E32 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: E32

Equivalence scales with endogeneity and base independence

This study estimates food budget share equations to calculate house...

Published: 1 March 2022

Working Paper

Measuring and testing a modified version of the South African financial cycle

This study reports on measuring and testing of a Composite Financia...

Published: 5 October 2021

Working Paper

Health inequality and the 1918 Influenza in South Africa

The 1918 inﬂuenza – the Spanish ﬂu – killed an estimated 6% of Sout...

Published: 8 February 2021

Working Paper

The transmission of monetary policy via the banks’ balance sheet - does bank size matter?

We study the credit channel of monetary policy in South Africa betw...

Published: 29 January 2021

Working Paper

Dr Chris Loewald on Lockdown Learnings: monetary policy leeway during a pandemic

Shortly after the October MPR, ERSA’s host sat down with Dr Chris L...

Published: 16 October 2020

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on why South Africa’s unemployment rate went down this Covid-Quarter

In this podcast, ERSA’s host speaks to Isaah Mhlanga, a Chief Econo...

Published: 2 October 2020

Podcast

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...

Published: 29 May 2020

Podcast

The optimal monetary and macroprudential policies for the South African economy

We investigate the optimal design and effectiveness of monetary and...

Published: 7 February 2020

Working Paper