Welcome to our working paper submission page. Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) will consider and accept submissions of complete working papers within the five broad research themes.

• Such submissions will be subject to editorial committee’s review. Authors may be requested to supply data and do-files, attached to their Working Paper submissions to Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA). However, the confidentiality of such data will be ensured.
• For ERSA-funded working papers, research support from ERSA is to be acknowledged in all presentations of research material to emerge from this project including in the final publication of the paper in a journal.
• ERSA will not accept submissions that have already been accepted in a journal publication. Copyright responsibilities vest in the author(s) of the paper.