• Systemic risk, financial stability, and macroprudential policy responses in emerging African economies 

  Ilesanmi, Kehinde Damilola (University of Zululand, 2019)

  The extent of the damage caused by the 2007/08 global financial crisis (GFC) has forced policymakers all over the world to respond promptly in order to mitigate its effect, a process in which they are still engaged in, ...
• The nexus between social spending and economic growth in South Africa: a cointegration approach 

  Gumede, Ruth Thandazile (University of Zululand, 2019)

  South African government has been utilizing expansionary expenditure for the past two decades to tackle the declining growth and the prevailing socioeconomic challenges. This policy stance is heavily grounded in the Keynesian ...
• An evaluation of the perspectives of government and small to medium enterprises on the viability of special economic zones in Limpopo province 

  Naidoo, Logambal (University of Zululand, 2018)

  This study investigated the perspectives of government and small to medium enterprises on the viability of special economic zones in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. South African studies by various scholars have ...
• Trade, productivity and efficiency: testing for innovative spillovers from Asia’s newly industrialized countries (nics) on manufacturing in South Africa 

  Mazorodze, Brian Tavonga (University of Zululand, 2019)

  This study primarily speaks to the current debate on technology transfer by testing whether Chinese, South Korean and Japanese service imports affect productivity and efficiency of South Africa’s manufacturing industries ...
• Transformative constitutionalism and the position of the doctrine of substantive legitimate expectations in reforming administrative law in South Africa. 

  Joseph Peach, Vuyo Lungile Ntsangane (University of Zululand, 2018)

  The doctrine of legitimate expectation, initially adopted from English law, has been engrained in South African administrative law for some time, extending the scope of procedural rights afforded to individuals affected ...
• The credit channel of monetary policy transmission in the selected emerging markets 

  Ntshangase, Lwazi S. (University of Zululand, 2019)

  The credit channel has been investigated extensively in developed countries yet few studies have been conducted in emerging, developing and in less developed countries. This research employs a panel VAR model and five ...
• Shadow banking, financial stability and economic performance: implications for regulation in emerging economies 

  Zhou, Sheunesu (University of Zululand, 2019)

  Shadow banking became a topical issue in advanced economies during and after the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. The importance of the study of the shadow banking sector stems from the need to identify the channels ...
• Efficiencies of small-scale sugarcane growers in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal 

  Bulagi, Mushoni, Benedict (University of Zululand, 2019)

  Low agricultural productivity remains a threat to the existence and sustainability of the small-scale production of crops. Unfavourable climatic conditions such as drought are a concern to the long-term supply of food in ...
• Financial development, economic growth and income inequality: a panel data approach 

  Mthimkhulu, Sithembiso Felix (University of Zululand, 2019)

  Since the pattern of income distribution can be influenced by financial development, it is of major importance to both developing and developed economies. To add to the body of literature, this paper tested empirically, ...
• Import and export demand functions and the Orcutt Hypothesis: evidence from South Africa 

  Myeni, Samkelo K (University of Zululand, 2018)

  The South African economy is subject to balance-of-payments constraints that retard the growth process before it is able to deliver higher per capita incomes to all South Africans. Whilst most studies that have embarked ...
• The contribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to domestic employment levels in South Africa: a Vector Autoregressive Approach 

  Makhoba, Bongumusa Prince (University of Zululand, 2018)

  South Africa is a free market economy that promotes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in all of its economic sectors, with the aim of accelerating economic growth and increasing job opportunities. Several empirical works ...
• Identifying the factors that affect the provision of water to households in the Free State Province 

  Lukhele, Lucky Isaac (University of Zululand, 2017)

  The deterioration of water infrastructure leads to a reduction in economic growth and poor health for the citizens. Decision makers in local government prefer to prioritise above ground infrastructure and neglect critical ...
• The determinants of food security status among indigent rural households in the Isikelo community of the Mbizana local municipality, Eatern Cape Province 

  Mbewana, Vusi (University of Zululand, 2018)

  The Eastern Cape is the second largest province in the country, with high levels of poverty, and hence its rural areas, in particular, are considered to be highly food insecure. There is little known about the factors which ...
• Essays on currency carry trade in Africa’s emerging and frontier markets 

  Nkansah, Eric (University of Zululand, 2018)

  The currency carry trade, an investment strategy where investors borrow funds from low-interest currency countries and invest the funds in financial assets domiciled in high-interest currency countries, has become very ...
• Predictability of the Dollar- Rand exchange rate using Taylor Rule fundamentals and commodity Prices. 

  Olowe, Ayodele Rita (University of Zululand, 2018)

  International trade is strongly hinged on the exchange rates of participating nations. The financial crisis of 2008/2009 amongst other things, brought to light the strong interdependence of nations and their currencies. ...
• Budget Deficits, economic growth and external balances in SADC countries: a panel data and time series analysis 

  Mavodyo, Elisha (University of Zululand, 2017)

  The role fiscal policy plays as a macro-economic stabilisation tool remains a contentious issue in macro-economics. Yet an understanding of the role fiscal policy plays in influencing external balances as well as economic ...
• The estimation of the Cobb- Douglas production functions for the South African agricultural sector and a selection of its subsectors. 

  Hlongwa, Lungani (University of Zululand, 2015)

  The main focus of this study is to apply a Cobb-Douglas production function to estimate agricultural production functions at both the aggregate and sub-sectorial levels in order to determine the productivity of land, labour ...
• African stock markets: empirics of development, integration, efficiency and investor herd behaviour 

  Aawaar, Godfrey (University of Zululand, 2017)

  Africa’s stock markets are as diverse as the 53 economies that constitute the continent. Stock markets in Africa have been described as being less developed, inefficient and isolated or segmented from the rest of the world. ...
• The impact of financial market development and financialisation on economic growth in South Africa 

  Ziramba, Douglas (University of Zululand, 2017)

  The issue of financialisation found its way through financial market developments in several economies including the South African economy, in the sense that foreign investors sought lucrative short-term investments in ...
• Real exchange rate misalignment and growth of tradable sectors in South Africa: a sectoral dynamic panel data approach 

  Mazorodze, Brian Tavonga (University of Zululand, 2017)

  Disappointing growth outcomes in South Africa on the back of a weakening currency have once again underscored the need for examining carefully how undervaluation relates to economic growth. Evidence on this subject has ...

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