FOUNDERS’ MEDAL FOR DOCTOR’S DEGREE THESIS

A gold-plated medal is awarded annually to the winning candidate whose thesis is submitted for a doctor’s degree at a South African university. The thesis should contribute significantly to and provide evidence of original economic research.

The thesis must be submitted by the university’s department (or school) of economics or branch of economics, e.g. department of economic history, department of agricultural economics. Each department may make one submission annually. A submission fee is payable, determined annually by Council. The candidate’s promoter should submit a formal recommendation why the thesis should be considered for the award.

The thesis becomes eligible for submission from the date of graduation, and remains eligible for the following 12 months. The closing date for submissions is 28 February of each year, unless otherwise indicated by the Secretary. For example, a department wishing to submit the thesis of a student who graduates on 30 April would submit the thesis by 28 February of the following year.

The medal cannot be awarded to the same person twice.

The thesis must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Office Word or PDF. In addition two hard copies of the thesis are required. The copies will remain the property of the Society.

If no thesis of sufficient merit is submitted, no award shall be made for that year.

If two or more theses of sufficient merit and equally deserving of an award are submitted in any one year, the Council may, at its discretion, make arrangements appropriate to the circumstances.

Winners of awards are strongly encouraged to publish their work in peer-reviewed journals.

Address for entries:        The Secretary
Economic Society of South Africa
PO Box 73354
Lynnwood Ridge
0040
South Africa

E-mail:                          saje@up.ac.za

Closing date:                 28 February of each year, unless otherwise indicated by the Secretary.

Previous Winners  

2009

• Zuze, Tia Linda Equity and Effectiveness in East African Primary Schools University of Cape Town.

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• Aziakpono, Meshach The depth of financial integration and its effects on financial development and economic performance of the SACU countries University of the Free State.

2008

• Hassan, Shakill Applications of continuous-time methods to dynamic rivalry in oligopoly; and an essay on the monetary policy response to currency crises University of Cape Town

2007

No medal awarded

2006

• Sichei, MM South Africa – US Intra-industry Trade in Services

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•  Snowball, JD The Economic Valuation of Cultural Events in Developing Countries: Combining Market and Non-Market Valuation Techniques at the South African National Arts Festival

2005

• De Wet, W. A Structural GARCH Model: An Application to Portfolio Management

2004

·         Daniela Maria Casale. The rise in female labour force participation in Couth Africa: An analysis of household survey data, 1995 - 2001. University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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·         Lawrence Edwards. Trade liberalisation, structural change and occupational employment in SA. University of Cape Town

2003

·         John Slater Hart. Terence Hutchison’s 1938 Contribution to Economic Methodology

2002

·         Burger, P.  Fiscal sustainability, economic instability and the solvency of non-governmental agents. University of the Free State

2001

• Booysen, Frederik le Roux.  The Measurement of economic development - Alternative composite indices.

2000

• Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara.  A supply-side model of the South African Economy:  Critical policy implications Supervisor:  Prof J H Van Heerden.  University of Pretoria.

1999

• Van Rensburg, P.  Economic Forces and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange , University of Natal.  

1998

• Saville, AD.  A Computable Dynamic Bioeconomic Model of the Optimal Utilisation and Management of South Africa’s Renewable Marine Resources:  A Case Study of the Hake Fishery’, University of Natal. 

1997

• Smith, A.  Towards Untangling the Concentration-profits Relationship in South Africa: A Conceptual, Methodological and Empirical Analysis, UOVS. 

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