Keyword: fiscal policy

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
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
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
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
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
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...
Margaux Giannaros, Christopher Loewald
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 ...
Paul Alagidede, Oro Ufuo
Working Paper
How Buoyant Is the South African Tax System? An ARDL Approach
This study aims to scrutinize the responsiveness of the South Afric...
Nyasha Mahonye, Baneng Naape
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 ...
Estian Calitz
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...
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
Part 1: Understanding the concept of "fiscal sustainability" in the post-Corona world
Debt sustainability is equivalent to government solvency and from a...
Tshepiso Moahloli, Owen Willcox, Ian Stuart, Mamokete Lijane, Brian Kantor, Xavier Debrun, Lucio Castro
Dialogue
Can unconditional cash transfers improve adolescent and young adult education outcomes?
The South African child support grant leads to increased enrolment ...
Neryvia Pillay Bell
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...
Margaux Giannaros, Estian Calitz
Podcast