Browsing by Author "Jordaan, Andre Cillie"

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  • Access to information and communication : estimating the determinants of Internet usage in South Africa 
    Roos, L.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Southern African Communication Association, 2006-07)
    This paper attempts to estimate the determinants of Internet usage in South Africa in a theoretically plausible model. The three-step Engle Yoo estimation technique is applied. The results indicate that the number of ...
  • Analysing exports in South Africa's chemical sector : a panel data approach 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2011-08)
    Under the Industrial Policy Action Plan of 2007, the South African government identified priority sectors that need to be promoted and developed in order to accelerate growth, reduce unemployment and alleviate poverty. ...
  • Analysing the trade effects of the EU-SA & SADC trading agreements : a panel data approach 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Kanda, Patrick T. (Creative Commons license, 2011)
    This study investigates the trade effects of the EU-SA and SADC preferential trade agreements of which South Africa is a member. Using a panel data estimation of the gravity model of bilateral trade and based on data ...
  • The Big Mac hamburger : is it used to communicate a distorted media message? 
    Harmse, Chris; Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Jordaan, Yolanda (University of Wisconsin Press in cooperation with the Institute for Media Analysis in South Africa (iMasa) and the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2001)
    For more than a decade the Big Mac index has served as a guide to the layman as to whether currencies are at their ‘correct’ exchange rate level. This article compares the postal rate of a standard letter in South Africa, ...
  • BRICS – quo vadis? 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Routledge, 2021)
    The BRICS countries gained importance on the international stage with two opposing scenarios from the literature dictating discussions. The first proclaimed that BRICS would become a major economic force globally, while ...
  • A causality analysis between financial development and economic growth for Botswana 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-10)
    This paper analyses the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Botswana for the period 1977 to 2006, using Granger causality through cointegrated Vector Autoregression methods. The results ...
  • The challenges of globalisation for development in southern Africa 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Taylor & Francis, 2001-03)
    The world is currently engaged in a process of globalisation, as is reflected in the growth of world trade, unification of capital markets, internationalisation of production, distribution networks and the mega-revolution ...
  • Choice of exchange rate regime in a selection of African countries 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Routledge, 2015-08)
    An exchange rate regime has an important impact on macroeconomic policies within developing countries and therefore essential in macroeconomic policy formation. The main research question is to determine how the variety ...
  • Communicating the protection of information privacy 
    Jordaan, Yolanda; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Southern African Communication Association, 2004-07)
    The world economic system's transformation from a dominant mass-production model to a mass-customisation model is seen to have created a demand for personal information from consumers. This has led to many consumers feeling ...
  • Determinants of South Africa's exports for leather products 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-10)
    This paper analysed the determinants of South African exports of raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather (H41) using annual data covering the period 1997 to 2004 for 32 main trading partners. The results ...
  • Determinants of South Africa's exports of leather products 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Eita, Joel Hinaunye (Routledge, 2012-06)
    This article analyses the determinants of South African exports of raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather (H41) using annual data covering the period 1999 to 2008 for 32 main trading partners. The results ...
  • Determining South Africa’s export potential to Australia : a panel data approach 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2015)
    This study explores South Africa’s exports to Australia from 2000 to 2012, using both a static and a dynamic augmented gravity model. Sectors with export potential are identified, whether these are reliable and stable is ...
  • An econometric analysis of the determinants impacting on businesses in the tourism industry 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Jordaan, Yolanda (Academic Journals, 2011-02)
    This article estimated the determinants of tourist arrivals in South Africa for the period 1999 to 2007. A tourism model was estimated and the results revealed several factors to be main determinants of tourist arrivals ...
  • The economic impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households in Limpopo Province 
    Oni, S.A.; Obi, Chikwelu Larry; Okone, A.; Thabede, D.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Blackwell, 2002-09)
    Although HIV/AIDS infection is a global problem, the epicentre of the disease lies in Africa. In fact, about 70 per cent of the global HIV/AIDS infected population can be found in sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS, 2000). ...
  • Estimating the tourism potential in Nambia 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Virtus Interpress, 2014)
    This paper investigates the determinants of tourism in Namibia for the period 1996 to 2012. The results indicate that an increase in trading partners’ income, depreciation of the exchange rate, improvement in Namibia’s ...
  • Export and economic growth in Namibia : a Granger causality analysis 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Eita, Joel Hinaunye (Blackwell, 2007-09)
    The purpose of this paper is to analyse the causality between exports and GDP of Namibia and to evaluate the relationship of these variables for the period 1970 to 2005. Time-series econometric techniques (Granger causality ...
  • The further the distance, the closer the ties 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Virtus Interpress, 2015)
    In his article "death of distance‟, Caincross (1997) challenged the orthodoxy with regard to the role and direction of proximity in international trade. The mainstream model for trade analysis, the gravity model has only ...
  • The impact of trade facilitation factors on South Africa's exports to a selection of African countries 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Routledge, 2014)
    Economic growth can be enhanced through increased trade among countries, provided the correct institutional structures are in place. A country’s trade is dependent not only on its own trade facilitation reforms but also ...
  • An inter-disciplinary perspective on the information privacy issue in a global environment 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Jordaan, Yolanda (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-06)
    The world economic system's transformation from a dominantly massproduction model, to a mass-customisation model is seen as creating a demand for personal information on consumers. This has lead many consumers to feel the ...
  • Intra-industry trade : a methodology to test the automobile industry in South Africa 
    Damoense, Maylene Y.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Juta Academic, 2007-03)
    This paper provides a study of the theory and empirical evidence of intra-industry trade (IIT) and relates it specifically to South Africa's automobile industry. The automobile industry in South Africa is a key sector ...