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 Policy Papers . . .
Below is a list of policy papers published by the Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA). Click on their titles to read the abstracts and download the full document free of charge.
 
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Title and Author(s)
 
01 From Chimera to Prospect: South African Sources of and Constraints on Long-Term Growth, 1970-2000
By Johannes Fedderke
 
02 Technical Barriers to Trade faced by South African SMME’s
By Michael A Peet and Steven Koch
 
03 Fiscal Incentives for Research and Development
By J.W. Fedderke and B.G. Teubes
 
04 Love and Addiction: The Importance of Commitment
By Steven Koch
 
05 Higher Education
By Charles Simkins
 
06 School Quality
By Charles Simkins
 
07 International Benchmarking of South Africa’s Infrastructure Performance
Željko Bogetic and Johannes W. Fedderke
 
08 International Financial Architecture, Macroeconomic Volatility and Institutions:
By Melvin Ayogu and Hashem Dezhbakhsh
 
09 The Importance of Courts for Trade Credit in East African Manufacturing Firms
Sheshangai Kaniki
 
10 Official Revisions to SA National Accounts Data: Magnitudes and Implications
By Corne van Walbeek
 
11 Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa
A C Harmse, P F Blaauw and C J Schenck
 
12 Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in South Africa: A review of the accumulated evidence
Johannes Fedderke and Rob Garlick
 
13 The impact of tobacco advertising bans on consumption - a cross country approach including developing countries
Evan Blecher
 
14 Policy Change and Economic Growth: A Case Study of South Africa
David Faulkner and Christopher Loewald
 
15 Health Insurance or Food for the Family? An Examination into Unintended Consequences
Olufunke Alaba and Steven Koch
 
16 High Unemployment Yet Few Small Firms: The Role of Centralized Bargaining in South Africa
Jeremy R. Magruder
 
17 Where you live matters: Urbanisation and labour markets outcomes
Roy Havemann and Marna Kearney
 
18 Analysis of the Plastic-Bag Levy in South Africa
Johane Dikgang, Anthony Leiman and Martine Visser
 

 

 
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