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Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko - the Unintended consequences of tax cuts in South Africa

Abstract This paper provides evidence on the macroeconomic effects ...

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Workshop Paper

Arthur Galego Mendes – The Macroeconomic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Brazil

Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the macroeconomic impa...

Arthur Galego Mendes

Workshop Paper

Discussion slides - Unintended consequences of tax cuts in South Africa (Diaz)

In this presentation, Augustin Diaz (Bank of Chile) discusses the p...

Agustin Diaz Casanueava

Workshop Presentation

Presentation slides - Unintended consequences of tax cuts in South Africa (Loate-Ntsoko)

This presentation by Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko (University of Pretoria)...

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Workshop Presentation

Paper 9: Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko on the Unintended consequences of tax cuts in South Africa

Unintended consequences of tax cuts in South Africa Discussant Augu...

Agustin Diaz Casanueava, Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Delivering a difficult MTBPS

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

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

What do we expect from the MTBPS?

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

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?

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

Margaux Giannaros, Zimbali Mncube, Kelle Howson

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...

Ann Bernstein

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...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Day

Why SA isn’t getting the growth it needs

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

Claire Bisseker

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...

Gilad Isaacs

Business Day

Emerging Markets back in the spotlight: Risks and policy options

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

SAMNet Workshop

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Channing Arndt

Podcast

Part 4: Building back for a sustainable future

The discussion is based on two papers: , by Channing Arndt, Robert ...

Wandile Sihlobo, Tendai Gwatidzo, Ann Bernstein, Witness Simbanegavi, Matthew Simmonds, Channing Arndt

Dialogue

New Developments in Macroeconomics – Exchange Rate, Expectations, Target and Instrument...

Organizers: Nicola Viegi and Vincent Dadam (University of Pretoria,...

SAMNet Workshop

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

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

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

Mashekwa Maboshe, Matthew Stern, Yash Ramkolowan

Working 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

Fiscal Policy and Fiscal-Monetary Interdependence in South Africa

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

SAMNet Workshop

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

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

Romain Houssa, Nicola Viegi

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

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...

Nicola Viegi, Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko, Ekaterina Pirozhkova

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Reigniting economic growth: Lessons from three centuries of data

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

Edward Kerby, Roy Havemann

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

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

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

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Working Paper

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

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

Yoseph Y. Getachew

Working Paper

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

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

Kabeya C. Mulamba

Working Paper

Social distancing in macroeconomic models

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

Yoseph Y. Getachew

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...

Margaux Giannaros, Biniam E. Bedasso

Podcast

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

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

Konstantin Makrelov, David Faulkner, Christopher Loewald

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...

Cobus Vermeulen

Working Paper

Call for Papers: New Data, New Methods, New Models for Monetary Policy

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

Call for SAMNet Papers

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

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

Nicola Viegi

SAMNet Workshop

New Data, New Methods, New Models for Monetary Policy

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

SAMNet Workshop