What caused the mid-2000s world commodity price ?bubble? and the recent commodity price growth during the economic recovery after the 2007-2009 recession? The classical ?supply and demand? interpretation offered by some observers suggests that rapid global industrial growth over the past decade...

This dissertation studies the relationship between exchange rate regimes and financing decisions of corporations in small open economies with access to international capital markets.The first essay develops a model of the choice between local and foreign currency debt by capital-constrained...

This thesis investigates the role of exchange rate in a small open economy policy framework. Focusing the analysis on the crisis-hit East-Asian countries, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate the necessity of the monetary authority to concern about the exchange rate stability by...

The New Zealand Government proposed in August 2004 a ‘radically’ new approach to address evasion in industries which is perceived to be ingrained, namely targeted amnesties. With a general election and other ‘more pressing’ issues, the proposal has not been significantly advanced. This...

Our study principally examines the relationship between board gender diversity and firm value and the extent to which this relationship is affected by the level of growth options relative to assets-in-place. Using a sample of 865 firm-years covered by 125 firms listed on the New Zealand Exchange...