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The bond market impact of the South African Reserve Bank bond purchase programme

We use a unique dataset comprising over a million trades and quotes...

Roy Havemann, Rossouw van Jaarsveld, Henk Janse van Vuuren, Daan Steenkamp

Working Paper

Risk and return spillovers in a global model of the Foreign Exchange Network

We developed a network model to capture the dynamic interactions am...

Herbert Ntuli, Gibson Mudiriza, Edwin Muchapondwa, Boscow Okumu, Alfred K. Mukong

Working Paper

Dr Matthew Stern on understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

An issue often overlooked in many discussions is that of exports an...

Margaux Giannaros, Matthew Stern

Podcast

Part 3: International perspectives and South Africa’s trade policy

The discussion is based on two papers: and Understanding South Afr...

Sherman Robinson, Montford Mlachila, Matthew Simmonds, Marianne Matthee, Matthew Stern

Dialogue

Part 2: Recovery policies and labour utilization

The discussion is based on two research papers: and Addressing low...

Matthew Simmonds, Witness Simbanegavi, Sherwin Gabriel, Romain A. Duval, Murray Leibbrandt, Andreas Wörgötter

Dialogue

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

Policy Bulletin 04: Electricity reforms: Experience and approach

South Africa has been experiencing electricity shortages since 2008...

Christopher Loewald, Konstantin Makrelov, Andreas Wörgötter

Policy Bulletin

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

Podcast

The optimal monetary and macroprudential policies for the South African economy

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

Thabang Molisey, Guangling Liu

Working Paper

Monetary policy in a model with commodity and financial market research brief

Uncovering the key drivers of business cycles of commodity exportin...

Vo Phuong Mai Le, Ruthira Naraidoo

Policy Brief

Monetary policy in a model with commodity and financial market

This paper builds a small open economy model for a net commodity ex...

Vo Phuong Mai Le, Ruthira Naraidoo

Working Paper

Efficiency in South African water utilities: a comparison of estimates from DEA, SFA an...

Climate change has brought renewed and increasing attention to the ...

Jugal Mahabir, Richard Mulwa, Johane Dikgang, Genius Murwirapachena

Policy Brief

Is Basel III counter-cyclical: The case of South Africa?

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with bankin...

Thabang Molisey, Guangling Liu

Working Paper

Flow specific capital controls for emerging markets

This paper investigates the impact of capital controls on business ...

Guangling Liu, Chris Garbers

Working Paper

Changes in the Liquidity Effect Over Time: Evidence from Four Monetary Policy Regimes

Monetary policy, post Bretton Woods, saw the emergence of the short...

Dawid J. van Lill

Policy Brief

The impact of multinational enterprises on public governance institutions in areas of l...

We explore the interaction between Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)...

Dirk Hanekom, John M. Luiz

Policy Brief

Welfare analysis of bank capital requirements with endogenous default

This paper presents a tractable framework with endogenous default a...

Fernando Garcia-Barragan, Guangling Liu

Working Paper

The effect of financial inclusion on welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from disag...

Over two decades sub-Saharan Africa has grown an average by 4.8% pe...

Anthanasius F. Tita, Meshach J. Aziakpono

Working Paper

The Competitive Status of the South African Wheat Industry

This article investigates the competitiveness of the South African ...

Philippus. C. Cloete, Johannes D. van der Merwe, Herman D. van Schalkwyk, Ewert P. J. Kleynhans

Working Paper

Capital controls and foreign currency denomination

This paper studies the effectiveness of capital controls with forei...

Guangling Liu, Fernando Garcia-Barragan

Working Paper

Can bank capital adequacy changes amplify the business cycle in South Africa?

The phenomenon of bank regulation procyclicality requires very care...

Sylvanus Ikhide, Foluso Akinsola

Policy Brief

Impact of Crime on Firm Entry: Evidence from South Africa

In this paper, we analyse the relationship between crime and the en...

Lawrence Edwards, Godfrey Mahofa, Asha Sundaram

Working Paper

South Africa’s real business cycles: The Cycle is the trend

This paper tests the ‘cycle is the trend’ hypothesis. We investigat...

Leroi Raputsoane, Hilary Patroba

Working Paper

The effectiveness of countercyclical capital requirements and contingent convertible ca...

This paper studies the effectiveness of countercyclical capital req...

Hylton Hollander

Working Paper

Do Capital Requirements Affect Cost of Intermediation? Evidence from a Panel of South A...

Since the 2007 sub-prime financial crisis, world bank capital ratio...

Andrew Maredza

Working Paper

Trade Linkages and Business Cycle Co-movement: An Empirical Analysis of Africa and its ...

This paper assesses the extent of trade linkages and shock transmis...

Emilie C. Kinfack-Djoumessi, Lumengo Bonga-Bonga

Working Paper

Macroeconomic Uncertainty in South Africa

This paper develops a new index of economic uncertainty for South A...

Chris Redl

Working Paper

The Relative (in)Efficiency of South African Municipalities in Providing Public Health ...

Previous studies in South Africa have not dis-aggregated efficiency...

Saidou B. Oumar, Josue Mbonigaba

Working Paper

The Fundamental Determinants of Competitiveness in African Countries

This study investigates the drivers of competitiveness in African e...

Olumide Taiwo, Julius A. Agbor

Working Paper

A Network Analysis of the Evolution of the German Interbank Market

In this paper, we report a descriptive investigation of the structu...

Stefano Battiston, Tarik Roukny, Co-Pierre Georg

Working Paper

Credit spread variability in U.S. business cycles: The Great Moderation versus the Grea...

This paper establishes the prevailing financial factors that influe...

Hylton Hollander, Guangling Liu

Working Paper

The Welfare Cost of Sovereign Default and Liquidity Injections

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with endoge...

Guangling Liu

Working Paper

The Welfare Cost of Sovereign Default and Liquidity Injections

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with endoge...

Guangling Liu

Working Paper

The Equity Price Channel in a New-Keynesian DSGE Model with Financial Frictions and Ban...

This paper studies the role of the equity price channel in business...

Hylton Hollander, Guangling Liu

Working Paper

Trends on the hours worked of the employed, 1997 - 2011

This paper analyses trends in hours worked from South African house...

Derek Yu, Adél Bosch

Working Paper

Trends and Structural Changes in South African Macroeconomic Volatility

The international financial crisis that started in 2007 and the sub...

Stan Du Plessis, Kevin Kotze

Working Paper