Q41 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: Q41

Energy: Demand and Supply

Building a competitive and dynamic green industrial sector in South Africa after COVID-19

Policy Paper 28 COVID-19 gave the world a glimpse of how devastatin...

Tendai Gwatidzo, Witness Simbanegavi

Policy Paper

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

Does Child Support Grant incentivise childbirth in South Africa?

We consider the perverse incentive that can be created for poor hou...

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Examining the determinants of electricity demand by South African households per income...

For the period 1975 – 2016, this paper examines the determina...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Jessika A. Bohlmann

Working Paper

Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multi-Group SIR Model

We study targeted lockdowns in a multi-group SIR model where infect...

Michael D. Whinston, Victor Chernozhukovz, Iván Werning, Daron Acemoglu

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

Pricing electricity blackouts among South African households

Lack of information about households’ welfare losses could lead to ...

Johane Dikgang, Nomsa P. Nkosi

Policy Brief

Electricity crisis and the effect of CO2 emissions on infrastructure-growth nexus in Su...

Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) has the greatest proportion of its populat...

Paul Alagidede, Chengete Chakamera

Policy Brief

Pricing electricty blackout among South African households

South African households, like households in many other developing ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Working Paper

Energy (Electricity) Consumption In South African Hotels: A Panel Data Analysis

Addressing the large energy consumption of Hotels and tourist accom...

Joseph Adeyo, Nyankomo Marwa, Love O. Idahosa

Policy Brief

Energy Consumption in South African Hotels: A Panel Data Analysis

Addressing the large energy consumption of hotels requires an under...

Nyankomo Marwa, Love O. Idahosa, Joseph O. Akotey

Working Paper

Are South African consumers arm-chair environmentalists? Implications for renewable energy

In terms of global warming, coal is the worst offender, as it is a ...

Johane Dikgang, Nomsa P. Nkosi

Policy Brief

An Economy-Wide Evaluation of New Power Generation in South Africa: The Case of Kusile ...

The South African economy has suffered over the past decade due to ...

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

Working Paper

Differential Electricity Pricing and Energy Efficiency in South Africa

By international standards the economy of South Africa is extremely...

Marcel Kohler

Working Paper

Demand for cooking fuels in a developing country. To what extent do taste and preferenc...

Overreliance on biomass energy, such as firewood and charcoal, for ...

Isaac Dasmani, Peter B. Aglobitse, Wisdom Akpalu

Working Paper