Seminars are held in Tukkiewerf, Room [1-37], at 12:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays in general. 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, March, 12 | Prof. Alexander Zimper (University of Pretoria) "Strategic Market Games with Interim Price Information and Action Spaces Consisting of Linear Demand-Schedules." |
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Thursday, March, 27 (10:00-11:00) |
Dr. Marco Rossi and Ms. Ntshuxeko Mathebula (MathWorks and Opti-Num Solutions) "Solving Climate Change Risks Challenges with MATLAB." |
| Monday, March, 31 | Prof. Heinrich Bohlmann (University of Pretoria) "Socio-Economic Impacts of the Proposed Energy Transition in South Africa." |
| Wednesday, April, 09 | Prof. Steven F. Koch (University of Pretoria) "The Impact of Relative Price on Household Electricity Consumption." |
| Wednesday, April, 30 | Dr. Antoinette van der Merwe (University of Pretoria) "Malnourishment in Children in the Vicinity of Waste." |
| Monday, May, 05 | Prof. Dambala G. Kutela (University of the Witwatersrand) "Learning to Cooperate in Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game: Theory and Experiment." |
| Wednesday, May, 07 | Dr. Daniel Opolot (University of Pretoria) "Prejudice, Homophily and the Dynamics of Disagreement." |
| Monday, May, 12 | Dr. Lindelwa Ngwenya (University of Pretoria) "Offshore Securitisation as a Profit Distribution Tool in Avoidance of Shareholder-Level Taxation: A Thesis Concerning Catastrophe Bonds in the Insurance Sector." |
| Wednesday, May, 14 | Prof. Guangling Liu (Stellenbosch University) "Public Debt and Inflation Dynamics in South Africa: An Estimated New Keynesian-DSGE Model with Monetary and Fiscal Policy Mix Regimes." |
| Thursday, May, 15 | Dr. Nick Pretnar (University of California, Santa Barbara) "One Production Function." |
| Monday, May, 19 | Dr. Sphiwe Skhosana (University of Pretoria) "Estimating Semi-Parametric Gaussian Mixtures of Non-Parametric Regressions with an Application in Environmental Economics." |
| Wednesday, May, 21 | Prof. Nicky Nicholls (University of Pretoria) "Corrupt Behaviour: Information Provision and Information Avoidance." |
| Monday, May, 26 | Prof. Eleni Yitbarek (University of Pretoria) "TBA." |
| Wednesday, May, 28 | Prof. Rangan Gupta (University of Pretoria) "Adjustment Costs and Growth Dynamics." |
| Monday, June, 09 | Mr. Jacobus Nel (University of Pretoria) "Reducing Transport-Related Fuel Consumption through Electrification." |
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