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186: Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics

Leonard C. Smith and Vimal Ranchhod

185: Underemployed women: an analysis of voluntary and involuntary part-time wage employment in South Africa

Colette Muller

184: A history with evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony

Dieter von Fintel and Johan Fourie

183: On the Looting of Nations

Erwin Bulte, Mare Sarr and Timothy Swanson

182: The Value of the Trout Fishery at Rhodes, North Eastern Cape, South Africa, A Travel Cost Analysis Using Count Data Models

Mario du Preez and Stephen G. Hosking

181: English Language Proficiency and Earnings in a Developing Country: The Case of South Africa

Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel

180: US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory

Lawrence Edwards and Robert Lawrence

179: The Use of a Marshallian Macroeconomic Model for Policy Evaluation: Case of South Africa

Arnold Zellner and Jacques K. Ngoie

178: Climate Change Disaster Management: Mitigation and Adaptation in a Public Goods Framework

Åsa Löfgren, Martine Visser and Reviva Hasson

177: The Economic Origins of Twentieth Century Decolonisation in West Africa

Julius A. Agbor

176: How Does Colonial Origin Matter for Economic Performance in sub-Saharan Africa?

Johannes W. Fedderke, Julius A. Agbor and Nicola Viegi

175: Endogenous Money or Sticky Wages: A Bayesian Approach

Guangling Dave Liu

174: Should Central Banks of Small Open Economies Respond to Exchange Rate Fluctuations: The Case of South Africa

Geoffrey Woglom, Kevin Kotze and Sami Alpanda

173: A Comparison of Inflation Expectations and Inflation Credibility in South Africa: Results from Survey Data

Adél Bosch, Jannie Rossouw and Vishnu Padayachee

172: A theory of colonial goverance

Johannes W. Fedderke, Julius A. Agbor and Nicola Viegi

171: The impact of mega-events on tourist arrivals

Johan Fourie and Maria Santana-Gallego

170: Modelling Fugitive Natural Resources in the Context of Transfrontier Parks: Under what conditions will conservation be successful in Africa?

Edwin Muchapondwa

169: Democracy, Populism and Hyperinflation(s): Some Evidence from Latin America

Manoel Bittencourt

168: Role of Governance in Explaining Domestic Investment in Nigeria

Olusegun A. Akanbi

167: Border Tax Adjustments to Negate the Economic Impact of an Electricity Generation Tax

Jan H. van Heerden, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and Reyno Seymore

166: The Macroeconomic Impact of Skilled Emigration from South Africa: A CGE Analysis

Heinrich R. Bohlmann

165: Measuring Institutions: Indicators of Political Rights, Property Rights and Political Instability in Malawi

Johannes W. Fedderke and Julia Garlick

164: Why Speed Doesn’t Kill: Learning to Believe in Disinflation

Eric Schaling and Marco Hoeberichts

163: The Composition of Foreign Capital Stocks in South Africa: The Role of Institutions, Domestic Risk and Neighbourhood Effects

Farayi Gwenhamo and Johannes W. Fedderke

162: An economic analysis of sports performance in Africa

John M. Luiz and Riyas Fadal

161: The harmonic sequence paradox reconsidered

Alexander Zimper

160: Three Cycles: Housing, Credit and Real Activity

Alain Kabundi, Deniz Igan, Francisco N. de Simone, Marcelo Pinheiro and Natalia Tamirisa

159: Patterns of co-movement between a developed and emerging market economy: The case of South Africa and Germany

Alain Kabundi and Elsabé Loots

158: Determining the Causes of the Rising South African Unemployment Rate: An Age, Period and Generational Analysis

Dieter von Fintel and Rulof P. Burger

157: Indecisiveness aversion and preference for commitment

Alexander Zimper, Ani Guerdjikova and Eric Danan

156: The Equity Premium and Risk-Free Rate Puzzles in a Turbulent Economy: Evidence from 105 Years of Data from South Africa

Andrew van Biljon and Shakill Hassan

155: Loud and Clear? Can we hear when the SARB speaks?

Monique Reid and Stan Du Plessis

154: Value, Size and Momentum Portfolios in Real Time: The Cross-Section of South African Stocks

Ryans Bartens and Shakill Hassan

153: Sex ratios and racial differences in marriage rates in South Africa

Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel

152: What actions could boost international tourism demand for Tanzania?

Asimwe Bashagi and Edwin Muchapondwa

151: Social Ingredients and Conditional Convergence in the Study of Sectoral Growth

Charlotte du Toit, Jacques K. Ngoie and Reneé van Eyden

150: Evaluating the Performance of South African Economics Departments

John M. Luiz

149: Could we have predicted the recent downturn in the South African Housing Market?

Alain Kabundi, Rangan Gupta and Sonali Das

148: Endogenous market transparency and product differentiation

Witness Simbanegavi

147: A regional perspective on Aid and FDI in Southern Africa

Henri Bezuidenhout

146: Dynamic Returns Linkages and Volatility Transmission between South African and World Major Stock Markets

Meshach J. Aziakpono and Zivanemoyo Chinzara

145: Managing Disinflation under Uncertainty

Eric Schaling and Mewael F. Tesfaselassie

144: Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe: The Role of Institutional Factors

Farayi Gwenhamo

143: Can bank capital adequacy changes amplify the business cycle in South Africa?

Foluso Akinsola and Sylvanus Ikhide

142: Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa

Steven F. Koch

141: Is Water Shedding Next?

James N. Blignaut and Jan H. van Heerden

140: Modelling South African Currency Crises as Structural Changes in the Volatility of the Rand

Andrew S. Duncan and Guangling Dave Liu

139: The impact of an electricity generation tax on the South African economy

James N. Blignaut, Jan H. van Heerden, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Philip D. Adams and Reyno Seymore

138: Economic Growth in South Africa since the late nineteenth century

Charles Simkins and Johannes W. Fedderke

137: A Large Factor Model for Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables in South Africa

Alain Kabundi and Rangan Gupta