E62 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: E62

Fiscal Policy

Delivering a difficult MTBPS

Running up to the elections next year, this was a difficult MTBPS t...

Published: 3 November 2023

Podcast

What do we expect from the MTBPS?

Prior to last year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) th...

Published: 27 October 2023

Podcast

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

The study investigates the potential welfare effect of basic income...

Published: 5 September 2023

Working Paper

A macroeconomic perspective of establishing a basic income grant

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

Published: 15 December 2022

Podcast

How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?

This podcast adopts a refreshing view on what Universal Basic Incom...

Published: 22 November 2022

Podcast

The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa

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

Published: 16 September 2022

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...

Published: 16 September 2022

Working Paper

Can a universal basic income contribute to breaking structural poverty in South Africa?

Discussion Document 03 Much of the debate about the introduction of...

Published: 10 September 2022

Discussion Document

COVID-19 and the South African Economy

Discussion Document 02 As South Africa looks to navigate itself out...

Published: 1 September 2022

Discussion Document

Universal Basic Income: How the experience in developing countries can inform the discu...

Discussion Document 01 This paper considers how the COVID-19 pandem...

Published: 30 August 2022

Discussion Document

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

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

Published: 12 November 2021

Podcast

Fiscal risks and their impact on banks’ capital buffers in South Africa

South Africa’s fiscal balances have deteriorated significantly over...

Published: 11 June 2021

Working Paper

Timothy Köhler on SA’s labour market: is a national lockdown as severe as we think?

It is just over a year since South Africa had to succumb to what wa...

Published: 21 May 2021

Podcast

South African Modelling Network Virtual Workshop: Emerging Markets back in the spotligh...

Organizers: Romain Houssa – University of Namur, SAMNET and Nicola ...

Published: 3 May 2021

SAMNet Workshop

Relationship between education and households’ electricity-saving behaviour in South Af...

This paper investigates the relationship between the education leve...

Published: 13 January 2021

Working Paper

Dr Biniam Bedasso on managing Public Finances: where does a quarter of the IMF’s Capaci...

In this podcast, ERSA’s host speaks to Dr Biniam Bedasso about Publ...

Published: 21 December 2020

Podcast

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

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

Published: 30 November 2020

Working Paper

South African Macroeconomic Network Virtual Workshop: New Data, New Methods, New Models...

The South African Macroeconomic Network 1st Annual Workshop will ex...

Published: 30 October 2020

SAMNet Workshop

The impact of AGOA on export flows from sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic system GMM analysis

This study seeks to understand the relationship between the United ...

Published: 6 October 2020

Working Paper

Group identity in fairness decisions: discrimination or inequality aversion?

Policy Paper 24 This paper investigates issues of decision time and...

Published: 30 September 2020

Policy Paper

How Buoyant Is the South African Tax System? An ARDL Approach

This study aims to scrutinize the responsiveness of the South Afric...

Published: 22 September 2020

Working Paper

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...

Published: 7 September 2020

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...

Published: 28 August 2020

Dialogue

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

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

Published: 7 August 2020

Dialogue

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

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

Published: 10 July 2020

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 ...

Published: 30 April 2020

Podcast

Nicola Viegi on the potential impact of the Coronavirus on South Africa: policy co-ordi...

In this podcast, Prof. Nicola Viegi, the Deputy Director of ERSA an...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast

Prof. Johanne Fedderke on the differential impact of the Coronavirus as of end of March...

Professor Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA speaks to our ...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast

Fiscal Rules and the Compliance debate: Why do Countries adopt Rules and fail to comply?

We study the compliance with fiscal rules via various national nume...

Published: 1 April 2020

Working Paper

Fiscal stimulus in a global zero lower bound environment

This paper investigates the effect of fi scal stimulus from an emer...

Published: 7 August 2018

Working Paper

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

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

Published: 4 May 2016

Policy Brief

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

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

Published: 12 February 2016

Working Paper

Fiscal Consolidation, Fiscal Policy Transmission, and Current Account Dynamics in South...

The debate on global current account imbalances continues to develo...

Published: 8 December 2015

Working Paper

Effects of Increases in Value Added Tax: A Dynamic CGE Approach

This paper analyses the effects of increases in value added tax (VA...

Published: 4 November 2015

Working Paper

Water Taxation and the Double Dividend Hypothesis

The double dividend hypothesis contends that environmental taxes ha...

Published: 11 September 2014

Working Paper

Debt sustainability and financial crises in South Africa

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

Published: 9 January 2014

Working Paper