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The Use Of A Marshallian Macroeconomic Model For Policy Evaluation: Case Of South Africa

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  • Jacques Kibambe

    (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria)

  • Arnold Zellner

    (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago)

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Using a disaggregated Marshallian Macroeconomic Model (MMM-DA), this paper investigates how the adoption of a set of 'free market reforms' may affect the economic growth rate of South Africa. Accounting for possible side effects mainly on the budget deficit, our findings suggest that the institution of the proposed policy reforms would yield a substantial growth in the aggregate annual real GDP. The resulting GDP growth rate could range from 5.3 percent to 9.8 percent depending on which variant of the reform policies is implemented.

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  • Jacques Kibambe & Arnold Zellner, 2010. "The Use Of A Marshallian Macroeconomic Model For Policy Evaluation: Case Of South Africa," Working Papers 201013, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Marshallian Macroeconometric Model; Disaggregation; Transfer functions;
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    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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