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Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics

Blignaut, JN

MCom(UV) DCom(Pret) - Professor

NRF Rating: C1

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Contact Details:

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

Research Interests:

Economic development and growth

Economics of the environment

Macroeconomics

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Aaronson J, Blignaut JN, de Groot R, Clewell AF, Lowry II, Woodworth P, Cowling R, Renison D, Farley J, Fontaine C, Tongway D, Levy S, Milton SJ, Rangel O, Debrincat B, Birkinshaw C: 2010. The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1185, pp 225-236.

Blignaut JN, Mander M, Schulze R, Horan M, Dickens C, Pringle A L, Mavundla K, Mahlangu I, Wilson A, McKenzie M, McKean S: 2010. Restoring and managing natural capital towards fostering economic development: evidence from the Drakensberg, South Africa. Ecological Economics, 69, pp 1313-1325, Full Text

Seymore R, Adams P, Chitiga-Mabugu MR, van Heerden JH, Blignaut JN: 2010. The impact of an environmental tax on electricity generation in South Africa. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics/ Studies in Ekonomie en Ekonometrie (SEE), 34 (1), pp 1-18, Full Text

O Farrell PJ, Reyers B, le Maitre D, Milton SJ, Egoh B, Maherry A, Colvin C, Atkinson D, De Lange W, Blignaut JN, Cowling R: 2010. Multi-functional landscapes in semi arid environments: Implications for biodiversity, ecosystem services and beneficiaries. Landscape Ecology, 25, pp 1231-1246.

Aaronson J, Blignaut JN, Milton SJ, le Maitre D, Esler KJ, Limouzin A, Fontaine C, De Wit MP, Mugido W, Prinsloo P, van der Elst L, Lederer N: 2010. Are socioeconomic benefits of restoration adequately quantified?. Restoration Ecology, 18 (2) / March, pp 143-154.

Sharma GP, Esler KJ, Blignaut JN: 2010. Determining the relationship between invasive alien species density and a country’s socio-economic status. South African Journal of Science, 106 (3/4), pp 1-6, Full Text

 

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