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, January, 24 |
Prof. Pierre Fleckinger (University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne) "Game of Frauds." |
Wednesday, February, 1 | Ph.D. Student Presentations |
Friday, February, 3 (Ph.D. Defense, 11:00-12:00) |
Ms. Carolyn Cisadza (University of Pretoria) "Essays on Political Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa." |
Monday, February, 13 (Ph.D. Defense) |
Ms. Kafayat Amusa (University of Pretoria) "Essays on Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa." |
Thursday, February, 23 | Dr. Enzo Dia (University of Milan) "Fixed Costs and Capital Regulation: Impacts on Endogenous Entry and Aggregate Loan Quality." |
Monday, February, 27 | Dr. Somik Lall (The World Bank) "African Cities." |
Wednesday, March, 1 | Prof. Roula Inglesi-Lotz (University of Pretoria) "Renewable Energy Efficiency in South Africa." |
Wednesday, March, 8 | Dr. Montfort Mlachila (International Monetary Fund) "Commodity Price Shocks and Financial Sector Fragility." |
Wednesday, March, 15 | Prof. Simon Quinn (University of Oxford) "Anonymity or Distance: Experimental Evidence on Obstacles to Youth Employment Opportunities." |
Thursday, March, 16 | Dr. Peter Backus (University of Manchester) "Gender, Competition and Performance: Evidence from Real Tournaments." |
Wednesday, March, 29 |
Prof. James Fenske (University of Warwick) "Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa." |
Wednesday, April, 5 | Dr. Co-Pierre George (University of Cape Town) "Illiquidity Spirals in Coupled Over-the-Counter Markets." |
Wednesday, April, 19 | Dr. Daniel Opolot (University of Cape Town) "Contagion and Stochastic Evolution in Networks." |
Tuesday, April, 25 | Dr. Vo Phuong Mai Le (Cardiff University) "A Note on News about the Future: The Impact on DSGE Models and their VAR Representation." |
Wednesday, April, 26 (Ph.D. Defense, 13:00-14:00) |
Mr. Christian Tipoy (University of Pretoria) "On the Impact of Exchange Rate Misalignments on Economic Growth Using Homogeneous Emerging Countries." |
Wednesday, May, 3 | Prof. Steven F. Koch (Univeristy of Pretoria) "Semiparametric Equivalence Scales: An Update and Effects on Out-of-Pocket Payments." |
Wednesday, May, 17 | Prof. Rangan Gupta (University of Pretoria) "A Time-Varying cay." |
Wednesday, May, 24 | Dr. Kaushal Kishore (Univeristy of Pretoria) "Tax Competition, Policy Competition and the Strategic Use of Ownership Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investments." |
Monday, May, 29 | Dr. Yoseph Getachew and Dr. Eleni Yitbarek (University of Pretoria) "Share the Love: Parental Bias, Women Empowerment and Intergenerational Mobility." |
Wednesday, May, 31 (12:00-13:00) |
Dr. Gael Giraud (AFD) "GEMMES: GEneral Monetary Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shifts." |
Monday, June, 26 | Prof. Meeta Keswani Mehra (Jawaharlal Nehru University) "Economic Growth, Trade and Investment in BRICS." |
Friday, July, 7 (Ph.D. Defense, 10:00-11:00) |
Mr. Charl Jooste (University of Pretoria) "Essays in Fiscal Policy." |
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