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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

How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?

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

Published: 22 November 2022

Podcast

ANN BERNSTEIN: A risky basic income grant could come with nasty surprises

The net result of introducing a BIG will be higher taxes, slower gr...

Published: 24 October 2022

Business Live

ISAAH MHLANGA: Big bills loom as the world slips into recession

Let’s hope next week’s medium-term budget rules out any...

Published: 21 October 2022

Business Day

Why SA isn’t getting the growth it needs

The Covid Project — a research project to assess SA’s economic pros...

Published: 10 September 2022

Business Live

Gilad Isaacs: Study’s conclusion that a BIG is more pain than gain is not credible

Business Unity SA (Busa), with the support of Business Leadership S...

Published: 10 August 2022

Business Day

Dr Channing Arndt on Building back fairer from the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Post-pandemic, South Africa’s economy finds itself in a constrained...

Published: 19 November 2021

Podcast

Part 4: Building back for a sustainable future

The discussion is based on two papers: “Building back fairer ...

Published: 10 November 2021

Dialogue

Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...

Published: 28 June 2021

Policy Paper

Differential corporate taxation and inter-asset investment distortions in South Africa

South Africa has since the 1990’s actively reformed its corpo...

Published: 18 June 2021

Working Paper

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

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

Isaah Mhlanga on permanent spending habits: what to listen for while politicians campaign

It is not often that a country has an opportunity to allocate windf...

Published: 30 April 2021

Podcast

Sailing into the Wind: evaluating the (near) future of Monetary Policy in South Africa

Policy Paper 25 This paper evaluates the main challenges facing Sou...

Published: 9 April 2021

Policy Paper

Isaah Mhlanga on SA’s Budget Speech: adopting a business-friendly approach

After the challenges raised by Covid-19 and the increasing risks co...

Published: 5 March 2021

Podcast

Reigniting economic growth: Lessons from three centuries of data

We estimate that since 1701, South Africa has experienced 163 years...

Published: 1 March 2021

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...

Published: 19 February 2021

Podcast

Taxpayer responsiveness to taxation: Evidence from bunching at kink points of the South...

I apply the bunching methodology to South African administrative ta...

Published: 5 February 2021

Working Paper

Phases of higher education, tuition grants, and equity-efficiency tradeoff

We study how taxes and alternative higher education subsidies affec...

Published: 28 January 2021

Working Paper

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

Social distancing in macroeconomic models

The paper introduces voluntary social distancing to the canonical e...

Published: 8 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

Quantitative Easing' and central bank asset purchases in South Africa: A DSGE approach

This paper develops a small open-economy (SOE) dynamic stochastic g...

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

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

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

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

Policy Bulletin 02: Reflections on Aspects of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in South...

After the COVID-19 crisis is over, South Africa will face a fiscal ...

Published: 12 September 2020

Policy Bulletin

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 2: Financing the budget in the post-Corona world

Matthew delves into what financing the budget deficit in the post-C...

Published: 26 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

Can unconditional cash transfers improve adolescent and young adult education outcomes?

The South African child support grant leads to increased enrolment ...

Published: 23 July 2020

Policy Brief

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