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DAY ONE
 Session 1
Track 1
Another Bias in Quantitative Assessments of Intergenerational Mobility by Sean Mfundza Muller
Tables by Sean Mfundza Muller
Governance and Productivity: Microeconomic Evidence from Ethiopia by Daniel Zerfu
Ethnic Diversity and Cooperation in the Provision of Public Goods by Justine Burns and Malcolm Keswell
Track 2
The Structural Change and the Endogeneity Bias of the College Premium in the United States 1968-2001 by Fabrice Murtin
Track 3
A New Keynesian Phillips Curve for Kenya by Benjamin Maturu, Kethi Kisinguh and Isaya Maana
Session 2
Track 1
Household responses to adverse income shocks: Pensioner out-migration and mortality in South Africa by Vimal Ranchhod
Effect of Poverty on Risk Attitudes of Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria by G.C. Aye and K. O. Oji
HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa: A Bayesian Estimation by Federica Marzo and Fabrice Murtin
Poverty Traps And Structural Poverty In South Africa Reassessing The Evidence From Kwazulu-Natal by Julian May and Ingrid Woolard
Track 2
Bayesian Methods of Forecasting Inventory Investment in South Africa by Rangan Gupta
Heterogeneity of Investment Decisions and Monetary Policy: A Comparative Study between Europe and the United-States by Frank Paolucci
Forecasting South Africa’s Median Growth using a Marshallian Model: A discussion on social ingredients by Jacques Kibambe, Renée Van Eyden, Charlotte Du Toit
Track 3
The effect of the EMU on short and long-run stock market dynamics: New evidence on financial integration by Juan Angel Lafuente and Javier Ordóñez
Why Limited opportunities exist for exchange rate Leverage in Australian stocks by Barr, GDI, Holdsworth, CG, Kantor BS
Interrelations among stock prices of South Africa and the United States and the rand/dollar exchange rate by Matthew Kofi Ocran
Session 3
Track 1
Learning About the Term Structure and Optimal Rules for Inflation Targeting by Mewael F. Tesfaselassie, Eric Schaling and Sylvester Eijffinger
Involuntary Excess Liquidity and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Financial Crisis, Effective Policy Rules and Bounded Rationality in a New Keynesian Framework by Ali J. Al-Eyd and Stephen G. Hall
Estimation of The Equilibrium Interest Rate: Case of CFA Zone. Taylor Rule Approach by Latif Dramani and Oumy Laye
Track 2
Does Tax Evasion influence the composition of tax instruments? Examining the effect of tax evasion on tax structure by Mary Beth Walker
Implementing Welfare-Improving Tax Policy Reforms: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Nigeria by Abdul-Rasaq Afolabi Olopoenia and Alarudeen Aminu
Track 3
An Error-Correction Model of the Determinants of Private Saving in Nigeria by Tochukwu. E. Nwachukwu & Festus. O. Egwaikhide
Effects of Government Consumption on Output in South Africa by Nhabinde, VC and Schoeman, NJ
The Saving-Investment Relationships: A Markov Switching Causality Analysis by AKA, Bédia F
DAY TWO
Session 4
Track 1
The Macroeconomic impact of a Food Vouchers Program in South Africa by Jan H van Heerden
Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa by Cally Ardington, Anne Case and Victoria Hosegood
Poverty reduction and non-contributory old age pension programme in the Roma Valley: Evidence from logistic probability model by H.M. Bello, E.M. Letete, M Rapapa and L.L Chokobane
Track 2
The Law of One Price for African Equity Markets: A joint assessment of integration on an intra-regional basis and with the global market by Bruce Allen Hearn and Jenifer Piesse
Track 3
Market Structure-Initiated Discrimination in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Jacqueline Agesa and Richard U. Agesa
Higher Residual Wage Dispersion for White Workers in South Africa: Composition Effects or Higher Demand for Skill? By Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Agesa and Geoffrey Bongani
Session 5
Track 1
Training and Contract Assignments: Screening Packages, In South Africa’s Private Sector? By Simon Ssekabira Ntege
Bridewealth and the marital earnings premium for men: Evidence from South Africa by Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel
Games and Economic Behaviour in South African Fishing Communities by Justine Burns and Martine Visser
Track 2
Three methods of forecasting currency crises: Which made the run in signaling the South African currency crisis of June 2006? By Tobias Knedlik & Rolf Scheufele
Does the Exchange Rate Matter For Kenya’s Exports? A Bounds Testing Approach by Moses Kiptui
Track 3
The Contribution of Guarantee Fund to the Reduction Of Financial Gaps In Cote D’Ivoire by Dr Sylvère Yao KONAN
The Impact of Financing Sources and the Regulatory Costs Effect on the Propensity for Entrepreneurship in Cameroon by Elie Ngongang
Session 6
Track 1
Synchronization between South Africa and the U.S.: A Structural Dynamic Factor Analysis by Alain Kabundi
Channels of Monetary Policy Transmission in Kenya by Benjamin O. Maturu
Market Structure and Performance in Uganda’s Banking Industry by Adam Mugume
Track 2
Dominance en pauvreté multidimensionnelle: inférense statistique et application aux pays de l’UEMOA by
Yélé Maweki Batana, Jean-Yves Duclos
L’approche Blinder-Oaxaca permet-elle d’identifier les causes des écarts de pauvreté en Guinée? By Franck M. Adoho, Dorothée Boccanfuso
Track 3
Trade Liberalization, Foreign Aid, Poverty and Income Distributions of Households in Ghana by Dr. Vijay K. Bhasin and Mr. Camara K. Obeng
Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Cameroon by Ousmanou Njikam and John Cockburn
DAY THREE
Session 7
Track 1
A Monte Carlo Based Comparison of Bayesian and Frequentist Estimators of a Binomial Proportion by Olusanya E. Olubusoye and Osowole Oyedeji I.
Statistical Consulting and the Econometrician by Olaomi, J. O.
Track 2
How important can be a Spatial Dependence effects in a Monetary Union? The case of Credit Distribution in West African Zone franc by Nasser ARY TANIMOUNE
Market microstructure approach to the exchange rate determination puzzle by T M Mokoena,
Track 3
Dealing with Earnings Bracket Responses in Household Surveys – How Sharp Are Midpoint Imputations? By Dieter Von Fintel
Measuring the Impact of Road Rehabilitation on Spatial Market Efficiency in Maize Markets in Mozambique by Xavier Cirera and Channing Arndt
Analysis of Household Demand for Food in South Africa: Model Selection, Expenditure Endogeneity, and the Influence of Socio-Demographic Effects by Lesiba Bopape and Robert Myers
Water Pollution at Thetsane Industrial Area: A portrait of Attitudes, Values and Willingness to Participate in Pollution Abatement Activities by H.M. Bello, E.M. Letete, and M. Moleko
Session 8
Track 1
Agriculture and economic growth in Africa revisited: A modified Okun’s Law by Adusei Jumah and Robert M. Kunst
Estimating a DSGE Model of the Nigerian Economy by J.K.A Olekah and Rasheed Oyaromade
Forecasting the South African Economy: A DSGE-VAR Approach by Guangling “Dave” Liu and Rangan Gupta
Track 2
Community Pre-Payment of Health Care and Estimation of the Willingness to Pay in Cameroon: Evidence of Rural Households in the Centre Region by Joachim Nyemeck Binam, Diarra Ibrahim and Valère Nkelzok
The Demand for Reproductive Health Services: An Application of Control Function Approach by Olu Ajakaiye and Germano Mwabu
Child Malnutrition in Senegal: Does access to public infrastructure really matter? A Quantile Regression Analysis by Léandre Bassolé
Activités des hôpitaux départementaux publics ivoiriens: une évaluation de l’efficacité technique par le bootstrap DEA by Dr. Tito Nestor TIEHI
Track 3
An Empirical Estimation of the Degree of Price Transmission from Border to Consumer Prices in Mozambique by Xavier Cirera and Virgulino Nhate
Zimbabwe’s Black Market for Foreign Exchange by Albert Makochekanwa
Exchange Rate Pass-through to Import Prices in South Africa: Is there Asymmetry? By TD Karoro, MJ Aziakpono and N Cattaneo
Estimating Price and Income Elasticities of Sub-Saharan African Exports by Sam Olofin Ph.D and Musibau Adetunji Babatunde
Session 9
Track 1
Market Power and Efficiency in Indigenous Small Ruminant Marketing Channels in Marsabit, Kenya by G.P. Juma, A.G. Drucker, I. Baltenweck, M. Ngigi
Consumption of, and Willingness to Pay for, Indigenous Small Ruminants’ Meat in Marsabit, Kenya by G.P. Juma, A.G. Drucker, I. Baltenweck, M. Ngigi
The Impact of United States Subsidies on World Cotton Price: Evidence from a Simultaneous Equations Model by Fousseini Traoré
Track 2
The Linkage between FDI and Domestic Factor Markets: Unravelling the Developmental Impact of Foreign Investment by Leonce Ndikumana and Sher Verick
Price Transmission in the Cocoa-Chocolate Chain by Catherine Araujo Bonjean and Jean-Francois Brun
Track 3
Governance Matters and Macroeconomic Performance in Africa by Morekwa Esman Nyamongo and Niek J. Schoeman
A Panel Data Analysis of Demand for Tourism in Africa by Kareem, Olayinka Idowu
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