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Unleashing International Trade through Financial Integration: Evidence from a Cross- Bo...

Working Paper 890 Leveraging administrative firm-level data on t...

Vinicios Sant’Anna, Gustavo S. Cortes, Lucas A. Mariani

Working Paper

2nd ERSA/CEPR Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy in Emerging Markets

Conference Date and Location: 25-26 January 2024, Pretoria, South ...

Submit paper: 15 July 2022

SAMNet Workshop

Call for papers: 2nd ERSA/CEPR Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy in Emerging Markets

Conference Date and Location: 25-26 January 2024, Pretoria, South ...

Submit paper: 15 July 2022

Call for Papers

International Lending Channel, Bank Heterogeneity and Capital Inflows (Mis)Allocation

Working Paper 887 This paper explores the role of banks’ heterogene...

Silvia Marchesi, Lucas A. Mariani

Working Paper

Workshop on Financial Technology and Development

Financial technology has developed rapidly in many developing count...

Giorgia Barboni, Giorgia Barboni, Allan Davids, Co-Pierre Georg, Willem H. Boshoff, Lukasz Grzybowski, Lucas A. Mariani

Seminar

Call for Application: 2023 Advanced Empirical Methods in Finance and Economics Course

This is not an Econometrics Course – it is an advanced course...

Submit paper: 9 July 2023

Call for Application

2023 Advanced Empirical Methods in Finance and Economics Course

This is not an Econometrics Course – it is an advanced course...

Submit paper: 9 July 2023

Lucas A. Mariani

Course

Call for Papers: Workshop on Financial Technology and Development

Financial technology has developed rapidly in many developing count...

Submit paper: 14 July 2023

Call for Papers

Demographic changes and asset prices in an overlapping generations model

Working Paper 884 We examine the effect of demographic shifts on as...

Ghislain H. Demeze-Jouatsa, Frank Riedel, Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne

Working Paper

Virtual CDE Workshop on SA Cities and Growth

Urban economics has provided powerful insights into how the charact...

Workshop

Economic impacts of FATF recommendations and grey-listing announcement

Discussion Document 05 This Discussion Document summarises the rece...

Lucas A. Mariani, Jacobus Nel

Discussion Document

Characteristics of the South African retirement fund industry

Using administrative data, we examine three characteristics of the ...

Neryvia Pillay Bell, Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

South African Modelling Network (SAMNET) Virtual Workshop: Emerging Markets back in the...

Background and Objective: Emerging markets have been out of the new...

Laura Alfaro, Javier Bianchi

SAMNet Workshop

Call for papers: Emerging Markets back in the spotlight - Risks and policy options

Background and Objective: Emerging markets have been out of the new...

Submit paper: 15 July 2022

Laura Alfaro, Javier Bianchi

Call for SAMNet Papers

Advanced Empirical Methods in Finance and Economics Online Course

This is an advanced course in empirical microeconomic methods in fi...

Lucas A. Mariani

Graduate Training

Household debt and consumption dynamics: A non-developed world view following the ﬁnanc...

According to recent macroeconomic evidence (Bosch and Koch 2020b; F...

Matthew W. Clance, Steven F. Koch, Adél Bosch

Working Paper

Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

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

Matthew Stern, Yash Ramkolowan

Policy Paper

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

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

Bojosi Morule, Neryvia Pillay Bell, Konstantin Makrelov

Working Paper

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...

Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

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...

Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

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...

Tumisang Loate, Nicola Viegi

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...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Podcast

Indebted Demand by Amir Sufi

The topic for the third virtual meeting is ‘Indebted Demand&#...

Amir Sufi

Webinar

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...

Matthew Simmonds, Ricardo Hausmann, Laurence Harris, Johannes W. Fedderke, Federico Sturzenegger, Abebe Selassie

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...

Christopher Loewald, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Mamokete Lijane, Gilad Isaacs, Federico Sturzenegger, Andrew Donaldson

Dialogue

Part 2: Financing the budget in the post-Corona world

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

Brian Kantor, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Tshepiso Moahloli, Owen Willcox, Mamokete Lijane, Lucio Castro, Ian Stuart

Dialogue

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

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

Estian Calitz

Podcast

Late colonial antecedents of modern democracy

Some of the most contested questions in political science and polit...

Martin Rode, Christian Bjørnskov

Working Paper

Contagion without deposit insurance: The South African small bank crisis of 2002/3

Following the failure of Saambou bank in February 2002, another sev...

Roy Havemann

Working Paper

Financial Statecraft: Government Choice of Debt Instruments

We explore the diversity of means by which governments borrow ̵...

Layna Mosely, Eric Arias, B. Peter Rosendorff

Working Paper

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...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Podcast

Nicola Viegi on the South African economic response to the Coronavirus: policies and pr...

Nicola Viegi, Deputy Director of ERSA, talks with Margaux G on the ...

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 Dave Liu

Working Paper

“BigTech’s Foray Into Finance - Opportunities and Challenges Ahead”

The financial system faces unprecedented change at a rapid speed. N...

UCT, UCG GSB, ERSA

Workshop

Macroeconomic and Financial Modelling for Economic Policy

The 7th Annual Monetary Economics workshop will be dedicated to the...

University of Pretoria

Workshop

Access to micro and informal loans: evaluating the impact on the quality of life of poo...

Since the early 1980s, many governments have investigated the possi...

Talita Dalton-Greyling

Policy Brief