Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Author "De Wet, Theuns J."

Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Author "De Wet, Theuns J."

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  • Debt sustainability and exchange rate stabilisation : towards a new theory 
    Basdevant, Olivier; De Wet, Theuns J. (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2000-09)
    The sustainability of debt is a crucial issue in developing and transitional economies. In this paper, it shows that a bubble in the real exchange rate could result in a sudden collapse in the sustainability of a country's ...
  • The dividends from a revenue neutral tax on coal in South Africa 
    De Wet, Theuns J.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-09)
    South Africa is endowed with a significant proportion of the world's coal reserves, which is used relatively cheaply to supply in more than 75 per cent of the country's energy needs. In terms of its per capita South Africa ...
  • Foreign direct investment flows and fiscal discipline in South Africa 
    Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes); Robinson, Z. Clausen; De Wet, Theuns J.; Robinson, Zurika (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2000-06)
    This paper investigates the impact of fiscal policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Africa during the past 30 years. Casual empirical analysis reveals a definite linkage between FDI flows and variables such as ...
  • Purchasing power parity in the long run : an empirical re-evaluation of the South African evidence 
    De Wet, Theuns J. (Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2000)
    Purchasing Power Parity is a very important equilibrium concept in macroeconomics. Although the concept of purchasing power parity equilibrium is widely used in the academic, public and business sector, the actual existence ...
  • Some recommendations towards reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector 
    Blignaut, James Nelson; De Wet, Theuns J. (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2001-06)
    This paper investigates the means of reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector. It concludes that neither the price of electricity, nor taxes, subsidies or legislation are likely to bring ...
  • Triple dividends of water consumption charges in South Africa 
    Letsoalo, Anthony; Blignaut, James Nelson; De Wet, Theuns J.; De Wit, M.P. (Martinus Petrus); Hess, Sebastiaan; Tol, Richard S.J.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (American Geophysical Union, 2007)
    The South African government is exploring ways to address water scarcity problems by introducing a water resource management charge on the quantity of water used in sectors such as irrigated agriculture, mining and forestry. ...