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Multiple Regime Shifts: The Influence of ASEAN Politics on Financial Integration within South-East Asia
Treisman, David - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2010
ASEAN decision-making mechanism but that the politics of the regimes has had little influence on supra-national integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492282
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Pricing the Currency Premium Under Flexible Exchange Rates: Evidence from South Africa
Grandes, Martin; Peter, Marcel; Pinaud, Nicolas - In: Ensayos Económicos 1 (2010) 60, pp. 7-52
The currency premium is one of the three components of the differential between local and foreign interest rates. Emerging economies such as South Africa typically face positive interest rate differentials, i.e., a higher cost of capital than developed economies. In this paper we aim at...
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Financing the Market-Based Redistribution of Land to Disadvantaged Farmers and Farm Workers in South Africa: Recent Performance of the Land Reform Credit Facility
Lyne, Michael; Zille, Paul; Graham, Douglas - In: Sociological Research Online 5 (2000) 2
This paper compares the results of public and private land redistribution in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It identifies problems that constrain access to the land market, and describes recent efforts to address the liquidity problem associated with mortgage finance. The Land...
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South African health financing reform 2000–2010: Understanding the agenda-setting process
Pillay, Timesh D.; Skordis-Worrall, Jolene - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 3, pp. 321-331
Governments around the world are struggling to address persistent disparities in health care access. However, this priority competes with many others for support in moving onto and up the political agenda. In this paper, a novel method of agenda-setting analysis is developed by merging and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617062
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Unmasking delivery
Lennan, Anne Mc - In: Progress in Development Studies 7 (2007) 1, pp. 5-20
The challenges of poverty worldwide have led to a growing focus on public delivery. When delivery fails, it is assumed that the key strategy for improvement is manipulation of existing processes, better institutions or more efficient management. This is partly because the dominant model for...
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Parish pump politics
Muller, Mike - In: Progress in Development Studies 7 (2007) 1, pp. 33-45
An understanding of the politics of the water sector during the first decade of South Africa's democracy requires an … is an institutional politics around budget allocation, between and within spheres or levels of government. There is a … tension between a rights-based approach to service provision and the politics of sustainability and conservation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079043
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Political Orientation of Government and Stock Market Returns
Bialkowski, Jedrzej; Gottschalk, Katrin; Wisniewski, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Prior research documented that U.S. stock prices tend to grow faster during Democratic administrations than during Republican administrations. This letter examines whether stock returns in other countries also depend on the political orientation of the incumbents. An analysis of 24 stock markets...
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Political orientation of government and stock market returns
Bialkowski, Jedrzej; Gottschalk, Katrin; Wisniewski, Tomasz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Prior research documented that U.S. stock prices tend to grow faster during Democratic administrations than during Republican administrations. This letter examines whether stock returns in other countries also depend on the political orientation of the incumbents. An analysis of 24 stock markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836785
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The international politics of IFRS harmonization
Ramanna, Karthik - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2011
The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151002
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An Analysis of the Dynamic Relationships Between the South African Equity Market and Major World Equity Markets
Lamba, Asjeet S.; Otchere, Isaac - In: Multinational Finance Journal 5 (2001) 3, pp. 201-224
This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of the dynamic relationships between the South African and major world equity markets during May 1988 - May 2000. Using a multivariate cointegration framework and vector error-correction modeling the results indicate that there is a long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937075