Browsing by UP Author "Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-"

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  • Alternative definitions of the budget deficit and its impact on the sustainability of fiscal policy in South Africa 
    Jacobs, Davina Frederika; Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes); Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Blackwell, 2002-03)
    This paper investigates the usefulness of different definitions of the budget deficit and their impact on fiscal sustainability. The analysis shows that a number of alternative definitions of the budget deficit are useful, ...
  • Border tax adjustment to negate the impact of an electricity generation tax 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-02)
    In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced its intention to levy a 2c/kWh tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources. This measure is intended to serve a dual purpose of ...
  • The competitiveness effect of a multilateral electricity generation tax 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    The South African Government announced, in the 2008 Budget Review, the intention to tax the generation of electricity from non-renewable sources with 2c/kWh. This tax is to be collected by the producers/generators of ...
  • Constructing a CGE database using GEMPACK for an African country 
    Roos, E.L.; Adams, P.D.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Springer, 2015-12)
    This paper describes how we transformed the 2002 Ugandan Supply Use Table (SUT) into the required structure of a database for the static UgandanCGEmodel Dixon et al. (ORANI: A multisectoral model of the Australian economy, ...
  • The economic and environmental effects of a carbon tax in South Africa : a dynamic CGE modelling approach 
    Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Blignaut, James Nelson; Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Cartwright, Anton; Diederichs, Nicci; Mander, Myles (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2016)
    South Africa’s National Treasury released its Carbon Tax Policy Paper in May 2013. The paper proposed a R120/tCO2-equiv. levy on coal, gas and petroleum fuels. Here, we model the possible impacts of such a tax on the ...
  • An economy-wide evaluation of new power generation in South Africa : the case of Medupi and Kusile 
    Bohlmann, Jessika Andreina; Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Inglesi-Lotz, Roula; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Elsevier, 2016-10)
    This paper investigates the role that the building of two new power stations, Medupi and Kusile, will play in facilitating future economic activity in South Africa. We use a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) ...
  • Economy-wide impact of drought induced productivity losses 
    Kilimani, Nicholas; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Roos, Louise (Emerald, 2018)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a drought which initially affects agricultural productivity can ultimately affect an entire economy. The study aims to assess the magnitude of the impact as well ...
  • The impact of an electricity generation tax on the South African economy 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno; Blignaut, James Nelson; Adams, Philip D. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources; this tax is to be collected ...
  • The impact of an electricity generation tax on the South African economy 
    Seymore, Reyno; Adams, Philip D.; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Blignaut, James Nelson (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business,University of Stellenbosch, 2010-02)
    In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources; this tax is to be collected ...
  • The impact of an environmental tax on electricity generation in South Africa 
    Seymore, Reyno; Adams, Philip D.; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Blignaut, James Nelson (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2010)
    In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources; this tax is to be collected ...
  • The impact of the 2014 platinum mining strike in South Africa : an economy-wide analysis 
    Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Dixon, P.B.; Rimmer, M.T. (Elsevier, 2015-12)
    In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted 5 months, ending in June 2014 when producers reached an agreement with the main labour ...
  • National and regional impacts of an increase in value-added tax : a CGE analysis for South Africa 
    Roos, Elizabeth Lousia; Horridge, J. Mark; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Adams, Philip D.; Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Kobe, Kgatedi Kenneth; Vumbukani-Lepolesa, Bokang (Wiley, 2020-03)
    The South African National Treasury expected a revenue shortfall of R48.2 billion in 2017/18 and proposed tax policy measures to raise an additional R36 billion in 2018/19. A key component to raise the additional revenue ...
  • 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 ...
  • The possible effects of the extended lockdown period on the South African economy : a CGE analysis 
    Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Roos, Elizabeth Lousia (Wiley, 2021-03)
    The economic effects of the lockdown period in South Africa will be devastating. We simulated the industry level capacity constraints imposed by the lockdown regulations since 27 March 2020 on all industries in South Africa ...
  • Predicting the economic impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on South Africa 
    Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Inderscience, 2008-02)
    The impact of the sporting industry on economic decision making has increased dramatically since the global media explosion in the 1980s. Tourism and advertising revenues generated by mega-events such as World Cups or ...
  • A supply-side alternative for SRD grants in South Africa 
    Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Horridge, Jonathan Mark; Suarez-Cuesta, David (Wiley, 2024-03)
    During a lively debate between Haroon Bhorat and Michael Sachs at the University of Pretoria recently, Bhorat pleaded for supply-side measures to alleviate poverty in South Africa, rather than demand-side measures. (The ...
  • Water resource accounting for Uganda : use and policy relevancy 
    Kilimani, Nicholas; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Bohlmann, Heinrich R. (IWA Publishing, 2016-02)
    This paper uses the system of economic and environmental accounting for water to demonstrate how the water sector interacts with the social-economic sectors of the economy. Furthermore, it reviews the existing institutional and ...
  • The welfare effects of reversed border tax adjustments as a remedy under unilateral environmental taxation : a South African case study 
    Seymore, Reyno; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Multi-Science Publishing, 2012)
    Border Tax Adjustments (BTAs) resurfaced recently in national policy debates as a possible measure to counter the anti-competitiveness effect of unilateral environmental taxes. There seems to be no consensus in the ...