Recent working papers
The following working papers were recently added to the Stellenbosch Working Paper Series:
In "Do Long Memory and Asymmetries Matter When Assessing Downside Return Risk?", Nico Katzke and Chris Garbers test whether, on sector level, returns series in South Africa exhibit long memory and asymmetries and, more specifically, whether these effects should be accounted for when assessing downside risk. Their findings confirm that controlling for asymmetries and long memory in volatility models improve risk management calculations.
Hendrik van Broekhuizen uses aggregate data from the Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) to analyse the trends and underlying correlates of first-time enrolments and graduations in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes in the public higher education system between 2004 and 2013 in "Teacher Supply in South Africa: A Focus on Initial Teacher Education Graduate Production".
Finally, in "Identifying Periods of US Housing Market Explosivity", Mehmet Balcilar, Nico Katzke and Rangan Gupta apply several robust techniques that allow them to identify periods in which US housing prices start to exhibit explosivity with respect to its past behaviour and when it recedes to long term stable prices.
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27 Jun 2025 Another setback for the GNU, but oil markets breathe a little easierThis week was marked by heightened tensions both domestically and internationally. At home, friction intensified between the two largest parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU), the ANC and the DA, following the firing of one of the DA's deputy ministers. Internationally, the US conducted airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities using...
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 21 July 202512:00-13:00
Izak Odendaal: Old Mutual Wealth Chief Investment Strategist
Topic: "Diverging fiscal policies and what it means for markets"
12:00-13:00
Dr Neil Rankin: Ceo Of Predictive Insights & Stellenbosch University
Topic: "TBC"
12:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
BER Weekly
27 Jun 2025 Another setback for the GNU, but oil markets breathe a little easierThis week was marked by heightened tensions both domestically and internationally. At home, friction intensified between the two largest parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU), the ANC and the DA, following the firing of one of the DA's deputy ministers. Internationally, the US conducted airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities using...
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