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
10 DecemberDominating the domestic headlines last week was the news that South Africa exited a technical recession in 2018Q3. While this was widely expected, the pace of GDP growth surprised on the upside. More on this in the domestic section. After the release of some survey data for the fourth quarter (see domestic section for details), a spate of actual activity...
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BER Weekly
10 DecemberDominating the domestic headlines last week was the news that South Africa exited a technical recession in 2018Q3. While this was widely expected, the pace of GDP growth surprised on the upside. More on this in the domestic section. After the release of some survey data for the fourth quarter (see domestic section for details), a spate of actual activity...
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