Browsing Working Papers (Economics) by Subject "Growth"

Browsing Working Papers (Economics) by Subject "Growth"

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  • An endogenous growth model of a financially repressed small open economy 
    Gupta, Rangan; Goswami, Samrat (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-07)
    The paper develops a monetary endogenous growth model of a financially repressed small open economy, characterized by curb markets, capital mobility, transaction costs in domestic and foreign capital markets, and a flexible ...
  • Financial liberalization and a possible growth-inflation trade-off 
    Gupta, Rangan (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-08)
    The negative relationship between growth and inflation is well-documented in the literature. However, recent evidence tends to indicate the possibility of a growth-inflation trade-off. This paper attempts to provide a ...
  • An investigation of openness and growth using panel estimation 
    Gupta, Rangan; Chen, Pei-Pei (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-11)
    This paper examines the impact of trade openness on economic growth for the SADC region in Africa over the period of 1990 to 2003. Based on a structure consistent with the endogenous growth theory, we find that trade ...
  • R&D, openness, and growth 
    Gupta, Rangan; Chen, Pei-Pei (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-12)
    Recent studies have pointed out that trade liberalisation leads to technological spillovers, which, in turn, tend to improve the efficiency of the domestic Research and Development (R&D) sector, and ultimately boost ...
  • South Africa trade liberalization and poverty in a dynamic microsimulation CGE model 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-09)
    South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to make inroads into the ...
  • Testing the export-led growth hypothesis for Botswana : a causality analysis 
    Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-10)
    This paper investigates the causal relationship between export and economic growth for Botswana, using quarterly data for the period 1995.1-2005.4. It uses two measures of economic growth namely, GDP and GDP excluding ...