Ad-hoc research
The BER conducts ad-hoc research on request from both clients and non-clients. The BER also relies on its capacity to contract research out in the event of this being necessary. Should you wish to enquire about the BER's ad hoc research, please contact the BER’s Macro Service Manager Cobus Venter. Some previous BER ad-hoc research reports are listed below:
- BER/SAWIS South African Wine Quarterly.
- Econometric estimates of South African national cement demand.
- Long-term forecast of inflation and interest rates for a large multi-decade infrastructure project.
- The estimation and forecast of the demand for fuel in South Africa.
- The econometric forecasting of expected vehicle sales.
- Various research outputs for provincial governments.
- A higher education price index for South African universities.
- The outlook for cement demand nationally and the Western Cape Province specifically.
- Short monthly economic reports on some economic variables affecting the telecoms sector.
- Updating the relationship between various economic indicators and demand for new gym memberships as well as terminations.
- Modelling the impact of the alternative macroeconomic scenarios that the BER compiles on clients’ core business projections.
- BER/SAWIS South African Wine Quarterly.
- Econometric estimates of South African national cement demand
- Long-term forecast of inflation and interest rates for a large multi-decade infrastructure project.
- Detailed Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) of a large Telecommunication company on the South African economy.
- Econometric Estimates of the Expected (internal) Default Rate Using Probability-weighted Macroeconomic Scenarios (2016-2021). Project commissioned by a client in the financial services sector.
- Estimating the relationship between various economic indicators and demand for new gym memberships as well as terminations.
- Short monthly economic reports on some economic variables affecting the telecoms sector.
- Economic impact assessment of Stellenbosch University on the local municipal area.
- The estimation and forecast of the demand for fuel in South Africa.
- The econometric forecasting of expected vehicle sales.
- Various research outputs for provincial governments
- Modelling the impact of the alternative macroeconomic scenarios that the BER compiles on clients’ core business projections.
- Estimation of econometric demand models for domestic sales of still wine categories, sparkling wine, fortified wine and brandy as well as export sales of still wine.
- The potential impact of the low-road scenario entailing multiple credit rating downgrades to sub-investment grade on food and clothing sales for a large retail chain.
- Econometric estimates of price elasticities for various cigarette price segments.
- Econometric estimates of South African national cement demand
- Econometric modelling of the demand of savoury snacks for the domestic economy.
- Long-term forecast of inflation and interest rates for a large multi-decade infrastructure project.
- Estimating the relationship between various economic indicators and demand for new gym memberships as well as terminations.
- Estimating the relationship between various economic variables and the value of mortgage bonds granted and a forecast thereof.
- Short monthly short economic reports on some economic variables affecting the telecoms sector.
- The case for corporate social investment in South Africa. Report commissioned by a client to aid in better understanding the scale of this type of investment.
- A high level economic impact assessment of the Stellenbosch University Business School.
- An economic impact assessment of the proposed development of a large retirement village in the Eastern Cape.
- An estimation of a large multinational company’s economic footprint in South Africa.
- The estimation and forecast of the demand for fuel in South Africa.
- The econometric forecasting of expected vehicle sales.
- Various research outputs for provincial governments