ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Small and medium enterprises have an important role to play in the South Africaneconomy. The success of SME’s will lead to economic growth, that will play a major rolein reducing unemployment in South Africa. It will also be the main driver for blackeconomic empowerment.As...

Eine h?here Lebenserwartung bei gleichzeitiger ?beralterung der deutschen Gesellschaft sind ma?gebliche Gr?nde eines heute bereits festzustellenden Defizits der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Die j?ngste Rentenreform mit dem Altersverm?gens- und Alterseink?nftegesetz setzte deshalb ma?gebliche...

In seiner Dissertation untersucht Herr Mederer zentrale Fragestellungen bei Anlage- und Finanzierungsentscheidungen in der Privaten Finanzplanung im Rahmen einer einheitlichen Nachsteuer-Betrachtung. Dies ist insofern von Bedeutung, da - wie einleitend aufzeigt wird - einerseits kundenseitig...

This dissertation is a collection of three stand-alone research papers containing theoretical and empirical research on household portfolio choice and consumption decision in the life time. Household finance is a new interesting field in financial economics that has attracted a lot of attention...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2010. Major: Economics. Advisor: Narayana R. Kocherlakota. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 81 pages. Ill.(some col.)

Artículo de revista ; In the European economies, employment in the retail sector, in accommodation and food services and in the arts and recreation activities has been hit especially hard by the pandemic, so it is important to ascertain the financial resources that the individuals working in...

En este trabajo se modelizan las decisiones de compra de vivienda principal y secundaria por parte de los hogares españoles utilizando la muestra panel proveniente de las dos primeras olas de la Encuesta Financiera de las Familias (EFF). Se estiman modelos de tasas de compra utilizando...

La Encuesta de Competencias Financieras (ECF) es una iniciativa conjunta del Banco de España y la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) cuyo objetivo es medir las competencias financieras de la población adulta en España. Entre 2016 y 2017 se recogió información para una muestra...

More than 3,000 electric utilities in the United States provide electricity to sustain the Nation`s economic growth and promote the well-being of its inhabitants. At the end of 1996, the net generating capability of the electric power industry stood at more than 776,000 megawatts. Sales to...

A computer model was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to analyze the electricity production, costs, and prices for two geographical regions for a single year. Bulk-power trading is allowed between the two regions and market clearing prices are determined based on marginal costs. The...