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The economic architecture of the two De Kocks
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Although the annual budget speech traditionally focused on fiscal matters, the minister of finance regularly covered monetary policy issues in his speech. This paper reviews and compares the monetary policy statements/views ...
The relationship between tourism and trade in south africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
This article explores the relationship between tourist arrivals and trade in South Africa. Two analyses were conducted – a panel data analysis, which included tourism and trade data of 40 countries with South Africa, and ...
Does conservation make sense to local communities?
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The Kruger National Park in South Africa is a key ecotourism attraction for both domestic and international tourists. The South African National Parks have recently come under pressure to uplift communities and to build ...
A wavelet perspective on the real interest parity condition
(Africagrowth Institute & African Finance Association, 2012)
According to uncovered interest parity (UIP) theory, the rates of return on comparable assets should be equal across the world, implying that the exchange rate would adjust to ensure that differences between world interest ...
Modelling tourism demand for South Africa: an almost ideal demand system approach
(University of Johannesburg. Department of Finance and Investment Management, 2013)
This paper models tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA, using an almost ideal demand system. An error-correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is applied to quantify the responsiveness of UK and ...
Modelling intercontinental tourism consumption in South Africa: a systems-of-equations approach
(Wiley, 2013)
This paper investigates the pattern of inbound tourists’ consumption in South Africa, examining four main intercontinental markets and five different tourism goods. The empirical investigation develops an almost ideal ...
Regional development and national parks in South Africa: Lessons learned
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2010)
National parks are playing an important role in the South African tourism landscape - especially in their respective regional economies - since most foreign and many domestic tourists visit one or more of the 21 national ...
Expenditure-based segmentation of visitors to the tsitsikamma national park
(The Department of Business, University of Johannesburg, 2010)
Purpose and / or objectives : The purpose of this article is to apply expenditure-based segmentation to visitors at the Tsitsikamma National Park. The objective of the research is twofold, to identify the socio-demographic ...
A panel data approach to the behavioural equilibrium exchange rate of the zar
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
The question of currency over? or undervaluation is often asked and implies the existence of an equilibrium exchange rate (EER). The aim of this research was to determine the long?term EER of the South African rand using ...
The socio-economic impact of Africa's oldest marine park
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)
South African National Parks (SANParks) plays a major role in the tourism industry and has three primary functions, namely to conserve biodiversity, to create tourism and recreational opportunities and to build strong ...