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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9 May 2025 Operation Vulindlela’s to-do list just got (even) longer; US Fed keeps options openThe launch of the second phase of Operation Vulindlela (OV 2.0) took centre stage in a relatively quiet domestic data week. After several delays, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that OV 2.0 would continue with phase one reforms (electricity, logistics, etc.) and added other key, but in our opinion, difficult-to-tackle items on the to-do...
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BER Weekly
9 May 2025 Operation Vulindlela’s to-do list just got (even) longer; US Fed keeps options openThe launch of the second phase of Operation Vulindlela (OV 2.0) took centre stage in a relatively quiet domestic data week. After several delays, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that OV 2.0 would continue with phase one reforms (electricity, logistics, etc.) and added other key, but in our opinion, difficult-to-tackle items on the to-do...
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