C15 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: C15

Statistical Simulation Methods: General

Dr Daan Steenkamp on forecasting GDP: why trucks matter in SA

In our second podcast with Dr Daan Steenkamp, a lead economist at t...

Daan Steenkamp

Podcast

Dr Daan Steenkamp on nowcasting: how economists benefit from machine learning and big data

With the unprecedented level of uncertainty in the economy, the abi...

Daan Steenkamp

Podcast

An Econometric Method for Estimating Population Parameters from Non-Random Samples: An...

The problem of sample selection complicates the process of drawing ...

Zoë M. McLaren, Rulof P. Burger

Working Paper

Comparing Linear and Non-linear Benchmarks of Exchange Rate Forecasting

Throughout the past 3 decades, the random walk model served as exch...

S. J. Retief, Marinda Pretorius, Ilse Botha

Working Paper

Evaluating Non-Linear Approaches in Forecasting Tourist Arrivals

Quantitative methods to forecasting tourist arrivals can be sub-div...

Ilse Botha, Andrea Saayman

Working Paper