H20 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: H20

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Possible Welfare Benefits of a Basic Income Support: Evidence from a benefit incidence ...

Working Paper 886 The study investigates the potential welfare effe...

Nicky Nicholls, Kehinde O. Omotoso, Eleni Yitbarek, Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Carolyn Chisadza

Working Paper

Isaah Mhlanga on a positive MTBPS: getting to know Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana

After our new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his first...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on permanent spending habits: what to listen for while politicians campaign

It is not often that a country has an opportunity to allocate windf...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on SA’s Budget Speech: adopting a business-friendly approach

After the challenges raised by Covid-19 and the increasing risks co...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on SA Budget 2021: Good news from SA’s 2020 Monetary and Fiscal Policy De...

Joining ERSA’s host in this podcast is Isaah Mhlanga, a Chief Econo...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Part 4: Towards a fiscal policy that supports economic recovery while achieving sustain...

Drawing on the discussions in the previous 3 sessions, session 4 wi...

Matthew Simmonds, Ricardo Hausmann, Laurence Harris, Johannes W. Fedderke, Federico Sturzenegger, Abebe Selassie

Dialogue

Part 3: The role of fiscal policy in the post-Corona economic recovery

South Africa has a comparably large government sector, and the choi...

Christopher Loewald, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Mamokete Lijane, Gilad Isaacs, Federico Sturzenegger, Andrew Donaldson

Dialogue

Part 2: Financing the budget in the post-Corona world

Matthew delves into what financing the budget deficit in the post-C...

Brian Kantor, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Tshepiso Moahloli, Owen Willcox, Mamokete Lijane, Lucio Castro, Ian Stuart

Dialogue

Part 1: Understanding the concept of "fiscal sustainability" in the post-Corona world

Debt sustainability is equivalent to government solvency and from a...

Tshepiso Moahloli, Owen Willcox, Ian Stuart, Mamokete Lijane, Brian Kantor, Xavier Debrun, Lucio Castro

Dialogue

Prof. Estian Calitz on Fiscal Sustainability in South Africa: what are the shortcomings...

Shortly after the Minister of Finance gave his Supplementary Budget...

Margaux Giannaros, Estian Calitz

Podcast

Dr Neryvia Pillay Bell on the Fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa:...

In this podcast Dr Neryvia Pillay Bell, a Policy Associate at ERSA ...

Margaux Giannaros, Neryvia Pillay Bell

Podcast

Determinants of tax revenue performance in the Southern African Development Community (...

This paper investigates the determinants of tax revenue performance...

Tendai Gwatidzo, Michael Ade, Jannie Rossouw

Working Paper

Fiscal Illusion at the Local Sphere: An Empirical Test of the Flypaper Effect using Sou...

Despite South Africa’s relatively decentralized governance and admi...

Robert Mabunda, Ramos Mabugu, Hammed Amusa

Working Paper