Economy
by James Bullard & Eric Schaling - 10 Reconsidering the business cycle and stabilisation policies in South Africa
by Stan du Plessis - 09 Entering and exiting collaborative purchasing relationships
by Al Bhimani & Pascal Frantz & Mthuli Ncube - 08 Demand for health care in HIV/AIDS – affected households in two communities in the Free State province of South Africa
by Frikkie Booysens & Martine Visser - 07 Who replies in brackets and what are the implications for earnings estimates? An analysis of earnings data from South Africa
by Dorrit Posel & Daniela Casale - 06 Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms
by Lawrence Edwards & Alberto Behar - 05 Using Fractionalization Indexes: deriving methodological principles for growth studies from time series evidence
by Johannes Fedderke & J.M. Luiz & R.H. J. de Kadt - 04 Has transition improved well-being? An analysis based on income, inequality-adjusted income, nonincome, and subjective well-being measures
by Carola Gruen & Stephan Klasen - 03 Optimal timing of defections from price-setting cartels in volatile markets
by Shakill Hassan - 02 Inflation Targets as Focal Points
by Maria Demertzis & Nicola Viegi - 01 Mark-up Pricing in South African Industry
by Johannes Fedderke & Chandana Kularatne & Martine Mariotti
2004
- 14 Corporate Governance, Manager Behavior, and Analyst Behavior as Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions
by Al Bhimani & Mthuli Ncube - 13 Challenging Cassandra: Household and Per Capita Household Income Distribution in the October Household Surveys 1995-1999, Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995 & 2000, and the Labour Force Survey 2000
by Johannes Fedderke & Jeenesh Manga & Farah Pirouz - 12 Growth Impact and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment into South Africa, 1956-2003
by Johannes Fedderke & A.T. Romm
Undated
- 155 Loud and Clear? Can we hear when the SARB speaks?
by Monique Reid & Stan du Plessis - 148 Endogenous market transparency and product differentiation
by Witness Simbanegavi

