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Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Type "Article"
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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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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 ...
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Farhoud, Mohamed; Bignotti, Alex; Hamann, Ralph; Kauami, Ngunoue Cynthia; Kiconco, Michelle; Ghalwash, Seham; De Beule, Filip; Tladi, Bontle; Matomela, Sanele; Kgaphola, Mollette
(Emerald, 2023-11)
PURPOSE – Context matters in social entrepreneurship, and it matters a lot. Social entrepreneurs are deeply
entrenched in the context where they operate: they respond to its challenges, are shaped by it, and attempt ...
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Blignaut, James Nelson; Ueckermann, Liza; Aronson, James
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2009-01)
South Africa in general has been approximately 2% hotter and at least 6% drier over the ten years between 1997 and 2006 compared to the 1970s. The use of water has also increased greatly over this same period. By 2000, ...
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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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Koch, Steven F.; Slabbert, Jean D.
(University of Pretoria, 2011-06)
A purposive sample of South African specialist doctors provided data for an empirical analysis of revenues,
costs and earnings associated with specialist surgical medicine. The empirical analysis includes both
parametric ...
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De Wet, Geert Lampen, 1947-; Harmse, Chris
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1997-06)
This paper reviews conditions for sustainable economic growth and development, developed in previous publications and papers by the authors and based on the experience of successfully developing countries. It then analyses ...
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Vundla, Thulile; Blignaut, James Nelson; Crookes, D.J. (Douglas)
(African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2017-12)
The Midmar Dam within the uMngeni Catchment, KwaZulu-Natal is important for water provisioning
and recreational use. In 2014, an estimated 60 ha of the dam was infested with Egeria densa, which
can spread at a rate of ...
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Andre, Christophe; Gupta, Rangan; Muteba Mwamba, John W.
(Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2019)
This paper investigates asymmetry in US housing price cycles at the state and metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
level, using the Triples test (Randles, Flinger, Policello, & Wolfe, 1980) and the Entropy test of Racine ...
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Tiwari, Aviral Kumar; Cunado, Juncal; Gupta, Rangan; Wohar, Mark E.
(De Gruyter, 2019-06)
This paper analyzes the relationship between stock returns and the inflation rates for the UK over a long time
period (February 1790–February 2017) and at different frequencies, by employing a wavelet analysis. We ...
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Christou, Christina; Gozgor, Giray; Gupta, Rangan; Lau, Chi Keung Marco
(Economics Bulletin, 2020-03)
We analyze the convergence of a news-based measure of uncertainty across 143 countries (spanning 99 percent of
world GDP) over the quarterly period of 1996Q1 to 2018Q3. We apply a panel data-based unit root test, ...
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Grote, M.; Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes); Truu, M.L.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Van Tonder, Jurie J.
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2000-03)
This paper is the joint product of a think tank, initiated in the public sector and extended to a group of academics. It may be seen as the executive summary of a rather voluminous report for internal use in the Department ...
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Omotoso, Kehinde Oluwaseun; Koch, Steven F.
(BioMed Central, 2018-12-11)
BACKGROUND : Despite various policy interventions that have targeted reductions in socio-economic inequalities in
health and health care in post-Apartheid South Africa, evidence suggests that not much has really changed. ...
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Chama-Chiliba, Chitalu Miriam; Koch, Steven F.
(Makerere University Medical School, 2017-12)
BACKGROUND : Maternal health remains a concern in sub-Saharan Africa, where maternal mortality averages 680 per 100,000 live
births and almost 50% of the approximately 350,000 annual maternal deaths occur. Improving access ...
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Mudavanhu, Shepherd; Blignaut, James Nelson; Vink, N.; Crookes, D.J. (Douglas); Meincken, Martina; Effah, Bernard; Murima, Douglas; Nkambule, Nonophile Promise
(African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2017-12)
Acacia saligna (Port Jackson) is one of the most pervasive IAPs in South Africa. The government’s
control efforts have by and large not been co-financed by the private sector due to a lack of incentives.
Here we develop ...
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Chama‑Chiliba, Chitalu Miriam; Koch, Steven F.
(BioMed Central, 2016-12-07)
BACKGROUND : Improving maternal health outcomes by reducing barriers to accessing maternal health services is a
key goal for most developing countries. This paper analyses the effect of user fee removal, which was announced ...
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Moolman, Elna
(Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, 2003)
Economists have long been hypothesising that business cycles are asymmetric. Keynes (1936) argued that recessions are usually short but severe, while expansions are usually longer but milder and characterised by more gradual ...
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Ueckermann, E.M.; Blignaut, James Nelson
(Juta, 2005-12)
Lesotho is one of the poorest countries in the world. After reviewing the growth and poverty debate, which suggests that policy reforms and economic growth have largely failed to contribute to the alleviation of poverty ...
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Sichei, Moses Muse; Erero, Jean Luc; Gebreselasie, Tewodros G.
(Juta, 2008-12)
The study applies an "augmented" gravity model to South Africa's exports of motor vehicles, parts and accessories to 71 countries over the period 1994 to 2004. A static panel data model is specified and estimated. Several ...