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Non-controlling minority shareholdings and collusion
(Springer, 2020-05)This article merges theoretical literature on non-controlling minority shareholdings (NCMS) in a coherent model to study the effects of NCMS on competition and collusion. The model encompasses both the case of a common ... -
Inflation dynamics : expectations, structural breaks and global factors
(International Centre for Economic Analysis, 2020-08-04)There is no consensus over the importance of “global forces” on inflation. This study explores the role of structural breaks in the inflation process, and their timing, whether it is common across countries, and the extent ... -
Socioeconomic status and chronic diseases in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is on the rise, and is expected to increase. The United Nations, through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, acknowledged the public ... -
Record linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel
(Taylor and Francis GroupRoutledge, 2019-02)In this article, we describe the record linkage procedure to create a panel from Cape Colony census returns, or opgaafrolle, for 1787–1828, a dataset of 42,354 household-level observations. Based on a subset of manually ... -
OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN INDONESIA, 1880–2000
(2020-02)Osamu Saito’s pioneering research into the long-term changes in occupational structure of Japan has inspired scholars to take a fresh look at structural change in other countries. This article offers a case study of ... -
An assessment of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Government, donor partners, and the private sector invest large amounts of financial resources annually in malaria prevention and care. Despite substantial spending on malaria prevention programmes by ... -
Bargaining competition and vertical mergers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Vertically related markets and vertical mergers are complex systems that comprise a number of distinct features. The modelling of such complex systems involves several modelling choices that affect the ... -
Fiscal instruments and the elderly population in South Africa : a distributional analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Saving an adequate amount of money to finance retirement spending is a growing issue that affects the elderly. In response to the incomplete retirement savings markets that the elderly face, national ... -
The law and economics of potential competition in digital markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This research aims to explore how authorities in different jurisdictions respond to potential competition in the online automotive classifieds platform markets. This is done by means of a review of cases ... -
The limits of laws : traffic law enforcement in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020-04)Background: The aim of many public policies is to change behaviour. Governments tend to rely on regulations, taxes and subsidies to effect such change. These measures, which affect agents’ economic incentives, have a mixed ... -
Examining child health and nutrition inequalities in Tanzania
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: More than one-third of stunted children under the age of five reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the multifaceted underlying causes of malnutrition, this has become a challenging situation to address. ... -
The impact of farm input subsidies on women and children : evidence from Malawi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Women and children remain the most vulnerable demographic groups in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, Farm Input Subsidy Programs (FISP) that have been shown to improve household welfare in SSA, could be ... -
Simulated horizontal mergers in vertically related markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: A global trend of increasing retail concentration and a heightened concern about buyer power demand more sophisticated and flexible merger screening tools. Parametrisable merger simulation models that ... -
Is the law irrelevant...? : an institutional analysis of road safety outcomes
(2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis aims to investigate the interaction between formal and informal institutions, and the enforcement thereof with the aim of developing an understanding of how to design holistic policy interventions ... -
A model to promote the effective use of evaluations in the South African agricultural sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The study that is the focus of this dissertation assessed the applicability of Patton’s utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE) approach to the South African agricultural sector in order to develop a model ... -
Wage dynamics, trade-related wage premia and productivity spillovers : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa continues to grapple with low economic growth, unemployment and inequality, making it crucial to gain further insights into wage inequality which is the largest component of income inequality. ... -
Does affordable housing make cities more competitive?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study sheds light on the consequences of unaffordable house prices and how they negatively affect cities' growth prospects. This is done by studying how economic expansion indicators in a city such ... -
The importance of beliefs in shaping divergent economic outcomes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis articulates the case for beliefs as a fundamental cause for divergent long-run development. This beliefs-centred approach is a synthesis of institutional and culture-based explanations of ... -
A longitudinal study of the influence of social identity, outgroup exposure and affirmative action policy on first-year student academic success in the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty of Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The student profile at Stellenbosch University (SU) has changed significantly since the 1990s. This can be linked to the implementation of various measures and policies aimed at increasing diversity and ... -
The economic impact of the Khoe on the north-eastern frontier of the Cape Colony
(2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The role played by the Khoe in early Cape colonial economy remains largely unaccounted for in Economic History. The two exceptions are Fourie and Green’s The missing people: accounting for the productivity ...
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