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Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Author "Jordaan, Andre Cillie"
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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). ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Gebreselasie, Tewodros G.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie
(Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2009)
Previous studies have attempted to examine the level of South Africa's intra-industry trade. Given the serious limitations of the various indices like the Grubel-Lloyd index that were used in prior studies, this study uses ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...