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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

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

The importance of new power generation in South Africa

The lack of adequate and reliable electricity supply has been direc...

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

Policy Brief

International benchmarking of South Africa’s infrastructure performance

Policy Paper 07 The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensiv...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Željko Bogetic

Policy Paper

South Africa’s Electricity Consumption: A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis

South Africa’s electricity consumption has increased sharply ...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, James N. Blignaut

Working Paper

Border Tax Adjustments to Negate the Economic Impact of an Electricity Generation Tax

In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced i...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden

Working Paper

Is Water Shedding Next?

South Africa is in the grip of an electricity crisis marked by a eu...

Jan H. van Heerden, James N. Blignaut

Working Paper