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An Inquisition into Bivariate Threshold Effects in The Inflation-Growth Correlation: Evaluating South Africa’s Macroeconomic Objectives
Phiri, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Is the SARB’s inflation target of 3-6% compatible with the 6% economic growth objective set by ASGISA? Estimations of … inflation-growth bivariate Threshold Vector Autoregressive with corresponding bivariate Threshold Vector Error Correction (BTVEC …-BTVAR) econometric models for sub-periods coupled with the South African inflation-growth experience between 1960 and 2010; suggest on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260136
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Price setting in South Africa 2001-2007 - stylised facts using consumer price micro data
Creamer, Kenneth; Rankin, Neil A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Inflation, a macroeconomic variable, is underpinned by microeconomic data. This paper uses a large microdata sample at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005019449
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Is there any causality between inflation and FDI in an ‘inflation targeting’ regime? Evidence from South Africa
Valli, Mohammed; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
inflation in South Africa and the amount of FDI eventually received by the country. It also attempts to provide insight into the … purported macroeconomic benefits of the policy of ‘inflation targeting’, by ascertaining whether any causality exists between … stable inflation levels and improved FDI inflows from a South African perspective. Utilising annual data ranging from 1970 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108011
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Compulsory tutorial programmes and performance in undergraduate microeconomics: A regression discontinuity design
Schöer, Volker; Shepherd, Debra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As South African universities experience extremely low graduation rates, academic staff implement a range of interventions, for instance tutorial programmes, in order to improve student performance. However, relatively little is known about the impact of such tutorial programmes on students’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259276
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Right to water and access to water
Anand, P B - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on right to water. The paper adapts Hohfeldian framework of elements of a right developed by Wenar. According to this, a right should be interpreted in terms of powers, privileges,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259587
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Air Transport and Destination Performance – A case study of three African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa)
Tchouamou Njoya, Eric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Tourism is increasingly being promoted as an important source of economic growth especially in developing countries. While there are many elements that contribute to tourism growth, without an efficient air transport system, it is almost impossible for a number of landlocked and geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260537
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The King Reports, Independent Non-Executive Directors and Firm Valuation on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Ntim, Collins G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
South Africa (SA) has pursued corporate governance reforms in the form of the 1994 and 2002 King Reports. This paper examines the association between the presence of independent non-executive directors (INEDs) and market valuation of a sample of 169 firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260623
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South African exporting firms: What do we know and what should we know?
Edwards, Lawrence; Rankin, Neil A.; Schöer, Volker - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Policies to stimulate export growth and diversify the composition of exports in South Africa are now high on the government’s agenda. In order to understand exporting and its impact on job creation, one needs to understand how firms function, what determines, or constrains, exporting at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005019452
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The stuff of legend: diamonds and development in southern Africa
Noland, Marcus; Spector, Brooks - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This essay establishes four propositions. First, the diamond industry has been a positive force for development in southern Africa. Second, jewelry, among the most profitable segments of the industry, is a non-essential luxury, and accordingly, consumer concerns over conflict diamonds pose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025715
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Corporate governance, affirmative action and firm value: evidence from post-apartheid South African firms
Ntim, collins g; Opong, kwaku k; Danbolt, jo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Research Question/Issue: The post-Apartheid South African (SA) corporate governance (CG) model is a unique hybridisation of the traditional Anglo-American and Continental European-Asian CG models, distinctively requiring firms to explicitly comply with a number of affirmative action and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226818