Hylton Hollander

 

Senior Lecturer

Title: Dr
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 21 808 2478
Office: Schumann 508

 

Research interests:

International macro-finance | Financial frictions in macroeconomic models | Monetary theory & policy | Sovereign debt & fiscal policy | Financial (in)stability | Macroeconomics of distribution & growth

 

Courses lectured:

Current: International Finance 771/871 & 244; Monetary Economics 771/871 | Previous: Mathematical Economics 771; Issues in Banking & Finance (MPhil, USB); Dynamic Economic Theory 871; Economics 144 (Macroeconomics) ; Honours Macroeconomics (UCT); International Finance (UWC)
 
 
Curriculum Vitae (November 2023) (extended version incl. supervision record)

 

Published research:

 

Working Papers (*Revise & resubmit; **Accepted):

"A medium-sized, open-economy, fiscal DSGE model of South Africa" (with J.H. Kemp), WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-92, World Institute for Development Economic Research, (2020), DOI.

"Debt-financed fiscal stimulus in South Africa", WIDER Working Paper Series WP-2021-152, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), (2021), DOI.*

"Fiscal policy in times of fiscal stress (or what to do when r >g )" (with R. Havemann), WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research, (2022), DOI.*

"The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa" (with R. Havemann and D. Steenkamp), ERSA Working Paper Series 881, Economic Research Southern Africa, (2022), URI.**

"A deep learning approach to estimation of the Phillips Curve in South Africa" (with G. Du Rand and D. Van Lill), WIDERWorking Paper, World Institute for Development Economic Research, (2023), DOI.*

"Time-varying fiscal multipliers for South Africa: A large time-varying parameter vector autoregression approach" (with G. Du Rand and D. Van Lill), WIDER Working Paper, World Institute for Development Economic Research, (2023), DOI.

 

Works-in-progress:

"Large Scale Asset Purchases and Financial Stability" (with Dawie van Lill)

"Fiscal policy and dimensions of inequality in South Africa" (with J. Terblanche. and D. van Lill)

"The Management of Capital Flows and Financial Stability" (with David de Villiers and Dawie van Lill)

"Using Apple Product Prices to Evaluate the Law of One Price and Product Derived Real Exchange Rates" (with Rick Walker and Dawie van Lill)

"The Trade and Financial Channels of External Adjustment" (with Bernard Njiri, SU)

 

Capacity building:

In the pipeline: Macroeconometrics workshop for policymakers and graduate students (with D. van Lill); The National Treasury DSGE model - "Government debt and interest rates" and "Fiscal sustainability and optimal policy" (see recorded presentation)

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4 December 2023
Beyond the scheduled data releases, there was a lot to digest on the economic news front last week. Internationally, downward inflation surprises from the US and Eurozone spurred financial markets to expect sooner and deeper rate cuts by the major central banks. Meanwhile, the delayed announcement by OPEC+ members of further production cuts failed to...

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BER Weekly

4 December 2023
Beyond the scheduled data releases, there was a lot to digest on the economic news front last week. Internationally, downward inflation surprises from the US and Eurozone spurred financial markets to expect sooner and deeper rate cuts by the major central banks. Meanwhile, the delayed announcement by OPEC+ members of further production cuts failed to...

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