Academic Staff

Paula Armstrong
Researcher
Research interests:
Economics of Education, Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
Philip Black
Extraordinary Professor
Research interests:
Economic History, Public Finance and Trade and Development Policy
Courses lectured:
Microeconomics 888, Microeconomics 778, Fiscal Policy (MPhil), Public Finance 778
Willem Boshoff
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
I specialize in competition policy and time series econometrics. | Ek spesialiseer in mededingingsbeleid en tydreeksekonometrie.
Courses lectured:
Economics 871: Econometrics, Intensive Course in Statistics for Graduate Students, Industrial Organisation
Cobus Burger
Researcher
Research interests:
Applied microeconomic theory, applied econometrics, development economics.
Courses lectured:
Econometrics 871 (Cross-Sectional)
Ronelle Burger
Researcher
Research interests:
Africa, Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs, Public Health and health policies, Analysis of Education, Measurement and Analysis of Poverty, Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks
Rulof Burger
Senior lecturer
Research interests:
Unemployment; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs; Labour Market Discrimination; Education; Econometric and Statistical Methods; Growth theory.
Le Roux Burrows
Lecturer
Research interests:
Modelling: CGE and Econometric, Trade Analysis, Tourism Satellite Accounting
Courses lectured:
Economics 318: Quantitative Economics; Economics 388: Econometrics; Quantitative Techniques (MPhil); Economics 318 and 348: Computer tutorials; Graduate computer tutorials
Estian Calitz
Professor
Research interests:
Public Economics, Economic policy
Courses lectured:
Public Economics 778, Macroeconomics 871, EKN 348 (Fiskale Beleid / Fiscal Policy)
Marisa Coetzee
Researcher
Research interests:
Measurement and analysis of poverty, Social policy and programme evaluation, Microeconometrics
Carlos da Maia
Researcher
Research interests:
Analysis of Poverty and Inequality; Returns to Education; Education Production Functions; Survey Data Analysis; Impact and Programme Evaluation; Inflation Targeting in Developing Countries.
Pierre de Villiers
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Mathematical methods and Programming, Microeconomics - Welfare Economics, State and Local Governments, Education Finance
Courses lectured:
Microeconomics 214, Managerial Economics 388, Mathematical Economics 778, Economics of Education 778 & 878
Sophia du Plessis
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Institutional Economics, Economic growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Economic history
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 144, Institutional Economics 381
Stan du Plessis
Professor
Research interests:
Sociology of Economics (citation analyses; departmental rankings; etc.), Econometric and Statistical Methods: General, Econometric Methods: Single/Multiple/Simultaneous Equation Models, Model Construction and Estimation; Model Evaluation and Testing, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes measurement and data), Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects), Central Banks and Their Policies (organization, case studies), Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government , Law and Economics: General and Constitutional Law, Economic History: General
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 318, Macroeconomics 778, Macroeconomics 888 (Macroeconomic for developing countries), Advanced Econometrics 872, Monetary economics 778
Gideon du Rand
Lecturer
Research interests:
Political Economics: optimal voting mechanisms, optimal level of centralization | Monetary and Macroecononomics: exchange rate modelling, rational expectations, imperfect informations, incomplete asset markets | Econometrics: cointegration, selection models, Bayesian methods | Economic Theory: numerical solution methods
Courses lectured:
Mathematical Economics, Advanced Econometrics, Microeconomic Analysis, Advanced Microeconomic Analysis
Hassan Essop
Lecturer
Research interests:
Local Economic Development, Informal Labour Markets, Public Economics, General.
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 144, Macroeconomics 214, Public Economics 381
Olivia Ezeobi
Lecturer
Research interests:
Food security and policies related to Nutrition Interventions (especially those aimed at children); Economics of Education
Courses lectured:
Economics 144, Economics 288 (Economics for Humanities Students), Economics 214 and 244 Tutorials
Johan Fourie
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
South African economic history, International Trade, Infrastructure, the Economics of Sport
Courses lectured:
Economic development 281, International Trade 778 (Honours), Economic history 778 (Honours)
Evan Gilbert
Extraordinary Associate Professor
Research interests:
Behavioural finance in emerging; Banking regulation; Anomalies in stock market returns (mean reversion, momentum).
Courses lectured:
Financial Market Analysis; Financial Economics
Martin Gustafsson
Researcher
Research interests:
Economics of education (including teacher pay), development economics, cross-country comparisons in education, education policy design, research-policymaking linkages, applied econometrics, multi-year modelling of financial and non-financial values in education planning.
Courses lectured:
Economics of education (in collaboration with University of the Witwatersrand)
Pietie Horn
Junior Lecturer
Research interests:
Education in Economics, Economics of Crime
Courses lectured:
Microeconomics 114, Macroeconomics 144, Macro/Micro (MPhil)
Rachel Jafta
Professor
Research interests:
International Trade, Industrial Organisation and Competition issues, Technological Change and R&D, Affirmative Action and Black economic Empowerment
Courses lectured:
Economics 144 (Macroeconomics), Economics 244 (International Trade), MPhil (Trade and Industrial policy), Economics 771: Hons/Masters (Economics of Technological Change), International Trade II (Masters) Trade Policy (Sectoral analysis), Bsc (Textile Science) fourth year (TS 424 Textiles and the World Economy)
Ada Jansen
Lecturer
Research interests:
Environmental Economics, environmental valuation (e.g. Contingent Valuation), Resource Economics, water economics, water demand, water pollution and water management, Public Finance, intergovernmental relations, provincial and local taxation, Microeconomics
Courses lectured:
Microeconomics (114), Public Sector Economics (244), Game Theory (318), Environmental Economics (778)
Nico Katzke
Lecturer
Research interests:
Financial Economics, Financial Market Analyses, Econometric Analyses
Courses lectured:
Financial Economics 778, Honours Econometrics 771, Advanced Time Series Econometrics 871, Honours Macro Tutorials.
Kholekile Malindi
Junior lecturer
Courses lectured:
Economics 114
Dave Liu
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Business Cycles, Monetary Theory and Policy.
Courses lectured:
Dynamic Economic Theory 871, Mathematical Economics 771
Colin McCarthy
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
International Trade and Trade Policy, Regional Economic Integration
Courses lectured:
International Trade I 778, International Trade II 888, Trade Policy 348
Basil Moore
Extraordinary Professor
Research interests:
Financial Theory, Money and Banking, Macroeconomic Theory, Finance and Development, Endogenous Money, Corporate Equities, Complexity and Economics
Courses lectured:
Post-Keynesian Economics 888
Eldridge Moses
Lecturer
Research interests:
Development Economics, Economics of Education, Economics of Race and Class in South Africa, Economics of Crime, Migration Studies
Courses lectured:
Economics 114, Development Economics 281
Liezl Nieuwoudt
Junior Lecturer
Research interests:
Economics Education and Teaching of Economics, Analysis of Education, Educational Finance
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 144, International Finance 244, Economics 288, Micro and Macro Theory (MPhil)
Monique Reid
Lecturer
Research interests:
Macroeconomic policy, Monetary economics, Financial economics
Courses lectured:
Macroeconomics 144, Core Macroeconomics Course (Honours), Monetary Economics (Honours)
Andrie Schoombee
Professor & Departmental Chair
Research interests:
Monetary Policy, Financial markets in developing economies
Courses lectured:
Economics 214 (Monetary Policy), Economics 348 (Financial Sector Policy), Monetary Economics 778 (Financial System), Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy (MPhil)
Krige Siebrits
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Public Economics; Institutional Economics; Economics of Sport
Courses lectured:
Institutional Economics (Honours); Development Economics (Honours); Economics 281; Economics 244 (International Finance)
Ben Smit
Professor & Director, Bureau for Economic Research
Research interests:
Macroeconomics, International finance
Courses lectured:
International Finance 348, Advanced Econometrics 888, International Finance 778, Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy (MPhil)
Carina Smit
Lecturer (Part-time)
Research interests:
Economics of Education (Teaching and Learning), Health Economics, Competition Policy
Courses lectured:
Economics 144
Nicholas Spaull
Researcher
Research interests:
Education, Poverty (see www.nicspaull.com/research)
Courses lectured:
Economic and Development Problems in Africa and South Africa (IPSU course)
Sampie Terreblanche
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Economic history, History of economic thought, South African economic history, Economic systems
Courses lectured:
History of Economic thought (318), Modern Economic Systems (318), Modern Economic Systems (888), Policy Analysis (MPhil), Economic and political problems in South Africa and Africa (for foreign students at the International Office), Religion and Economics for MPhil in Religion and Culture in the Faculty of Theology
Nicola Theron
Extraordinary Senior Lecturer; ECONEX
Research interests:
Competition policy, Monetary economics
Courses lectured:
Competition Policy 348, Competition Policy (MPhil)
Hendrik van Broekhuizen
Researcher
Research interests:
Development and Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Applied Microeconometrics, Behavioural Economics
Courses lectured:
Introductory Econometrics 771 Tutorials
Servaas van der Berg
Professor
Research interests:
Economic development, Poverty, Income distribution, Social policy, Education
Courses lectured:
Development 348, Development Economics 778, Development Economics 888, Economics of Education 888
Albert van der Merwe
Lecturer
Research interests:
Economic value of the natural environment
Courses lectured:
Environmental economics for the Post-graduate Diploma in Environmental Management; Environmental Economics 778 (Honours elective course); Environmental Economics part of the Economics 381 course; Economics policy and the natural environment for the Economics 348 course
Melt van Schoor
Lecturer
Research interests:
Microeconomics, Labour, Social Networks and Information, Evolutionary Game Theory, Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Agent Based Simulation Modeling, Computer Software and Methods
Courses lectured:
Economics 114, Game Theory (318)
Chris Van Wyk
Researcher
Research interests:
Economics of Education, Data Management, Cohort Analysis
Dieter von Fintel
Lecturer
Research interests:
Applied Microeconometrics; Labour and Development Economics; Cliometrics
Courses lectured:
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