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Profile of Prof. Joel Hinaunye Eita, Associate Professor: Economics

Dr. Joel Hinaunye Eita
Prof. Joel Hinaunye Eita

Qualifications:

  • B.Com (accountancy, economics, management sciences), Namibia
  • B.Com Honours (economics), Cape Town
  • M.Com (economics), Cape Town
  • PhD (Economics), Pretoria

Email Address

joel.eita@monash.edu

Phone Number

+27 11 950 4054

Achievements/Awards

  • Winner of the Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher of the Year 2010 at Monash University (South African campus).
  • Teaching award for best teaching/lecturing of Economics of Money and Banking at Monash University in 2010.

Teaching Commitments

  • ECW1101 Introductory Microeconomics
  • ECW2731 Managerial Economics
  • ECW3143 Economics of Money and Banking

Research Interests

  • International trade & Finance
  • Time series econometrics
  • Macroeconometric modelling
  • Panel data econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Financial Economics

Peer-reviewed Publications

  • EITA, J.H. (2012). Inflation and Stock Market Returns in South Africa, International Business & Economics Research Journal (forthcoming).
  • EITA, J.H. (2012). Modelling Macroeconomic Determinants of Stock Market Prices: Evidence from Namibia, Journal of Applied Business Research (forthcoming). Published in ERSA Working Paper Series, Working Paper 209.
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. (2012). Determinants of South Africa’s Exports of Leather Products, Agrekon, (forthcoming in June 2012).
  • EITA, J.H. AND GAOMAB II, M.H. (2012). Macroeconomic Determinants of the Balance of Payments in Namibia, International Journal of Business and Management, 7(3): 173-184.
  • EITA, J.H., JORDAAN, A.C. AND JORDAAN, Y. (2011). An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants Impacting on the Businesses in the Tourism Industry, African Journal of Business and Management, 5(3): 666 – 675.
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. (2010). Identifying South Africa’s Wood Potential Using a Gravity Model, Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics, Hong Kong, China, 28 – 30 December 2010 (Thomson ISI accredited), pp. 159 – 164.
  • EITA, J.H. AND ASHIPALA, J.M. (2010). Determinants of Unemployment in Namibia, International Journal of Business and Management, 5(10): 92-104.
  • EITA, J.H. AND JORDAAN, A.C. (2010). A Causality Analysis Between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Botswana, African Finance Journal, 12(1): 72-89.
  • ODADA, J.E. AND EITA, J.H. (2010). Causes of Inflation in Namibia: An Empirical Exploration, African Finance Journal, Special Issue: 44-57.
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. 2009. Testing the Export-led Growth for Botswana: A Causality Analysis, Botswana Journal of Economics, 6(10): 1-14.
  • EITA, J.H. (2009). The Finance-Growth Nexus in Namibia, African Finance Journal, Special Issue: 162-178.
  • EITA, J.H. AND DU TOIT, C.B. (2009). Explaining Long-Term Growth in Namibia, South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 12(1): 48-62. 
  • EITA, J.H. AND MBAZIMA, D. (2008). A Causal Relationship Between Government Revenue and Expenditure in Namibia.  Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2(2):175-186.
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. (2007). Exports and Economic Growth in Namibia: A Granger Causality Analysis, South African Journal of Economics, 75(3): 540 -547.
  • EITA, J.H. AND JORDAAN A.C. (2007).  South Africa Export of Metal and Articles of Base Metals:  A Gravity Model Approach, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 31(3):81-96.
  • EITA, J.H., JORDAAN, A.C. AND HARMSE. (2006). Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate and Commodity Prices: The Case of Namibia, Botswana Journal of Economics, 3(6): 35-41.

Chapters in Books (peer-reviewed)

  • EITA, J.H. (2009). Stock Market Returns and Inflation in Namibia. In Paliwal, U.L. and Olivier, M.A. (Eds), Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance, Windhoek: University of Namibia. ISBN: 978-99945-69-69-4.
  • KARUAIHE, S.T. AND EITA, J.H. (2009). Modelling the Impact of the Financial Crisis in Namibia Through the Link Between Trade and Economic Growth. In Paliwal, U.L. and Olivier, M.A. (Eds), Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance, Windhoek: University of Namibia. ISBN: 978-99945-69-69-4.

International Conference Presentations

  • EITA, J.H. AND GAOMAB II, M.H. (2011). Macroeconomic Determinants of the Balance of Payments in Namibia, Paper Presented at the 8th African Finance Journal Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 14 – 15 April.
  • EITA, J.H. AND KAULIHOWA, T. (2011). A Re-examination of the Finance Growth nexus in Namibia, Paper Presented at the 8th African Finance Journal Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 14 – 15 April.
  • NEPEMBE, M.N. AND EITA, J.H. (2011). Determinants of Bonds Market Development in Namibia, Paper Presented at the 8th African Finance Journal Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 14 – 15 April.
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. (2010). Identifying South Africa’s Wood Potential Using a Gravity Model, Paper Presented at  the 2010 International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics, Hong Kong, China, 28 – 30 December 2010.
  • EITA, J.H. AND JORDAAN, A.C. (2009). The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Misalignment on Economic Performance in Namibia, Paper Presented at the International Conference on Applied Business and Economics, Technological Education Institute of Kavala, Kavala-Greece, 1-3 October.
  • EITA, J.H., JORDAAN, A.C. AND JORDAAN, Y. (2009). South Africa’s Unexploited Tourism Potential: A Panel Data Approach, Paper Presented at the Third International Business Conference, Zanzibar, 16 – 17 September.
  • EITA, J.H. (2009). Stock Market Returns and Inflation in Namibia, Paper Presented at the First International Conference on Accounting and Finance, Windhoek, 20-21 July.
  • KARUAIHE, S.T. AND EITA, J.H. (2009). Modelling the Impact of the Financial Crisis in Namibia Through the Link Between Trade and Economic Growth, Paper Presented at the First International Conference on Accounting and Finance, Windhoek, 20-21 July.
  • EITA, J.H. AND JORDAAN, A.C. 2007. A Causality Analysis Between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Botswana, Paper Presented at the Fourth African Finance Journal, Gaborone, 11-12 July.
  • EITA, J.H., JORDAAN, A.C. AND HARMSE, C. 2006. Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate and Commodity Prices: The Case of Namibia, Paper Presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the African Econometrics Society (AES), IDEP, Dakar-Senegal 5-7 July.
  • EITA, J.H. 2003. Constraints and Policies for SME Development and Growth in Foreign Markets, Paper Presented at a Workshop on SME Development and Growth in Foreign Markets: Involvement of Indigenous Entrepreneurs, Centre for Entrepreneurial Development, Polytechnic of Namibia, WINDHOEK, 25 March.

National Conference Presentations

  • EITA, J.H. (2011). A Macroeconometric Model of the Namibian Economy, Paper Presented at the Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), Stellenbosch-Cape Town, 5-7 September.
  • EITA, J.H. (2010). Determinants of Stock Market Prices in Namibia, Paper Presented at 2010 Global Development Finance Conference, Cape Town, 24 -26 November.
  • EITA, J.H. AND OHONBA, A. (2010). Determinants of Inflation in Swaziland, Paper Presented at Value 2010 Conference, Birchwood Hotel -Johannesburg, 30 August - 1 September.
  • EITA, J.H. (2010). The Balassa-Samuelson Effect and Real Exchange Rate in Angola, Paper Presented at the 7th African Finance Journal, Cape Town, South Africa, 18 – 19 March.
  • EITA, J.H. (2009). Stock Market Returns and Inflation: Evidence from South Africa, Paper Presented at the Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 7-9 September.
  • ODADA, J.E. AND EITA, J.H. (2009). Causes of Inflation in Namibia: An Empirical Exploration, Paper Presented at the 6th African Finance Journal Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-17 July.
  • EITA, J.H. 2008. Determinants of Namibian Exports: A Gravity Model Approach, Paper Presented at the 13th African Econometric Conference, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 9-11 July 2008.
  • EITA, J.H. 2008. The Finance-Growth Nexus in Namibia, Paper Presented at the 5th African Finance Journal Conference, Lagoon Beach Hotel, Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 – 11 July 2008.
  • EITA, J.H. AND MBAZIMA, D. 2008. A Causal Relationship Between Government Revenue and Expenditure in Namibia, Paper Presented at the Value 2008 Conference of the University of Johannesburg, Sun City, North West Province, South Africa, 26-28 May 2008. 
  • JORDAAN, A.C. AND EITA, J.H. 2007. South Africa’s Wood Export Potential Using a Gravity Model Approach, Paper Presented at the Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, 10-12 September.
  • EITA, J.H. AND DU TOIT, C.B. 2007. Explaining Investment Behaviour of the Namibian Economy, Paper Presented at the Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Indaba Hotel, 10-12 September.

Other Professional Activities

  • Member of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA).
  • Member of the African Econometric Society (AES).
  • External Examiner to  University of the Witwatersrand (Masters)
  • External Examiner to University of Johannesburg (Honours)
  • External Examiner to Rhodes University (Masters)
  • Referee to African Development Review.
  • Referee to Journal of Developing Areas.
  • Referee to African Finance Journal
  • Referee to Economic Modelling
  • Referee to South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences.
  • Referee to Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics
  • Referee to South African Journal of Economics

 
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