C5 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: C5

Call for Papers: Monetary Economics and Macroeconomic Modelling Workshop

In the last few years there has been a large increase in work on ma...

Submit paper: 21 January 2011

Call for Papers

Workshop on Macroeconomic Research and Modelling

Background Our economic society has been struggling with the shorta...

Junior Maih

Skills Development

The bond market impact of the South African Reserve Bank bond purchase programme

We use a unique dataset comprising over a million trades and quotes...

Roy Havemann, Rossouw van Jaarsveld, Henk Janse van Vuuren, Daan Steenkamp

Working Paper

South African Modelling Network (SAMNET) Virtual Workshop: New Developments in Macroeco...

Organizers: Nicola Viegi and Vincent Dadam (University of Pretoria,...

Vincent Dadam, Nicola Viegi

SAMNet Workshop

South African Modelling Network Virtual Workshop: Emerging Markets back in the spotligh...

Organizers: Romain Houssa – University of Namur, SAMNET and Nicola ...

Romain Houssa, Nicola Viegi

SAMNet Workshop

South African Macroeconomic Network Virtual Workshop: New Data, New Methods, New Models...

The South African Macroeconomic Network 1st Annual Workshop will ex...

Nicola Viegi

SAMNet Workshop

Policy Bulletin 04: Electricity reforms: Experience and approach

South Africa has been experiencing electricity shortages since 2008...

Christopher Loewald, Konstantin Makrelov, Andreas Wörgötter

Policy Bulletin

Policy Bulletin 01: A fair price for economic modelling? Transparency required

The principle of transparency is the only way that policy makers ca...

Christopher Loewald, Pamela Mjandana, Konstantin Makrelov

Policy Bulletin

Macroeconomic and Financial Modelling for Economic Policy

The 7th Annual Monetary Economics workshop will be dedicated to the...

University of Pretoria

Workshop

Technical and scale efficiency of Tanzanian saving and credit cooperatives

In measuring technical and scale efficiency of Tanzanian Saving and...

Nyankomo Marwa, Meshach J. Aziakpono

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

Modeling of Illegal Behaviour in Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries

ERSA and the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town inv...

ERSA

Workshop

Monetary Policy and Long-Term Interest Rates in South Africa

This paper examines how the short-term and long-term interest rates...

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga

Working Paper

Forward Exchange Rate Puzzle: Joining the Missing Pieces in the Rand-US Dollar Exchange...

The Unbiased Forward Rate Hypothesis (UFRH) stipulates that the for...

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga

Working Paper

National Saving and Fiscal Policy in South Africa: an Empirical Analysis Sector in Sout...

Concerns have been raised in regards to how to redress a decreasing...

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga

Working Paper

Monetary Economics and Macroeconomic Modelling Workshop

In the last few years there has been a large increase in work on ma...

SARB, ERSA

Workshop