Seminars are held in Tukkiewerf, Room [1-37], at 13:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. For more information about the series, contact Rangan Gupta and Alexander Zimper.
Other presentations in connection with the Economics department, for instance, Ph.D. defenses, workshops, and (mini-) conferences, are also listed on this schedule.
The schedule is continuously updated, so do check regularly!
| Date | Presenter, Affiliation and Topic |
| Wednesday, January, 16 | Prof. Theodore Panagiotidis (University of Macedonia) "Twitter versus Traditional News Media: Evidence for the Sovereign Bond Markets." |
| Wednesday, January, 30 | Prof. Theophile Azomahou (CNRS, University of Clermont Auvergne, CERDI, Maastricht University) "Complementarity Versus Substitution in Programmes Package: Evidence on Deworming and School Feeding in Rural Senegal." |
| Monday, February, 18 | Ms. Theshne Kisten (University of Pretoria) "A Financial Stress Index for South Africa: A Time-Varying Correlation Approach." |
| Monday, February, 25 | Dr. Juan Paez-Farrell (University of Sheffield) "International Monetary Policy Coordination: A Robust Control Approach." |
| Monday, March, 4 | Mr. Kuba Szczygielski (University of Pretoria) "Are Macroeconomic Factors Adequate Proxies for Systematic Influences in Stock Returns?" |
| Wednesday, March, 6 | Dr. Goodness C. Aye (University of Pretoria) "Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and Economic Activity in South Africa: An Asymmetric Analysis." |
| Monday, March, 11 | Prof. Alexander Zimper (University of Pretoria) "Bargaining Over Loan Contracts with Market-Savvyness Signaling." |
| Monday, March, 18 | Prof. Frank Riedel (Bielefeld University) "Viability and Arbitrage under Knightian Uncertainty." |
| Monday, April, 8 | Ms. Michelle Vogelzang (J-PAL) "J-PAL as a Potential Employer." |
| Wednesday, April, 17 | Mr. Francois Stofberg (University of Pretoria) "Dynamic Fiscal Incidence Modelling in South Africa." |
| Monday, May, 13 | Dr. Volker Schoer (University of Witwatersrand) "Findings from the Second Early Grade Reading Study: The Impact of an Instructional Change Intervention on English Literacy Performance." |
| Monday, May, 20 | Prof. Daniela Casale (University of Witwatersrand) "Long-Term Effects of Exposure to War on Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil War." |
| Wednesday, May, 22 | Prof. Paul Alagidede (University of Witwatersrand) "The Political Economy of Disease Control: A Step Beyond ARV Therapy in a Randomized Clinical Trial of HIV/AIDS." |
| Monday, June, 3 | Prof. Brian Dill (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Development Figurations: Multiple Ways of Financing Public Goods." |
| Wednesday, June, 12 | Prof. Rangan Gupta (University of Pretoria) "Trade Uncertainties and Bitcoin as a Hedge." |
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