Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by UP Author "Jordaan, Andre Cillie"

Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by UP Author "Jordaan, Andre Cillie"

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  • Land value as a function of distance from the CBD : the case of the eastern suburbs of Pretoria 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Drost, B.E.; Makgata, M.A. (Juta, 2004-09)
    The greater the benefit derived from using a piece of land for any particular purpose the higher the price the prospective riser is willing to pay. The demand for land is thus a reflection of the utility derived from its ...
  • Logic of an Australia-South Africa FTA 
    Hodgkinson, Ann; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Agenda Feminist Media, 2006)
    Australia, previously a strong supporter of multilateral trade liberalisation, recently began negotiating a series of free trade agreements with countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper explores, at a conceptual ...
  • On the real exchange rate effects of higher electricity prices in South Africa 
    Blignaut, James Nelson; Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-09)
    The paper uses a static Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of South Africa and simulates various shocks to the price of electricity. We attempt different closures to the model and compare their respective effects ...
  • Provision of public utilities : the Kenyan experience 
    Harmse, Chris; Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Van Rensburg, J.J. (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2004-09)
    The provision of public utilities in developing countries is both essential and controversial. The responsibility of providing these utilities generally lies at the door of the government, although different options of ...
  • Public choice and the regulatory role of government 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Jordaan, Yolanda (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2005-09)
    This article attempts to describe the formation of public choice and the role that government should play in accommodating this in its regulatory environment. The need to foster institutions arises from certain intrinsic ...
  • Quality of life index : measure of policy success? 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2001-09)
    The process of economic development can be seen as a process of expanding the capabilities of people. This process should include the notion of human development by means of capacity building and empowering the ...
  • Real exchange rate misalignment and economic performance in Namibia 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Virtus Interpress, 2013)
    This paper estimates the real exchange rate misalignment and investigates its impact on economic performance and competitiveness of Namibia for the period 1970 to 2011 using cointegrated vector autoregression methods. ...
  • The Recardian theory of comparative advantage between South Africa and the USA in the manufacturing sector 
    Akanbi, Olusegun Ayodele; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2008-08)
    This study focuses on the Ricardian model of comparative advantage with one factor of production and two countries, but in a multi-goods dimension. This is used to explain the pattern of trade that exists between South ...
  • Regional integration in Africa versus higher levels of intra-Africa trade 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Routledge, 2014)
    Regional integration arrangements have mushroomed worldwide, both on intra-regional and extra-regional levels. On an intra-regional level, Africa faces a complicated grid of multiple and overlapping membership of several ...
  • A second-best solution to higher education challenges 
    Jordaan, Yolanda; Van Heerden, Gene; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Unisa Press, 2014)
    Higher education educators are experiencing challenges and increasing pressure to ensure that graduates are employable. Some speculate that the lack of the right employment skills could contribute even more to the increase ...
  • South Africa exports of metal and articles of base metal : a gravity model approach 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2007-11)
    Using a gravity model, this study estimates trade potential of the metals and articles of base metal sector (SIC 72-83) for the period 1995 to 2004 between South Africa and 33 countries. The analysis shows that importer's ...
  • South Africa’s exports to China : higher quantity or bigger variety? 
    Jordaan, Andre Cillie (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2015-12)
    In general, a country’s “fundamentals”, namely its endowments of physical and human capital, labour and natural resources along with the quality of its institutions, largely determine what it produces. Any attempt to ...
  • South Africa’s wood export potential using a gravity model 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-10)
    Under the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA), the South African government identified priority sectors that need to be promoted and developed in order to accelerate growth and reduce unemployment ...
  • Testing the export-led growth hypothesis for Botswana : a causality analysis 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-10)
    This paper investigates the causal relationship between export and economic growth for Botswana, using quarterly data for the period 1995.1-2005.4. It uses two measures of economic growth namely, GDP and GDP excluding ...