Nicola Viegi
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
He is the South African Reserve Bank Professor of Monetary Economics - University of Pretoria, SA since 2010. He has served in various universities like University of Strathclyde as Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde as Lecturer in Economics, University of Kwazulu-Natal as Senior Lecturer in Economics and University of Cape Town as Associate Professor in Economics. He has been Visiting Lecturer in ESC Toulouse, Lecturer in Business Economics (1999-2002), University of Malta, Lecturer in International Finance (1999-2002) and De Nederlandesche Bank, Amsterdam (2000-present).
Research Interest
His research areas are Monetary economics, economic policy theory, monetary fiscal policy interdependence, political economy of monetary institutions, economic policy under uncertainty assets prices and monetary policy, regional integration in Africa, political economy of government debt, the economics of colonisation and decolonisation, macromodelling for emerging countries, economic growth and institutions.
Publications
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Obinyeluaku M, Viegi N. How does fiscal policy affect monetary policy in the Southern African Community (SADC)?.
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Viegi N. Economic policy framework and asset price dynamics. InMacroeconomic Policy Challenges for South Africa Conference, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria 2006.
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Demertzis M, Viegi N. Inflation targeting: a framework for communication. The BE Journal of Macroeconomics. 2009 Apr;9(1).
