Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Author "Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara"

Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Author "Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara"

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  • Active versus passive policies of unemployment : growth and public finance perspectives 
    Gupta, Rangan; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Juta, 2009-03)
    This paper develops a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in an overlapping generations framework, and compares, in terms of economic growth, a passive unemployment policy (unemployment insurance) with an active ...
  • An econometric model of the South African stock market 
    Moolman, Elna; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Juta, 2005-03)
    A wealth of literature exists concerning the modelling of stock markets, as well as the examination of the relationship between share prices and various economic factors, both theoretically and empirically. However, most ...
  • An empirical capital market rate function for an emerging market economy in international financial crisis 
    Harmse, Chris; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999-09)
    After the first democratic election in South Africa in April 1994, South Africa's financial markets became more exposed and vulnerable to international developments, vide the financial crisis of 1998. This vulnerability ...
  • An empirical capital market rate function for South Africa 
    Pretorius, Elna; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2001-03)
    The aim of this paper is to explain the determinants of the South African long-term interest rate. A market-related approach is followed which explains interest rate determination on the basis of the relationships between ...
  • Estimating potential output and capacity utilisation for the South African economy 
    Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara; Moolman, Elna (Blackwell, 2003-03)
    Measuring productive potential and the deviation between potential and actual output (i.e. the output gap) provides a number of key insights into macroeconomic performance. Output in general is determined by the quantity ...
  • The evolution and contribution of technological progress to the South African economy : growth accounting and Kalman filter application 
    Inglesi-Lotz, Roula; Van Eyden, Renee; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Euro-American Association of Economic Development, 2014)
    This study examines the importance of technological progress to aggregate economic growth in South Africa. Quantifying the contribution of technological progress to economic growth has become imperative, considering the ...
  • Explaining long-term growth in Namibia 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Juta, 2009-03)
    Supply-side economics stresses the importance of analysing and modelling the long-term properties of an economy’s production structures in order to investigate each factor of production’s impact on final output. This ...
  • A labour model for South Africa 
    Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara; Koekemoer, Reneé (Blackwell, 2003-03)
    South Africa's performance has been dismal in dealing with the rising unemployment that the economy has been faced with since the 1970s. The purpose of this paper is to develop a labour model of the South African economy, ...
  • Macro-econometric modelling for the Nigerian economy : a growth-poverty gap analysis 
    Akanbi, Olusegun Ayodele; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    This study develops comprehensive full-sector macro-econometric models for the Nigerian economy with the aim of explaining and providing a long-term solution for the persistent growth–poverty divergence experienced by the ...
  • A macro-framework for successful development banks 
    Thorne, Janine; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Taylor & Francis, 2009-12)
    The large-scale failures of development banks in the 1970s and 1980s meant that they all but disappeared from the development agenda. However, there are still a large number of development banks worldwide that operate with ...
  • Modelling price determination in South Africa 
    Moolman, Elna; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (Juta, 2004-03)
    South Africa has been faced with high inflation rates since the early 1970s. Despite continued monetary discipline the inflation target has not yet been met, highlighting South Africa's price-vulnerability as a small open ...
  • A neoclassical investment function of the South African economy 
    Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara; Moolman, Elna (Elsevier, 2004-07)
    In this paper, investment is estimated to be consistent with a neoclassical supply-side model of the South African economy. In the neoclassical tradition, the model has to allow for profit-maximising or cost-minimising ...