D12 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: D12

Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

The long-term effects of early-life exposure to weather shocks: Evidence from Tanzania

We examine whether early-life exposure to rainfall shocks has a lon...

Ermias G. Weldesenbet

Working Paper

‘Learning to export’ and ‘learning to innovate’: Revisiting the relationship between in...

This paper examines the relationship between innovation and export ...

Fiona Tregenna, Elvis K. Avenyo, Kwanele Ngwadleka

Working Paper

The effect of cigarette price changes on smoking prevalence by gender: The case of Sout...

South Africa successfully reduced smoking prevalence by substantial...

Corné van Walbeek, Nicole Vellios, Zachary Gitonga

Working Paper

The Effect of Tobacco and Alcohol Control Policies on Household Spending Patterns in Ke...

This paper examines the effect of tobacco and alcohol control polic...

Abel O. Nyagwachi, Grieve Chelwa, Corné van Walbeek

Working Paper

The Demand for Cigarettes: New Evidence from South Africa

This paper provides an extensive analysis of the demand for cigaret...

Alfred K. Mukong, Ernest N. Tingum

Working Paper

Family-type Public Goods and Intra-Household Decision-Making by Co-Resident South Afric...

Intra-household decision-making is a fundamental development issue,...

Frederik Booysen, Sevias Guvuriro

Policy Brief

The impact of monetary policy on household consumption in South Africa

The monetary policy committee of South Africa’s Reserve Bank (SARB)...

Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere

Policy Brief

Peer Networks and Tobacco Consumption in South Africa

This paper deepens the empirical analysis of peer networks by consi...

Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

Festival fringe production and the long tail

In the past 15 years, there has been a worldwide proliferation of a...

Jen D. Snowball, Caitlan Russell

Policy Brief

Assessing the Causal Impact of Tobacco Expenditure on Household Spending Patterns in Za...

This paper adds to the literature on the crowding out effect of tob...

Grieve Chelwa

Working Paper

Analyzing the Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Public Debt Dynamics in Zimbabwe

This paper provides an analysis of the theoretical and empirical fo...

Pierre Le Roux, Nebson Mupunga

Working Paper

Evolution of Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Malawi: A TVP-VAR with Stochasti...

This paper investigates the evolution of monetary transmission mech...

Manoel Bittencourt, Chance Mwabutwa, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

Time-Varying Parameter in the Almost Ideal Demand System and the Rotterdam Model: Will ...

This paper assesses the ability of the Rotterdam model and of three...

William A. Barnett, Isaac Kalonda-Kanyama

Working Paper

Consumer demand for alcoholic beverages and tobacco in Lesotho: A double-hurdle approach

In this paper, we estimate income elasticities and investigate the ...

Ramaele Moshoeshoe

Working Paper

Financial Reforms and Consumption Behaviour in Malawi

The purpose of the study is to examine whether financial reforms im...

Manoel Bittencourt, Chance Mwabutwa, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

Are arts events a good way of augmenting the economic impact of sports? The case of the...

Despite the debate about whether arts consumers are also sports con...

Jen D. Snowball

Working Paper

Clean Fuel-Saving Technology Adoption in Urban Ethiopia

The heavy dependence and inefficient utilization of biomass resourc...

Steven F. Koch, Abebe Damte

Working Paper

Who is Credit Constrained Among Denied or Discouraged Borrowers?

Since the seminal work of Jappelli (1990), it has become standard t...

Albert Touna-Mama, Jacques Ewoudou

Working Paper

The Aid and Maid System - South African Household Data Pitfalls

This paper presents research on South African household expenditure...

Steven F. Koch

Working Paper