Seminars are held in Tukkiewerf, Room [1-37], at 13:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. For more information about the series, contact 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 | |
Thursday, February, 1 (14:30-16:30, Law Building - Room 1.31) |
Dr. Maria Demertzis (Bruegel) "Brexit and the Future of Europe." |
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Wednesday, February, 7 | Ph.D. Student Presentations | |
Monday, February, 12 |
Mr. Philipp Öhlmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) "Religion and Youth Labor Market Outcomes in Northern South Africa." |
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Wednesday, February, 14 | Ph.D. Student Presentations | |
Wednesday, February, 21 | Dr. Jesse Naidoo (University of Chicago) "The Engel Curves of Noncooperative Households." |
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Wednesday, February, 28 | Prof. Guangling (Dave) Liu (Stellenbosch University) "China's Fiscal Stimulus in a Global Zero Lower Bound Environment." |
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Wednesday, March, 5 | Prof. Frank Riedel (Bielefeld University) "Equilibria under Knightian Price Uncertainty." |
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Wednesday, March, 14 |
Ms. Tumisang Loate (University of Pretoria) "Spillovers of the Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy from the US to South Africa." |
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Monday, March, 19 | Ms. Shinhye Chang (University of Pretoria) "Growth Volatility and Inequality in the U.S.: A Wavelet Analysis." |
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Wednesday, April, 4 (11:00-12:00) |
Prof. Alexander Zimper (University of Pretoria) "University of Pretoria's Proposal for a South African Reserve Bank Chair in Financial Stability Studies." |
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Wednesday, April, 11 | Prof. Alexander Zimper (University of Pretoria) "Preferences Over Rich Sets of Random Variables: Let's Talk about Continuity." |
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Monday, April, 23 | Mr. Thabo Mboweni (University of Pretoria) "Commodity Price Shocks and the South African Business Cycle: The Role of Financial Frictions." |
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Monday, May, 14 | Mr. Philton Makena (University of Pretoria) "Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Re-examination of Theory and Evidence." |
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Tuesday, May, 15 | Dr. Precious Zikhali (The World Bank) "Poverty and Inequality Assessment Report." |
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Wednesday, May, 16 | Dr. Alain Pholo Bala (University of Johannesburg) "FDI, Market Power and Agglomeration of French Firms in Africa." |
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Monday, May, 21 | Dr. Nicky Nicholls (University of Pretoria) "Information and Violations of the Sure-Thing Principle: An Experimental Consideration of Non-Vanishing Ambiguity." |
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Wednesday, May, 23 | Dr. Kevin Kotze (University of Cape Town) "Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and Economic Activity in South Africa." |
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Monday, May, 28 | Prof. Rangan Gupta (University of Pretoria) "What is so Real about Tax Evasion?" |
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Wednesday, May, 30 | Ms. Wendy Nyakabawo (University of Pretoria) "High-Frequency Impact of Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Surprises on US MSAs and Aggregate US Housing Returns and Volatility: A GJR-GARCH Approach." |
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Monday, June, 4 | Dr. Allan de Freitas (University of Pretoria) "Sovereign Credit Ratings: Are Developing and Advanced Economies Treated Differently?" |
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Monday, June, 18 | Prof. Michaël Bonnal (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga) "How Political Institutions Contribute To Technological Progress: Evidence From A Panel Of 179 Countries From 1975 To 2015." |
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