L94 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: L94

Electric Utilities

Time consistency and economic growth: A case study of South African macroeconomic policy

The numerous diagnostic studies and policy recommendations that exi...

Konstantin Makrelov, David Faulkner, Christopher Loewald

Working Paper

The time-varying elasticity of South African electricity demand: 1980–2018

This study estimates the price and income elasticity coefficients o...

Kabelo Masike, Cobus Vermeulen

Working Paper

The relationship between renewable energy and retail electricity prices: Panel evidence...

The centrality of electricity to everyday life is indisputable, and...

George A. Thopil, Anneri M. Oosthuizen, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

Policy Brief

"The Power of Nudging: Using Feedback, Competition and Responsibility Assignment to Sav...

We use behavioural insights to design nudges leveraging social comp...

Martine Visser, Rebecca A. Klege, Matthew Darling, Saugato Datta

Working Paper

Exploring the nexus of electricity supply and economic growth in South Africa

This paper investigates the causal relationship between electricity...

Pierre Le Roux, Gift Mugano, Hlalefang Khobai

Working Paper

Border Tax Adjustments to Negate the Economic Impact of an Electricty Generation Tax

In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced i...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden

Policy Brief

The importance of new power generation in South Africa

The lack of adequate and reliable electricity supply has been direc...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Jessika A. Bohlmann, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Policy Brief

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Use in South Africa: A ...

The South African government currently faces the dual problems of c...

Eugene E. Van Dyk, Justin Beukes, Mario du Preez

Working Paper

Border Tax Adjustments to Negate the Economic Impact of an Electricity Generation Tax

In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced i...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden

Working Paper

How an electricity tax will affect the South African economy

An electricity tax imposed at the point of production in South Afri...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden, James N. Blignaut, Philip D. Adams

Policy Brief