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Establishing a link between risk tolerance, investor personality and behavioural finance in South Africa

Dickason, Zandri; Ferreira, Sune - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-13

, further research within a South African context was regarded as necessary. Results indicated that investors with a low …. Investors with a high-risk tolerance level are mostly subject towards the self-control bias. The significance of this study will … enable investment companies to more accurately profile their investors and to offer more refined investment options. …

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Mobilizing Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa; Empirical Norms and Key Determinants

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

Mobilizing more revenue is a priority for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Countries have to finance their development agendas, and weak revenue mobilization is the root cause of fiscal imbalances in several countries. This paper reviews the experience of low-income SSA countries in...

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What Drives the Global Land Rush?

Selod, Harris; Deininger, Klaus W.; Arezki, Rabah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

countries more attractive for investors. Implications for policy are discussed. …

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Ghana; Economic Development in a Democratic Environment

Harnack, Joachim; Leite, Sérgio Pereira.; Fabrizio, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

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Corporate Income Tax Competition in the Caribbean

Nassar, Koffie Ben - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Motivated by the concern that corporate income tax (CIT) competition may have eroded the tax base, this paper calculates average effective tax rates to measure the impact of CIT competition, including the widespread use of tax holidays, on the tax base for 15 countries in the Caribbean. The...

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Do IMF-Supported Programs Boost Private Capital Inflows? the Role of Program Size and Policy Adjustment

Benelli, Roberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

I analyze empirically whether program size (the size of financial assistance) and policy adjustment matter for the success of IMF-supported programs. I define a program as successful if the initial program projections for net private capital flows are met or exceeded. I find that success is...

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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature

Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while the second deals with the determinants of FDI....

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Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than developed countries. The empirical results support...

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What's Driving Private Investment in Malaysia? Aggregate Trends and Firm-Level Evidence

Unteroberdoerster, Olaf; Guimarães, Roberto Pereira - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Private sector investment has been a key source of growth in Malaysia over the last three decades, but after an unprecedented decline in the wake of the Asian crisis it has remained sluggish in recent years. Using aggregate and firm-level data, this paper aims to explain these trends and their...

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The Role of Subordinated Debt in Market Discipline; The Case of Emerging Markets

Karacadag, Cem; Shrivastava, Animesh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

satisfy these preconditions—among them the monitorability of bank assets, the presence of nonbank financial investors, and …

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