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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Consumer spending"”.
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How do changes in housing prices affect consumer spending? : evidence from Iceland
Housing is the most predominant component of Icelandic households' wealth. Thus, it is important to understand if fluctuations in the housing market affect consumption and then to what extent. Multiple studies have been conducted on the effect of housing prices on consumption, but this is most …
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Personal finance: a statistical analysis of the habits and behaviours of the South African consumer
Understanding consumer spending behavior and the efficacy of budget setting is crucial in managing personal finances. This dissertation employs clustering methodologies and statistical models to explore the intricate dynamics of financial habits and their relationship with budget establishment …
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Patterns and determinants of Australia's international trade in textiles and clothing
… in protection, import competition, shifts in consumer spending, and technological change. This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of patterns and determinants of international trade in textiles and clothing (TAC) during the period 1965 to 1999.
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Forecasting financials and discovering menu prices with alternative data
… quantities like public-company financials and consumer spending drive asset pricing and other decisions. However, direct observation of any company's financials or other key signals is rare. For instance, although public companies disclose their financials through quarterly reports and press …
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Identification of Economic Value Drivers Impacting Operational Cash Flows in the Casual Theme Restaurant Industry
… and output; interest rate; government revenue, spending, debt, and taxes; money supply; and consumer spending. The unit of analysis was done at the industry level, and an index of operational cash flows of the casual theme sector of the restaurant industry was developed. Economic value drivers …
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500 Miles from Cheap Gas: Estimating Consumer Savings from Pipeline Access in New England
… re- duced natural gas demand, and that consumer spending from pipeline re- straints currently exceed projected carbon savings.
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An alternative private sector investment approach to achieve independence and resilience in KwaZulu Natal
… family's poverty status are discussed, including consumer spending and debt ratios. The findings The findings show significantly positive over the investment period. Income increased, savings increased, monthly spending power increased, and monthly debt obligations decreased. Recommended studies …
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“Old habits persist” Change and continuity in Black Country communities: Pensnett, Sedgley and Tipton, 1945-c.1970
… welfare provision and unprecedented levels of consumer spending mostly eradicated the inter-war behaviour patterns of individuals, families and communities. Utilising the oral testimony of sixty residents from the three localities, and supplemented by a range of primary sources, the thesis …
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The demand for gambling: Empirical evidence from state-operated lotteries and football pools in Spain
… participation in Spanish lottery markets and spending on lotteries, focusing on network externalities in consumer spending on closely related lottery goods. Next, we study the demand for a particular game, paying attention to the factors that explain why individuals bet, especially, those that …
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What are the business and regulatory factors for a successful Philippine REIT market?
… Overseas Filipino Workers, which have increased consumer spending in residential real estate and consumer goods, prompting rent growth in the retail sector. Another factor is the phenomenal growth of the Business Process Outsourcing industry which is driving both demand for office and residential …
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The Effect of Current and Perceived Economic Conditions on Consumer Apparel Purchase Expenditures
Consumer spending accounts for over sixty-five percent of the Gross Domestic Product in the United States, greatly affecting the economy, as well as the retail sector. The consumer, rather than business or government, has become the dominant factor in shaping the course of the aggregate U.S. …
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The transformation of the regional shopping centre : an examination of six case studies in Vancouver B.C.
… in terms of new retail competition and changing consumer demand. Regional shopping centres are facing a variety of new challenges, including new retailing concepts, cross-border shopping and declining consumer spending. There are several strategies that are being used to deal with these changes. …
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The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend: a case study of the Instagram body. [Thesis]
… media beauty trend. Within the fashion and consumer goods industries, lifecycle models already exist that explain the typical manifestations of products and trends, chronicling their interactions with consumers from their introduction to their exit from the market. In the last decade …
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Essays in monetary and fiscal policy
… rates, the effect of interest-rate changes on consumer spending would more than double and would be asymmetric, with rate increases reducing spending by more than cuts would increase it. The second chapter, joint with Matthew Rognlie, explains why a monetary union between countries (such as the …
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The Stock Market, the Housing Market and Consumption
… have brought new concerns over the response of consumer spending to asset price shocks. This thesis re-investigates the relationship between consumption, income, financial and housing wealth: specifically, the wealth effect on consumption based on both time-series data in an examination of the …
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Determinants of E-Commerce Demand, Travel Behavior, and Travel-Related Expenditures Among U.S. Households
… investigates how rapid growth in e-commerce and consumer travel-related expenditure influences household travel demand, their mode choice, and transportation spending behavior in the United States. The time frame of the dataset focuses on the post-COVID-19 era. It uses the data from the 2022 U.S. …
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An investigation into aspects of consumer preference for some fish species using sensory evaluation techniques.
The attitudes of consumers towards white fish are discussed, and the sensory features of flesh products and their quality are considered. A review of the investigation of fish quality by sensory evaluation and instrumental techniques is presented and the use and analysis of relevant methods of …
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The Poverty of Simplicity: Austerity, Alienation, and Tiny Houses
… movement has emerged around tiny houses. Anti-consumerism is the keystone to this lifestyle movement. For enthusiasts, environmental destruction, their indebtedness and financial precarity, their stress and alienation from work and life, in short, their lack of happiness or sense of purpose, …
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Investigating the growth prospects of SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Polokwane Local Municipality
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are generally perceived as the drivers of innovation, economic growth, and employment, especially in emerging economies such as South Africa. The challenges and growth prospects SMEs face are well documented, but in recent years, they had to contend with the …
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Which way to Net Zero?: The influence of politics on the creation of Net Zero pathways and the implications for delivering a zero carbon future
… based framework to reveal the disruption to consumer spending and government revenue plus spending assumed by decarbonisation pathways. By using a disruption based approach, in contrast to conventional cost-benefit based analysis, our findings begin to explain why net zero action has been …
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