The Department
Gideon du Rand
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: + 27 (0)21 808 2241
Office: Schumann 503
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 771, Advanced Econometrics 872, Microeconomics 771 & 871, Macroeconomics 771
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BER Weekly
29 May 2023On the local front, all eyes were on the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) last week, while global markets digested the latest Federal Reserve (Fed) minutes and kept a keen eye on any progress of discussions around lifting the US debt ceiling. The rand exchange rate remained under pressure and weakened to a fresh record low against the US dollar towards the end...
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BER Weekly
29 May 2023On the local front, all eyes were on the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) last week, while global markets digested the latest Federal Reserve (Fed) minutes and kept a keen eye on any progress of discussions around lifting the US debt ceiling. The rand exchange rate remained under pressure and weakened to a fresh record low against the US dollar towards the end...
Read the full issue