Davids, Allan

Dr. Allan Davids is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and until 2023, held the South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies. Allan holds a PhD in Economics from UCT and has spent time as a visiting academic at several leading universities, including the Stern School of Business at New York University, the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London. Allan’s research spans topics from housing, household finance, and public finance, with a growing interest in climate finance. At UCT, Allan teaches public finance and econometrics and also convenes the Masters in Financial Technology, the first Master’s degree specializing in Financial Technology on the African continent.

Research interests

Allan's main research areas are housing, household finance, public economics and climate finance. In his research he has examined the housing market within South Africa, and the impact of exchange rate depreciations on asset purchases.

Grants and consultancy

• South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies