Doctoral Degrees (Economics and Finance)
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Drivers of mergers and acquisitions and firm value growth in emerging markets.
(2019)This study investigates drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and firm value growth in emerging markets. It was targeted at acquirer firms from emerging markets since there is a continuous surge in acquisition ... -
Adaptive market hypothesis and calendar anomalies in selected African stock markets.
(2019)It takes a theory to beat a theory. However, whether the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH) offers better explanations for stock return behaviour than the popular efficient market hypothesis (EMH) still remains a question ... -
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, ... -
The interplay of different types of capital on amplifying small business entrepreneurship performance in Cameroon: a case of Douala and Yaounde.
(2019)There cannot be a firm without entrepreneurship, and for the exercise of effective entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial capital is indispensable. Drawing from the resource-based theory, this study assesses the interplay of ... -
Capital flow volatility, financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income countries.
(2018)This study sheds light on the sources and impact of foreign capital flow volatility and its directional linkages with financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income Southern African Development Community ... -
Inter-regional child mortality, programme efficiency, and throughput: an evaluation of the Ethiopian health extension programme.
(2018)Background: Despite the remarkable improvement Ethiopia had made in the overall health outcomes, such as reducing under-five child mortality rate, there were substantial variations in the rate of progress across its ... -
Mineral commodity exports, exchange rates and growth: a case study of gold and other minerals in South Africa.
(1995)This thesis aims at assessing the role of mineral exports for a developing economy, with a focus on commodity prices and supply, exchange rates, and growth. The study is especially concerned with the case of gold in ... -
Informal economic activities in Ghana: a case study of slums in Kumasi and Accra.
(University of Kwazulu-Natal., 2016-12)Slums are urban households, which lack permanently durable housing, adequate living space, access to clean water, suitable sanitation and land tenure security. Globally, slums house a third of the world’s population. These ... -
Building more peaceful gender relationships in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2012)The objective of this study is to understand the attitudes and behaviour of young South Kivu men towards women in order to encourage the development of more peaceful attitudes and behaviour. This study provides insights ... -
Explaining the cross-section of share returns in South Africa using macroeconomic factor models.
(2016)Understanding asset prices is critical for the decision-making of many; from professional and individual investors, who seek to earn the highest possible return from their investments, to governments and corporates evaluating ... -
Success factors for business rescue in South Africa.
(2016)In 2011 a new Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 (RSA, 2008), was implemented in South Africa. A feature of this Act was the introduction of business rescue legislation. Although this legislation was implemented in May 2011, ... -
Trading in chaos : analysis of active management in a fractal market.
(2017)Many Nobel Laureates and thousands of academic papers have espoused the concept that risk is compensated by return. However, the low volatility anomaly - the phenomenon where low-risk stocks display markedly higher returns ... -
The working capital management practices of JSE-listed companies.
(2014)Working capital management is a subject that was largely ignored in the theoretical and empirical literature until the 1980s, mainly because it was considered a non-value adding balance sheet item. It has gained pre-eminence, ... -
Essays on collusion in South Africa's grain industry : remedies, overcharges and cartel stability.
(2014)The rule against collusion is the least controversial prohibition in competition law and is regarded with approval even by those generally sceptical of government interventions in markets. Nonetheless, some significant and ... -
The provision of efficient transport services in the Iranian maritime and land transport interface.
(2014)This research investigates the efficiency of Iran’s transport system with reference to the seaborne trade and sustainable development of ports, shipping services, logistics centres and transit corridors as the overall ... -
Cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in South Africa.
(2014)Despite some evidence that the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions depends on the context of their implementation, there is a paucity of evidence on the cost-effectiveness (CE) of these interventions in South Africa. ... -
Monetary policy and manufacturing sector growth in Africa's oil exporting countries.
(2014)Various studies in the past have attributed the slow level of economic development in many African countries to the underdeveloped real sector of these economies, especially the manufacturing sector. The situation appears ... -
The rise of micro and small-scale entrepreneurial activity in a melting down economy : a case of Zimbabwe.
Entrepreneurship is viewed as a pertinent vehicle for economic growth, development, employment creation and income generation (entrepreneurial effects). Small-scale, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) are the dominant ... -
Performance of students in the College of Law and Management Studies, UKZN : an econometric analysis.
(2011)South Africa needs more higher education graduates with the capability to adapt to and function in a knowledge-driven and knowledge-dependent economy and society. High dropout and failure rates, as well as the slow ... -
Restorative justice as a tool for peacebuilding : South African study.
(2012)In this study a component of long-term peacebuilding practice - restorative justice processing - was examined in South Africa’s unequal, transitional context. Based on multidisciplinary literature, Galtung’s (1996) notion ...
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