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:Currently on study leave |
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