Seminars are held in Tukkiewerf, Room [1-37], at 13:00 on Wednesdays. For more information about the series, contact either Manoel Bittencourt or Rangan Gupta.
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 |
Tuesday, February, 9 (12:00-13:00, Ph.D. Defense) |
Mr. Haakon Kavli (University of Pretoria) "International Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Stability." |
Wednesday, March, 9 | Dr. Goodness C. Aye (University of Pretoria) "Testing the Efficiency of the Art Market Using Quantile-Based Unit Root Tests." |
Monday, March, 14 - Tuesday, March, 15 | ERSA Lecture Series in Economic Theory: “Asymmetric Information in Markets and Organizations." |
Wednesday, March, 16 |
Ms. Tumisang Loate (University of Pretoria) "Local Credit Constraints and the Global Financial Cycle: A Panel Analysis." |
Wednesday, 30, March - Thursday, 31, March | Economics Research and Policy Conference "Politics, Finance and Growth." |
Wednesday, April, 13 | Mr. Christian K. Tipoy (University of Pretoria) "On the Impact of Exchange Rate Misalignments on Economic Growth." |
Wednesday, April, 20 | Mr. Vincent Dadam (University of Pretoria) "Effects of Public Sector Wages on a Labour Market with Workers Skill Gap." |
Tuesday, April, 26 | Prof. Holger Strulik (Goettingen University) "Desire and Development." |
Wednesday, May, 4 |
Dr. Matthew Clance (University of Pretoria) "Banking Crisis and Heterogeneous Effects on Bi-Lateral Trade." |
Wednesday, May, 11 | Dr. Kaushal Kishore (University of Pretoria) "Dynamic Inconsistency, Falling Cost of Capital Relocation and Preferential Taxation of Foreign Capital." |
Monday, May, 16 | Ms. Laura Roussouw (Stellenbosch University) "Neonatal Incentives in the Western Cape." |
Wednesday, May, 25 | Prof. Rangan Gupta (University of Pretoria) "The Role of Macroeconomic Uncertainty in Forecasting the Growth Rate of South Africa." |
Monday, May, 30 | Ms. Mathane Makgatho (University of Pretoria) "Composition of Government Expenditures and Inequality in South African Provinces." |
Tuesday, May, 31 | Dr. Igor Fedotenkov (Bank of Lithuania) "Population Ageing and Inflation with Endogenous Money Creation." |
Wednesday, June, 1 | Dr. Seth Wiggins (West Virginia University) "It’s All Local? How Sub-State Policies Affect Western US Residential Solar Adoption." |
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