List of papers delivered at the conference.
| Author |
Title |
Abstract |
Full Paper |
| Prof. Estian Calitz
(Professor of Economics, University of South Africa) |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
Structural Economic Reform in South Africa: Some International
Comparisons |
|
PDF |
| Jeffrey D Lewis (World Bank) |
Promoting Growth and Employment in South Africa |
- |
PDF |
Dr N Brink (SARB) &
Prof W Viviers |
Obstacles in Attracting Increased Portfolio
Investment into Southern Africa |
PDF |
- |
| Christopher Browne (School of Economics and
Management - Durban) |
Untitled |
PDF |
- |
| Johann du Pisanie (Department of Economics, UNISA) |
Competition versus Co-Operation - The Case of SADC's
Regional Development Corridors |
PDF |
- |
| Nombulelo Duma (Department of Economics, University
of Natal) |
The Determinants of Exchange Rate Flexibility and The
Theory of Optimum Currency Areas: An Application to SADC. |
PDF |
- |
| Prof A B Gyekye (Department of Economics, University
of Venda) and Prof A O Akinboade (Department of Economics, UNISA) |
An Analysis of Poverty in the Northern Province of
South Africa: Implications for Empowerment Policy |
PDF |
PDF |
| Penelope Hawkins and Keith Lockwood |
A Strategy for Foreign Direct Investment |
PDF |
PDF
Annex
|
| Dr A C Jordaan (Department of Economics, University
of Pretoria) |
A Quality of Life Index: An Empowerment Tool |
PDF |
- |
| Professors Graham Barr and Brian Kanto (Professors of
Economics, University of Cape Town) |
The South African Economy and its Asset Markets - An
Integrated Approach |
PDF |
- |
| Charlotte du Toit and Reneé Koekemoer (Department of
Economics, University of Pretoria) |
A Labour Model for South Africa: "Jobless
Growth" or Not? |
PDF |
- |
| Jan de Jager (National Productivity Institute) and
Reneé Koekemoer (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria) |
South African Growth Determinants - Which is the
Chicken and Which is the Egg? |
PDF |
- |
| Dr J C Lötter (Department of Economics, UNISA) |
Urban Economic Empowerment: The Continuation of
History? |
PDF |
- |
| Andries Naudé (CSIR, Stellenbosch) |
Development of Local Economic Linkages in Rural Areas |
PDF |
- |
| Morné Nigrini (Department of Economics, University
of Stellenbosch) |
Empowering Poor Rural Villages Through the Provision
of Financial Services by Means of Financial Service Cooperatives: A
Preliminary Investigation into Financial Service Cooperatives in
South Africa |
PDF |
PDF |
| Dorrit R Posel (Senior Lecturer: Economics -
University of Natal) and Daniela M Casale (University of Natal) |
The Feminisation of the Labour Force in South Africa:
A Supply-Side Phenomenon? |
PDF |
- |
| Dr Sandrine Rospabe (School of Economics, University
of Cape Town) |
Did Labour Market Racial Discrimination Decline with
the End of Apartheid? An Analysis of the Evolution of Hiring,
Occupational and Wage Discrimination between 1993 and 1999 in South
Africa |
PDF |
PDF |
| Davina Frederika Jacobs and Niek Johannes Schoeman
(Department of Economics, University of Pretoria) |
The Relevance of Alternative Definitions of the
Budget Deficit in Fiscal Policy Analysis |
PDF |
PDF |
| James Thurlow and Merle Holden (School of Economics
and Management, University of Natal) |
The Impact of the EU-SA Free Trade Agreement on
Selected Countries within COMESA |
PDF |
PDF |
| Dr K R Todani (Department of Economics, University of
Venda) |
Pricing Behaviour in the U.S. Railroad Industry:
Lessons for South Africa. |
PDF |
PDF |
| M Kearney(Technikon Free State) and J H Van Heerden
(Head of Department, University of Pretoria) |
A Static, Stylized CGE Model Applied to South Africa
to Evaluate the Incidence of VAT on Different Income Groups |
PDF |
PDF |
| Theuns de Wet and J H Van Heerden (University of
Pretoria) |
From Input-Output to Computable General Equilibrium
(CGE) Modelling: Estimating the Effect on SMME Output Growth with
Government Subsidies and other Policy Measures |
PDF |
- |
| Corne van Walbeek (School of Economics, University of
Cape Town) |
The Distributional Impact of Tobacco Excise Tax
Increases |
PDF |
- |
| Hammed A Amusa (Department of Economics, University
of Pretoria) |
Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Case
of South Africa |
PDF |
- |
| Lizel Blignaut (Competition Commission South Africa,
Policy and Research Division) |
Predatory Pricing and the South African Competition
Act - The Role of Economic Analysis |
PDF |
- |
| Dr F. le R. Booysen (Department of Economics,
University of the Free State) |
Poverty and Health in South Africa: Evidence from the
Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) |
PDF |
- |
| Merle Holden (School of Economics and Management,
University of Natal) |
Anti-Dumping: Protection against Foreign Abuse of
Power in South Africa? |
PDF |
PDF |
| Prof Gideon Horn and Dr Hendrik Lloyd (Department of
Logistics Management and Economics, Port Elizabeth Technikon) |
Urban Renewal and urban Empowerment for Disadvantaged
Communities in the Eastern Cape Province: A Case Study |
PDF |
- |
| Alain N Kabundi (Department of Economics, RAU) |
Using Artificial Neural Networks to Forecast Economic
Variables |
PDF |
- |
| Marcel R A R Kohler and Janet O Bruce-Brand
(Department of Economics, University of Natal) |
Should South Africa be Using Trade Policy to Promote
Higher Labour Standards and Prevent Exploitation of Unskilled
Labour? |
PDF |
- |
| Dr J C Lötter (Department of Economics, UNISA) |
Urban Economic Empowerment: The Continuation of
History? |
PDF |
- |
| N S Mashiya (Vista University, Soweto) |
The Role of Commercial Banks in Financing Small,
Medium and Microenterprises in the Greater Soweto |
PDF |
PDF |
| Ronald Mears (Vista University, Soweto) |
The Paradoxical Character of Environmental Change in
Developing and Developed Towns, In Particular Soweto |
PDF |
- |
| S Mensah (School of Economics and Management
Sciences, University of the North) |
The Migrant Labour System and Economic Empowerment in
Lesotho |
PDF |
- |
| Dr Sandra Mollentze (South African Reserve Bank
College) |
The Suitability of a Currency Board for an Emerging
Market Economy |
PDF |
- |
| P S M Ndimande (Department of Economics, Rhodes
University) |
Gender Inequality Still a Critical Issue ion the
Development of Rural Kwazulu-Natal |
PDF |
PDF |
| Marc Piazolo (University of Applied Sciences
Kaiserslautern) |
Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Motor of
Economic Development? |
PDF |
PDF |
| Anirood Singh (Advocate of the High Court of South
Africa) |
Economic Empowerment of the Poor by Enforcement of
Socio-Economic Rights Through Public Interest Actions: Lessons From
India |
PDF |
- |
| J D Snowball and G G Antrobus (Department of
Economics, Rhodes University) |
Valuing the Arts: Pitfalls in Economic Impact Studies
of Arts Festivals |
PDF |
PDF |
| Mosima Makola (Lecturer of Economics and Banking,
Technikon South Africa) |
Personal Savings and the Banking Sector: A Survey of
the Confidence in the Banking Sector Amongst Rural and Urban Black
People in South Africa - A Case Study |
PDF |
- |
| Norma Tregurtha and Prof Nick Vink (Department of
Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch) |
Poverty and Capabilities Among Farm Workers in South
Africa |
PDF |
- |
| Johannes Jordaan and Chris Harmse |
Risk and Speculation in the South African Economy |
- |
PDF |
| Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel |
The Continued Feminisation of the Labour Force in
South Africa: An Analysis of Recent Data and Trends |
- |
PDF |
| Dr Pieter Meulendijks (Faculty of Economics and
Business Administration, Tilburg University) |
On the self-seeking or altruistic economic policy of
the UNited States with regard to the Rest of the World and vice
versa - An Application of a quasi-empirical two-country mode, |
- |
PDF |
| H Nel and CG Makuwaza (Department of Economics,
Rhodes University) |
Clustering as a policy strategy for improving
manufacturing performance and economic growth in South Africa:
A case study of the motor industry in the Eastern Cape |
- |
PDF |
| O.A. Akinboade, E.W. Neidermeier and F.K. Siebrits
(Department of Economics, UNISA) |
South Africa's inflation dynamics: Implications
for Policy |
- |
PDF |
| S Ssekabira Ntege and Chris Harmse |
Are Import Prices Sticky Downwards? The Effect
of Tariff Reduction on South Africa's Wine Industry |
- |
PDF |
| Arnold Wentzel (Lecturer in Economics, Mu and RAU) |
Realistic Business Strategies from Unrealistic
Microeconomic Theories |
- |
PDF |
| C H Van Schalkwyk (RAU) |
Creating Wealth in a Developing Economy by
Incorporating Investor Psychology in Portfolio Construction |
- |
PDF |
| Elsabe Loots (RAU) |
Globalisation and Emerging Markets: Winners and
Losers |
- |
PDF |
| Adelaide Matlanyane and Chris Harmse (University of
Pretoria) |
Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalisation in South
Africa |
- |
PDF |
| W Naude, B Michael Gilroy, Kaarl-Heinz Schmidt and N
Bauer |
Multinational Enterprises in Africa: A Study of
German Firms in South Africa |
- |
PDF |
| W Naude and P Serumaga (University of the North West) |
Manufactured in Africa: Why Not? |
- |
PDF |
| G J Kershoff and B W Smit |
Conducting Inflation Expectation Surveys in South
Africa |
- |
PDF |
| CM Naude and C Harmse |
Industrial Strategy and
South Africa’s International Trade Position: The Influence of
Structural Change and Industrial Location |
- |
PDF |