Mr Lindokuhle Talent Zungu

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Commerce, Administration and Law

Department: Economics

Discipline: Economics

Highest Qualification

MCom Economics

Contact details

Email: zungut@unizulu.ac.za

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Macroeconometrics
Macroeconomics

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Macroprudential polies
Income inequality
Natural resouces

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

Unizulu-King Cetshwayo District Content Workshop for Grade 10-12 Economics Educators (2021).

Awards & Honors

Member of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council - A Network of African Scientists and Professionals

Active Research Projects

The impact of macroprudential polies on income inequality

The impact of natural resources on income inequality

What would happen to income inequality when we removed the 1% ration of income?

Teaching Interest Areas

Macroeconomics
Mathematics Economics and Econometrics

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

Sifundo Dlamini, Masters (In Progress).

Sbongile Mdlalose, Masters (In Progress).

Minenhle Bridget Mdletshe, Masters (In Progress).

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Zungu, L.T and Mtshengu,TR. (2023) “The Twin Impacts of Income Inequality and Unemployment on Murder Crime in African Emerging Economies: A Mixed Models Approach”. Economies 2023, 11(2), 58; doi.org/10.3390/economies11020058

Dlamini, S.N., Zungu., L.T and Nkomo., N.Y. (2023) “The Optimal Level of Financial Growth in View of a Nonlinear Macroprudential Policy Regime Model: A Bayesian Approach”. Journal of Risk and Financial Management., 16(4), 234. doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16040234

Zungu and Greyling (2023), “Investigating the Asymmetric Effect of Income Inequality on Financial Fragility in South Africa and selected Emerging Markets: A Bayesian Approach with Hierarchical Priors”. Asian Journal of Economics and Banking. International Journal of Emerging Markets, DOI 10.1108/IJOEM-12-2022-1929

Zungu, L.T., Makhoba, B.P and Greyling. L. (2022), “A scrutiny into fiscal policy in the South African economy: A Bayesian approach with hierarchical priors”. Cogent Economics & Finance, 10:1, 2028975. doi: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2028975