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An econometric analysis of the equity returns-inflation relationship in South Africa.
(2019)Previous empirical evidence regarding the nature and magnitude of the relationship between equity returns and inflation has proven to be conflicting and inconsistent. Although several papers have considered this issue, ... -
An econometric analysis of the real demand for money in South Africa : 1990-2007
(2009)A stable money demand function plays a vital role in the analysis of macroeconomics, especially in the planning and implementation of monetary policy. With the use of cointegration and error correction model estimates, ... -
An economic analysis of the institutions related to the land rental market of rural KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)Previous studies by Thomson (1996) and Crookes (2002) in land rental markets of rural KwaZulu-Natal were based on the premise that rental markets brought about efficiency and equity gains. Indeed these gains were proven ... -
An economic analysis of the relationships between land values, agricultural commodity prices and land reform issues in South Africa.
(2009)This thesis is an implicit farmland value study which explores the possible effects of agricultural commodity prices, interest rate and land reform issues on farmland values. The study examines the impacts of these fundamental ... -
An economic evaluation of alternate cannabis policy options - towards a cost-benefit analysis.
(2015)This thesis takes the form of a policy debate regarding alternate cannabis policy options. It will adopt the cost-benefit analysis theory and framework to inform this debate. It is said that cannabis had been used for ... -
An economic evaluation of tourism : a case study of accommodation facilities in southern Maputaland.
(1998)The dissertation presents an economic analysis of tourism in the Southern Maputaland Biosphere Reserve. The aim of the study was to gather relevant information on the benefits and costs associated with the existing tourism ... -
Economic growth in South Africa : a Kaldorian approach.
(2003)Professor Lord Nicholas Kaldor (1908 - 1986) made original and important contributions to the theory of the firm, to Keynesian economics, to growth and distribution theory, to equilibrium economics, and to thinking about ... -
The economic impact of adult mortality and morbidity on smallholder farm households in Malawi.
(2011)This thesis comprises three essays on “The Economic impact of adult mortality and morbidity on smallholder farm households in Malawi.” The first essay estimates the levels of technical efficiency of AIDS-affected and ... -
The economic impact of trade openness on foreign direct investment into emerging market countries.
(2014)This paper addresses a central research question that will enable us to understand the economic impact trade openness has on FDI. Does a government’s effort to liberalise trade, lead to an increase of FDI into the host ... -
Education and the gender wage gap in South Africa.
(2015)A vast literature on the gender wage gap across different institutional structures and economies exists. Men typically earn more than women, with this gap being attributed to differences in productive characteristics, ... -
The effect of the global economic crisis on strategy in the engineering manufacturing sector in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2012)The world was caught unprepared for the recent crisis that has gripped the globe. The engineering manufacturing sector is reported to have been one of the hardest hit and has been haemorrhaging jobs since the global economic ... -
The effectiveness of government spending on higher education.
(2015)Governments worldwide spend substantial shares of their budgets on education. This category of expenditure is expected to produce direct benefits for the individuals receiving schooling, as well as indirect benefits to ... -
Effectiveness of monetary policy and money demand stability in Rwanda : a cointegration analysis.
(2010)In 2007, the government of Rwanda launched a medium-term programme of four years, as stated in its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS). A part of this programme is a prudent monetary policy which ... -
The effectiveness of poverty reduction strategy in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2015)South Africa’s post-apartheid government has embarked on numerous poverty reduction strategies in order to address poverty and inequality in the country. However, these strategies have been largely ineffective. Government ... -
The effects of fiscal policy on the current account and real exchange rate in South Africa.
(2015)This dissertation empirically studies the effects of expansionary fiscal policy on the current account and the real exchange rate in the South African economy. Recursive vector auto-regressive models based on the Choleski ... -
The effects of marital status on labour market participation, employment and wages in Lesotho.
(2015)Research across the world has found that married men, are more likely to participate in the labour force, more preferred by employers and earn more their unmarried counterparts. Whereas for women, studies found that it is ... -
The effects of trade policy on intra-industry trade within the context of trade liberalization in South Africa.
(2001)Intra-industry trade is a new phenomenon in international trade theory and has attracted interest from economists, in the form of both empirical and theoretical work. The first attempt to measure the extent of intra-industry ... -
An empirical analysis of the pricing behaviour of selected 3-digit sectors in the South African manufacturing industry (1965-1990).
(1996)While conventional economic theory posits that price is determined by the interplay between the forces of supply and demand, review of literature reveals that the findings of industrial surveys and empirical studies of the ... -
An empirical analysis of the role of imports in the South African economy.
(1999)It is generally acknowledged that there is no sufficient, exhaustive and elaborate empirical examination of the quantitative impact of policies pertaining to import demand and economic growth in South Africa. In order ...