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Isolating a measure of inflation expectations for the South African financial market using forward interest rates
Reid M. - 2009
The inflation expectations channel of the transmission mechanism is generally recognised as crucial for the implementation of modern monetary policy. This paper briefly reviews the practices commonly employed for measuring inflation expectations in South Africa, and offers an additional method,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480482
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Banking market integration in the SADC countries: Evidence from interest rate analyses
Aziakpono M.J.; Kleimeier S.; Sander H. - 2011
This study investigates the state, development and drivers of banking market integration in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of national retail interest rates indicates increasing integration in loan and deposit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480502
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Clean development mechanism: Perspectives from developing countries
Sari, Agus P.; Meyers, Stephen - 2008
acceptance of CDM. The outgrowth of CDM from a proposal from Brazil to establish a Clean Development Fund gave developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435560
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Infrastructure and its impact on economic development : the case of South Africa and Brazil
Lazarus, Hilton - 2007
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study looks at South Africa and Brazil in a comparative sense to determine how infrastructure … national income (GNI), infantmortality and literacy within these countries. Although Brazil is four times the size of …-inprivate sector investment. Brazil has in recent times followed a route of public-privatepartnerships with the South African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442104
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Can Brazilian firms survive the Chinese challenge: Effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and performance
Akhter, Syed; Barcellos, Paulo Fernando Pinto - 2011
to examine the effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and performance of business-to-consumer firms in Brazil … that globalization and especially the entry of Chinese firms significantly changed market contexts in Brazil. Brazilian … profitability suffered.Originality/value ? The study contributes to the literature by showing that globalization has changed market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484492
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Finansų krizės poveikio šalies ekonominei situacijai analizė ir perspektyvų vertinimas
Živoltė, Jolita - 2010
economy. It also examined the process of globalization, even crucial, for the financial crisis began in U.S. has spread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009478527
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The relationship between net private capital flows and economic growth in emerging Asian economies
Vo, Xuan Vinh; Daly, Kevin James - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004
Net private capital flows (Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Portfolio Investment and private credit flows) to emerging market economies declined significantly after the 1997 Financial Crisis. In 2002, the world's net private capital flows to emerging markets declined to the lowest level in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482244
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Reterritorialisation of economies and institutions : the rise of the Sydney basin economy
O'Neill, Phillip; McGuirk, Pauline - University of Western Sydney; College of Health and Science; … - 2005
This paper is an account of institutional and spatial shifts in the Sydney basin economy that coalesce around Australia's current, long period of prosperity. The paper briefly sources this prosperity, noting the key shifts towards the financial and professional services sectors that accompany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482272
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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2002
Levy, Frank - 2002
globalization, and housing finance. Few incoming students have had prior exposure to these topics. The first two-thirds of the … Good and Externality Theory in Practice; Location Theory and the Economic Rationale of Cities; Globalization, Trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433233