Masters Degrees (Economics)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Methodological advances for deepening the interrogation of data from education evaluations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The ability to read is arguably the most important skill in most academic settings. All present and future learning is dependent fundamentally on the ability to appropriately interpret text and internalise ... -
The econometrics of dating anti-competitive effects with application to excessive pricing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Anti-competitive behaviour in a market is associated with related effects that may not always be captured in traditional approaches to locating damages. Conventionally, to determine when anti-competitive ... -
Exploring resilience thinking in the design and operational processes of South African impact funds
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Globally, countries are increasingly challenged as a result of social and environmental issues such as extreme weather conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic. The resulting pressure on public investments and ... -
An in-depth investigation into the relationship between municipal solid waste generation and economic growth in the city of Cape Town
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Issues of landfill scarcity are propelling cities and countries to direct policy instruments towards waste management. An objective of achieving a green economy, of which there is decoupling of waste, has ... -
Choosing investment solutions for South African long-term investors with prospect theory-type risk preferences
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis investigates the optimal choice of investment style for a representative long term South African investor assuming a Prospect Theory-type utility functions. The relative performance of ... -
A forward guidance indicator for the South African Reserve Bank : implementing a text analysis algorithm
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The growing prevalence of forward guidance, in addition to central banks' efforts to improve and structure its use, has spawned growing interest among market participants and academics. Several scholars ... -
The Bass diffusion model for communication technology globally and the economic factors that influence it
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Globally over the period 1995 to 2015 there has been an increase in the everyday use of mobile phones and the associated technologies that come with it, but this has led to a digital divide in skill and ... -
Land reform in South Africa : a case study of the Witzenberg pals initiative
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The post-1994 South African government introduced Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in an attempt to address the economic inequality of the country. The primary goal of BEE policy is to assist black South ... -
Re-assessing the South African household inflation expectations survey through a sequential mixed methods approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Many central banks rely on survey-based measures of household inflation expectations as a gauge of policy credibility and an input for forecasting inflation. An accurate measure of the public’s inflation ... -
Education for sustainable futures : an appropriate approach for early childhood development from birth to five years
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The 21st century is marked by numerous challenges ranging from environmental degradation, resource depletion, pollution, poverty and inequality to poor education outcomes especially in the global south. ... -
The evolution of occupational structures in South Africa 1875-1911 : an analysis of the effects of the resource curse and blessing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This dissertation investigates the evolution of the occupational structure of South Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to improve our understanding of the impact of the mineral ... -
Private sector impact investment in water purification infrastructure in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Access to safe drinking water (also called potable water) is a basic human right. Humanity is, however, facing a significant decline in the quantity and quality of available fresh water. The consequences ... -
Education and economic growth in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : No abstract available.
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