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Poster session - Growth and development policy – new data, new approaches, and new evidence
During the special poster session, the author of the study being presented will stand in front of the poster. To start the poster session, a bell will ring. The author will give a 5-minute presentation to the assembled audience. An additional 2.5 minutes will be allocated for questions. After these 7.5 minutes, the bell will ring to mark the end of the presentation and the audience will be given 1 minute to move on to whichever poster they choose. The bell will ring again to mark a new round of presentations.
Presenters should be ready to present seven times during the session. Participants will in this way be able to engage with a broad selection of the research on display. Any remaining time will be allocated to informal discussions where conference participants will be able to circulate among the posters and ask further questions. Presenters are asked remain by their poster boards for the duration of their assigned poster session. Copies of the paper can be brought to distribute but will not be produced for you.
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Day one
Bioenergy
1. Taku Fundira | Bioenergy and development policy in Southern Africa (TRALAC, ODI) |
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2. Giles Henley | Modelling growth scenarios for biofuels in South Africa’s transport sector |
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3. William Stafford | Biofuel technologies: a look forward |
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4. Graham von Maltitz | Agronomic potential for biofuel production in southern Africa |
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5. Graham von Maltitz | Biofuels production models for the Southern African region |
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Climate change
6. Tara Caetano | Energy system and economy-wide implications of a rapid transition to decarbonised energy in South Africa |
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7. James Cullis | Biophysical modelling in support of an assessment of the potential economic impacts of climate change in South Africa |
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8. Faaiqa Hartley | The potential economic impacts of climate change in South Africa: A probabilistic assessment |
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9. Bruno Merven | The development of a linked modelling framework for analysing socioeconomic impacts of energy and climate policies in South Africa |
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Macroeconomics
10. Shannon Bold | Identifying a Taylor rule with unemployment in South Africa |
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11. Lucky Pane | Determinants of corporate investment in South Africa: The role of firm-level interest rates |
Productivity
12. Elizabeth Gavin | The South African revenue service and national treasury firm-level panel: firm-level data compiled from tax and customs administrative records |
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13. Carol Newman | Resource misallocation and total factor productivity: manufacturing firms in South Africa |
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14. Duncan Pieterse | Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms |
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Regional
16. Gibson Chigumira | The Expansion of regional supermarkets chains, changing models of retailing and the implications for local supplier capabilities: a case of Zimbabwe |
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17. Reena das Nair | The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern Africa |
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18. Mwanda Phiri | The Expansion of regional supermarket chains: implications for local suppliers in Zambia |
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19. Thando Vilakazi | Causes of high road freight costs in southern Africa for perishables and commodities |
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20. Francis Ziba | Implications on suppliers of the spread of supermarkets in southern Africa |
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Structure
21. Rob Davies | Structural Change in South Africa, 1993-2013 |
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22. Sherwin Gabriel | Productivity Backcasting | ||
23. Dirk van Seventer | A 2012 SAM for South Africa & mini SAMs 1993-2013 |
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Day two
Bioenergy
24. Joel das Neves Tembe | Opportunities and constraints for biofuel Production in Mozambique |
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25. Sherwin Gabriel | Output and employment multiplier effects in southern Africa | ||
26. Paul Samboko | Bioenergy production in Zambia: potential supply given biophysical and social constraints |
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27. Dirk van Seventer | Economic impacts of developing a biofuel industry in Mozambique |
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28. Faaiqa Hartley | Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia |
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Labour
29. Carli Bezuidenhout | Labour demand and wage distribution: the case of South African manufacturing exporters |
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30. Shannon Bold | Worker embodied technologies and mobility |
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31. Carolyn Chisadza | Firm characteristics and youth employment |
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32. Amina Ebrahim | The effects of the employment tax incentive on firm employment |
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33. Andrew Kerr | Job and worker flows in South Africa |
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34. Kezia Lilenstein | Firm-level determinants of earnings in the formal sector of the South African labour market |
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35. Itumeleng Makgetla | Effects of the employment tax incentive: a research proposal |
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Macroeconomics
36. Manqoba Ntshakala | The information content of the yield spread about future inflation in South Africa |
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37. Lucky Pane | Macroeconomic drivers of investment in South Africa: the role of the exchange rate and its volatility |
Productivity
38. Andre Steenkamp | Firm level innovation |
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39. Mulalo Mamburu | Defining high growth firms in South Africa |
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40. Nonso Obikili | Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing: An analysis with administrative data |
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Regional
41. Olipa Zulu-Mbata | The animal feed to poultry value chain in Zambia |
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42. Simon Roberts | Regional value chains in SADC: The case of the animal feed to poultry value chain |
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43. Lauralyn Kaziboni | Mining-related national systems of innovation in southern Africa: a regional perspective |
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15. Trudi Hartzenberg | National policies and regional integration in the South African Development Community |
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Tax
44. Wian Boonzaier | Kinks and thresholds in tax | Paper | |
45. Marco Carreras | Effective tax rates by sector in South Africa |
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46. Joel Seshabela | An evaluation of interest limitations to counter base erosion in South Africa |
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47. Ludwig Wier | Estimating profit shifting in South Africa using firm-level tax returns |
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48. Lawrenece Edwards | Importing and manufacturing firm performance in South Africa |
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49. Marianne Matthee | Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm- level: new insights from SARS administrative data |
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50. Aroop Chatterjee | Estimating the impact of the employment tax incentive |
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