H63 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: H63

National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

A macroeconomic perspective of establishing a basic income grant

Adopting a broader perspective of the macroeconomics of basic incom...

Daan Steenkamp, Hylton Hollander

Podcast

Local-Currency sovereign risk on South African government bonds

While local-currency bond markets have become a dominant source of ...

Mulalo Mamburu

Working Paper

The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa

Discussion Document 04 This paper offers a discussion on the macro...

Roy Havemann, Hylton Hollander, Daan Steenkamp

Discussion Document

Technical background paper: The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in ...

Working Paper 881 This paper quantifies the effect of fiscal transf...

Roy Havemann, Hylton Hollander, Daan Steenkamp

Working Paper

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...

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

Contagion without deposit insurance: The South African small bank crisis of 2002/3

Following the failure of Saambou bank in February 2002, another sev...

Roy Havemann

Working Paper

Financial Statecraft: Government Choice of Debt Instruments

We explore the diversity of means by which governments borrow ̵...

Layna Mosely, Eric Arias, B. Peter Rosendorff

Working Paper

Prof Johannes W. Fedderke on the South African – US sovereign bond spread: how is this ...

In this podcast, Prof. Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA s...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Podcast

Alternative Strategies for Public Debt Issuance in Zimbabwe: Is there a Trade off?

Introduction As part of managing a debt portfolio, debt managers fa...

Pierre Le Roux, Nebson Mupunga

Policy Brief

Simulation Analysis of Alternative Strategies for Public Debt Issuance in Zimbabwe: Is ...

This paper discusses the simulation analysis of alternative public ...

Pierre Le Roux, Nebson Mupunga

Working Paper

Debt must be invested, not consumed

We look at recent trends in debt, government consumption and invest...

Michael E. Rose, Hylton Hollander, Co-Pierre Georg

Policy Brief

Four Lessons from the Greek sovereign debt crisis

Over the past five years the Greek economy has steadily deteriorate...

Michael E. Rose, Hylton Hollander, Co-Pierre Georg

Policy Brief

Debt sustainability and financial crises in South Africa

This study assesses debt sustainability in South Africa allowing fo...

Ruthira Naraidoo, Leroi Raputsoane

Working Paper