F13 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: F13

Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

Shedding light on AGOA

This week, after much anticipation, the AGOA Forum was hosted in Na...

Gracelin Baskaran, Margaux Giannaros

Podcast

Dr Matthew Stern on understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

An issue often overlooked in many discussions is that of exports an...

Matthew Stern

Podcast

Part 3: International perspectives and South Africa’s trade policy

The discussion is based on two papers: and Understanding South Afr...

Sherman Robinson, Montford Mlachila, Matthew Simmonds, Marianne Matthee, Matthew Stern

Dialogue

Human capital and the timing of the first birth

This paper constructs and partially characterizes the solution of a...

Jesse Naidoo

Working Paper

Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...

Matthew Stern, Yash Ramkolowan

Policy Paper

On sensitivity of Genetic Matching to the choice of balance measure

This paper considers the sensitivity of Genetic Matching (GenMatch)...

Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

The impact of AGOA on export flows from sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic system GMM analysis

This study seeks to understand the relationship between the United ...

Paul Alagidede, Oro Ufuo

Working Paper

Imported Inputs, Government Support and Performance of Manufacturing Exporters

We evaluate the effectiveness of trade policy incentive that promot...

Lawrence Edwards, Peter W. Chacha

Working Paper

The Impact of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement on the South African ...

This paper analyses the effects of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite F...

Heinrich R. Bohlmann, Matthew W. Clance, Leoné Walters

Working Paper

Bilateral Investment Treaties: An unfair proposition for Developing countries

After the explosive expansion of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT...

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Policy Brief

Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of In...

Employing a difference-in-difference estimation technique on firm-l...

Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram

Working Paper

The Export-Output Relationship in South Africa: An Empirical Investigation

This study re-investigates the empirical relationship between expor...

Paul Cipamba Wa Cipamba

Working Paper

The importance of courts for trade credit in East African manufacturing firms

Policy Paper 09 This paper examines the importance of courts for tr...

Sheshangai Kaniki

Policy Paper

US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory

Conventional trade theory, which combines the Heckscher-Ohlin theor...

Robert Lawrence, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper