Forecasting investment needs in South Africa's electricity and telecom sectors

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-574

  Bogetić, Zeljko ^a   Fedderke, Johannes W ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electricity; Forecasting; Infrastructure demand; South Africa; Telecom

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; FORECASTING METHOD; INVESTMENT; PANEL DATA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749508875     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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