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Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
School of Economic Sciences
Department of Economics

van Heerden, JH

MCom(RAU) MA(Western Illinios) MA PhD(Rice) - Professor and Head

NRF Rating: C3

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2413
Fax number: 012 362 5207
E-mail address: jan.vanheerden@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

International trade

Econometric analyses

Trade and Investment Law in Africa

Public Economics

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

van Heerden JH, Gerlagh R, Blignaut JN, Horridge M, Hess S, Mabugu R, Chitiga-Mabugu MR: 2006. Searching for triple dividends in South Africa: Fighting CO 2 pollution and poverty while promoting growth. Energy Journal, 27 (2), pp 113-141.

van Heerden JH, Blignaut JN, Chitiga-Mabugu MR, Gerlagh R, Hess S, Tol RSJ, Horridge M, Mabugu R, de Wit MP, Letsoalo T: 2006. Redistributing environmental tax revenue to reduce poverty in South Africa: The cases of energy and water. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS), 9 (4), pp 537-552.

Smith H, Blignaut JN, van Heerden JH: 2006. An analysis of inventory investment in South Africa. South African Journal of Economics / Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Ekonomie, 74 (1) / Mar, pp 6-19.

Research and technical/policy output for clients:

Blignaut JN, van Heerden JH, Chitiga-Mabugu MR: Technical Report: 2006. Designing a pro-poor, pro-growth electricity-based environmental tax. For: National Treasury in co-operation with Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands.

 

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