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Dr. Chimwemwe Chipeta

Dr. Chimwemwe Chipeta

Position:Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:B.Acc, M.Com, Ph. D

Phone: 27 (0)11717-8145

Email:chimwemwe.chipeta@wits.ac.za

Organisational Unit:School of Economic & Business Sciences

Room:NCB 123

Research Interests

Capital Structure, Emerging Markets Finance, Event Studies

Research Productivity

Publications in Peer Reviewed Accredited Journals:

Chipeta, C & Vokwana, T.C.Z. (2011): The impact of black economic empowerment transactions on shareholder wealth and firm profitability. African Finance Journal, 13: 71-91.

Mbululu, D & Chipeta, C. (2012). ‘Day of the week effects on the JSE’. Investment Analysts Journal. 75: 55-65.

Chipeta, C., Wolmarans, H.P. & Vermaak, F.N.S. (2012). ‘Impact of financial liberalisation on capital structure: Evidence from the JSE’.African Journal of Business Management. 6(5): 1984-1998.

Chipeta, C, & Mbululu, D. (2012). ‘The effects of the National Credit Act and the global financial crisis on domestic credit extension: Empirical evidence from South Africa’ Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences. 5(1): 215-228.

Chipeta, C., Wolmarans, H.P., & Vermaak, F.N.S. (2012). 'Financial liberalisation and the dynamics of firm leverage in a transitional economy' Evidence from the JSE. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 15(2):171-189.

Gladysek, O & Chipeta, C. (2012) 'The impact of socially responsible investment index constituent announcements on firm price' South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 15(4): 1-11

Chipeta, C. & Mbululu, D. (2013). 'Firm heterogeneity, macroeconomic conditions and capital structure adjustment speeds.' Investment Analysts Journal, 77: 67-79

Auret, C. Chipeta, C., & Krishna, S. (2013). 'Financial Constraints and capital structure dynamics over the business cycle. Some evidence from the JSE.' Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 37(1):1-30.

Chipeta, C. Wolmarans, H.P., Vermaak, F.N.S., & Proudfoot, S. 'Structural breaks in the determinants of capital structure,' Meditari Accountancy Research, Forthcoming.

Kalidas, S. Mbululu, D., & Chipeta, C. 'Changing patterns in the day-of-the-week effects in African Stock markets,' International Business and Economics Research Journal, Forthcoming.

Work in Progess

Initial public offerings on the JSE, financial performance and market share: Some New evidence

Structural equation modelling and capital structure

Day-of-the week, tax season and holiday effects in major emerging markets

Testing the suitability of dynamic partial adjustment regressions under simulations.

Changing patterns in day of the week seasonality

Conference Papers:

Chipeta, C. & Van Wyk, H. (2007). 'An investigation into the adequacy of funding for post secondary education: A case for Rehoboth, Namibia.' Paper presented at the South African Institute for Management Scientists Conference, 20 September 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Chipeta, C. (2007): 'A preliminary investigation of the implication of the new National Credit Act on consumer credit extension: A South African Banking Perspective'. Paper presented at the International Banking Conference, 10 October 2007, Sun City, South Africa.

Chipeta, C. (2008): 'Corporate governance mechanisms and disclosure requirements to attract foreign investment: A case for Malawi'. Paper presented at the 5th African Finance Journal Conference, 11 July 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chipeta, C. (2008): 'The equity analysis scorecard: a balanced scorecard approach to equity research.' Paper presented at the Academy for World Business, Marketing and Management Development, 17 July 2008, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Chipeta, C. (2009). 'Financial liberalisation and capital structure: Evidence from the JSE.' Paper presented at the 6th African Finance Journal Conference, 19 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chipeta, C & Vokwana, T.C.Z. (2010): 'BEE deals. Firm and shareholder wealth effects.' A paper presented at the 7th African Finance Journal Conference, 18 March 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chipeta, C., Wolmarans, H & Vermaak, F.N.S. (2011). 'Financial liberalisation and capital structure: Evidence from the JSE.'Paper presented at the 20th Southern African Finance Association Conference, 14 January 2011, Cape Town. South Africa

Chipeta, C., Wolmarans, H & Vermaak, F.N.S. (2011). 'The dynamics of firm leverage in a transitional economy.' Paper presented at the 8th African Finance Journal Conference, 14 April 2011, Windhoek, Namibia.

Chipeta, C. (2012). 'A target adjustment model of capital structure in an emerging economy.' Paper presented at the ICAST 2012 Conference, 3-5 March 2012, Penang, Malaysia.

Chipeta, C. (2012). 'What determines the speed of adjustment towards the target capital structure?.' Paper presented at the 9th African Finance Journal Conference, 18-19 April 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.

Auret, C., Chipeta, C., & krishna, S. (2013). 'Modelling capital structure adjustment speeds across the business cycle.' Paper presented at ISBSS, 15-17 March, Tokyo, Japan.