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PhD: Essays in export behaviour at the firm level

21 November 2017

The study investigates the behaviour of South African exporting firms (and workers) and their response to trade over time, which can inform policymakers on how to optimise export-led strategies which in turn can stimulate economic growth and job creation. ...

PhD: Looking beyond Brexit and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from South Africa’s perspective

21 November 2017

Since the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, multilateralism has been the dominant approach to liberalising trade. However, today there is a growing tendency towards bilateralism. This may be partly attributable to frustrations with ...

PhD: Coordinated border management in Southern Africa

21 November 2017

SADC is currently the most expensive region to trade from/within Africa. This problem is symptomatic of a general African malaise, namely a lack of competitiveness. Slow borders keep the African market fragmented and the movement of goods across the conti ...

Investigating how realising export potential through regional integration can contribute towards economic development in Africa

21 November 2017

Article 2 will consist of desktop research and will be finalised by December ...

Informal employment in South Africa: Still missing pieces in the vulnerability puzzle

21 November 2017

and under-researched. The emergence of informal employment activities, such as day ... discourse, and to identify those issues that must head a refocused research ... of informal sector research. Available from: ...

Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm-level: new insights from using SARS administrative data

21 November 2017

South African work on firm-level data has been limited by a lack of access to large datasets that track firms over time. This paper overcomes this constraint by analysing a new dataset of the population of manufacturing firms that are matched to their exp ...

ASEAN economic integration compared: what do the numbers tell us?

21 November 2017

In the comparative literature on regional (economic) integration processes, the ASEAN experience is often contrasted with the European (EU) integration process. More than any other integration process in the world, the ASEAN case is singled out as a count ...

Identifying the determinants of South Africa’s trade margins: A gravity model approach

21 November 2017

The significance of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it adds to the small but growing body of literature focusing on the decomposition of South Africa’s export growth. Secondly, it identifies the determinants of the intensive and extensive margins of South ...

The contribution of public capital towards economic growth

21 November 2017

Research has shown that adequate infrastructure is essential for an increase in productivity and sustained economic growth. The growth-enhancing effect that public spending has on production in private firms implies ...

South Africa’s economic policies on unemployment: A historical analysis of transition

21 November 2017

Upon South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, there were great hopes for an economic revival in the country, underpinned by supportive economic policies that prioritised job creation and the elimination of longstanding poverty and inequality. Until ...

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