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PRIZES - ABSA
BANK PRIZE FOR HONOURS STUDENTS
The
ABSA Bank Prize is awarded as an incentive to honours students in
economics. The award is made annually to a bona fide honours student in economics at a South African
university. The award consists of a bronze medal. Entries for
the Prize will take the form of an essay not exceeding 6500 words.
The subject of the essay is the choice of the candidate. One
entry is allowed per department per university.
The ESSA Central
Council appoints an adjudicator to nominate the winner. The
adjudicator is asked to use the following criteria as guidelines:
- The essay should testify to independent research
although an original contribution to the subject is not a
prerequisite.
- The essay must be systematic and well presented.
- The essay can be analytical as well as
descriptive in nature but should in any case form a logical unit.
- The essay is original and could possibly be
published in a journal.
Address for entries:
The Honorary Secretary
Economic Society of South Africa
PO Box 73354
Lynnwood Ridge
0040
South Africa
E-mail:
saje@up.ac.za
Closing date:
25 March of the following year in which the candidate was
registered as an honours student at university.
Previous entries and winners
2004
-
Marina Marinkov.
The behaviour, volatility and long run equilibrium of the South
African real effective exchange rate. University of the Free
State.
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Gideon Petrus du Rand.
The impact of globalization on inequality. University of
Stellenbosch.
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Susan Godlonton.
The recursive structure of poverty and health determination in South
Africa: evidence from Langeberg Survey. University of Cape Town.
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Jo-anne Kroeger.
Performance, persistence and benchmarks of selected South African unit
trusts for the period 1998-2002. University of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg.
Winner: Marina Marinkov
2003
- Mathfield,
D. An analysis of Ricardian
equivalence.
- Strydom,
E. The link between structural
concentration and the growth rates of small and medium-sized
enterprises in South Africa.
- Cloete,
B. The influence of U.S. and
U.K. stock markets on the South African stock market.
Winner:
Brent Cloete
2002
- Collen,
S. The
Balance of Payment Repercussions of a Primary Listing on the London
Stock Exchange: A South African Case Study.
- Lewis,
G.M. Modelling
Memory.
- Macleod,
C.J. Crossing
the river, Slipping on Stones? China's Economic Transformation.
- Skinner,
D. Testing
the long-run neutrality of money in South Africa.
Winner: G M Lewis and C J Macleod (Jointly Awarded)
2001
- Behar, Alberto. Investigating
the relevance of supply-side factors for export-orientated
investment.
- Jones, Nicola. An
analysis of real wage movements of Africans in South Africa: 1985
- 1993.
- Keller, Sonja. Economic
growth, Convergence and Social Capability: The
Relative Performance of Africa.
- Makhaya, Getrude. Telecommunications
sector reform in developing economies.
Winner: Sonja Keller
2000
- Calder, S. An
assessment of the degree of European financial integration:
Classical and Institutional approaches.
Supervisor:
Prof H Nel. Rhodes University.
- Kooy, Z. W. Efficiency
of worker participation - a political analysis. Supervisor:
Dr AP de Villiers. University
of Stellenbosch.
- Malikane Christopher. Financial
instability in an extended Goodwin Model of the growth cycle:
A catastrophic approach.
Supervisor:
Dr A Adelzadeh. University of the Witwatersrand.
Winner: S Calder
1999
- Benade, I. The
Efficiency of the South African Capital Market, Potchefstroom University.
- Bezuidenhout, A. Developing
a Market in Mortgage and Asset-backed Securities: Impact on
the South African Economy, University
of Pretoria.
- Casale, D. Gender
Discrimination and the Determination of Wages in the South African
Labour Market,
University of Natal.
- Oosthuizen, MJ. The
Role of International Trade in Economic Development in Sub-Saharan
Africa,
University of Stellenbosch.
- Tyler, E. The
Economics of Orchestras: A Theoretical Analysis and South
African Application,
UCT.
Winner: D Casale
1998
- Heynis, Jessica.
Domestic Saving in South Africa: An Investigation, WITS
- Rankin, N. Does the level of financial development
have implications for economic growth, UCT.
- Van Wyk, JT. VIGS en die Suid-Afrikaanse Ekonomie,
University of Stellenbosch.
Winner: J Heynis
1997
- Pienaar, N. Neoclassical Treatment of Technology,
Wits
- Tavill, S. An Empirical Investigation to Ascertain
Whether A Small Fund Effect Exists Among South African General
Equity Unit Trusts, UCT.
Winner: A Tavill
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