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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Financial crisis of 2008"”.
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Trade Unions and the Media: Exercising and Revitalising Power After the Financial Crisis of 2008
The Great Recession that followed the financial crisis of 2008 had a devastating impact on workers, leading to high levels of unemployment and underemployment, increased job insecurity and stagnant or declining wages. While the legitimation crisis of neoliberalism could be viewed as a turning point …
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Four studies on antitrust enforcement and foreign investment activities
This dissertation studies the enforcement change of antitrust policy after the global financial crisis of 2008 and the influence of antitrust enforcement on foreign-investment activities. In the years after the global financial crisis of 2008, there has been growing skepticism concerning the …
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Fall of the Titans, a study of the financial behemoths that crumbled in 2008
At the heart of the global financial crisis of 2008-09 crisis were the American real estate market, age old financial institutions, and their greed. This study goes back to that tumultuous period of 2007-2009, when some of the world's biggest names in finance, the players that were considered "too …
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Credit default swaps in a roll-over risk framework
… between swap legs referencing floating cashflows of different tenors have widened significantly since the global financial crisis of 2008. This frequency basis can be explained by the presence of “roll-over risk”. Defining the roll-over risk state variables in an affine form, this dissertation …
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Kicking the Can
… is a video documentary that explores the financial crisis of 2008 and the socio-political factors that led to the collapse. The documentary was produced over the course of a year and a half, and contains interviews with economists, politicians, academics, and U.S. citizens.<em> Kicking the …
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The determinants and impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Kenya and Tanzania: an OECD and non-OECD perspective 1996-2016
This thesis investigates the determinants of FDI and FDI’s subsequent effect on the growth and export between and within Kenya and Tanzania, using panel data analysis (pooled and fixed effect models) comprising of 22 home countries for Kenya and 23 for Tanzania for the period 1996-2016. The …
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Revolution of the right: explaining the rise of the front national in light of the 2008 financial crisis
… Each chapter is dedicated to exploring one of these contributions through the analysis of data such as political polls, economic statistics and public opinion. The main outcomes of the research are Marine Le Pen has been overall successful in moving the Front National from the fray to the …
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"Dashed hopes, bruised egos": Professional identity in investment banking in the context of the 2008 financial crisis
The financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent economic collapse has helped bring scholarly attention on a sociological dimension of financial markets (Mackenzie 2009, Stark 2009, Knorr Cetina and Preda 2012). Despite recent research advancements in this area, however, the understanding of how …
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Negative interest rates : an effective monetary tool?
An increasing number of economies are moving their interest rates towards the theoretical zero bound of interest rates in response to the COVID-19 crisis; there is a growing need to study the implications negative interest rates have on the effectiveness of the monetary policy. Between 2012 to …
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A case for a legal and regulatory framework for cryptocurrency transactions in Kenya
… Lately, there has been a surge in the popularity of cryptocurrencies, also referred to as digital currencies. The emergence of virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum has disrupted the market and led to widespread speculation that cryptocurrencies may eventually replace traditional paper …
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The impact of the FRTB on Market Risk Capital for the South African InterBank Interest Rate Market
… require banks to hold a minimum amount of capital for market risk resulting from their trading operations and prescribe two approaches to calculating this minimum capital requirement: (i) a Standardised Approach (SA); and (ii) an Internal Models Approach (IMA). The global financial …
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Crisis, hegemony, and the social investment market: The cultural political economy of an emerging governance strategy
… the ‘social investment market’ (SIM) as part of the reproduction and remaking of hegemony since the financial crisis of 2008. It describes the modernisation attempts under the idea of ‘ethical capitalism’ to deal with multiple problems of market governance, by linking it with new notions of …
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Predictability of the Dollar- Rand exchange rate using Taylor Rule fundamentals and commodity Prices.
… trade is strongly hinged on the exchange rates of participating nations. The financial crisis of 2008/2009 amongst other things, brought to light the strong interdependence of nations and their currencies. It is therefore of paramount importance for South Africa to be able to effectively predict …
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An Exploration of Culture in the UK Financial Services
This thesis explores dimensions of culture in the UK financial services. Through narrative interviews, it considers the experience of the industry and examines how culture can be formed through influences stemming both from the industry’s internal dynamics and wider societal contexts. The study …
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Exportações paraibanas e o perfil das empresas exportadoras entre o período de 2000 a 2013
… exports contributed, on average, with 0.12% of total Brazilian exports between 2000-2013. In general, the evolution of the trade balance has been showing consecutive deficits since the global financial crisis around the years 2007 and 2008. This research is to draw objective profile of …
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The over-indebtedness of public servants in South Africa
The global financial crisis of 2008 revealed the substantial over-indebtedness of households across many countries. Over-indebtedness of households is the outcome of the policy of financial liberalisation and deregulation since the 1970s. The consumers who are most likely to become over-indebted …
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The introduction of Islamic banking and its projected impact on financial inclusion and economic development in Uganda
… banks were minimally affected by the global financial crisis of 2008. This is largely attributed to their firm and sound economic principles. This has made Islamic finance a feasible alternative system of banking especially in pursuit of financial inclusion. Uganda like most third world …
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Enterprise Risk Management, Earnings Predictability and the Cost of Debt
… fundamental paradigm for managing the portfolio of risks confronting organizations. However, there is debate as to whether ERM actually enhances stakeholder value. This study investigates whether ERM is associated with increased earnings predictability and a lower risk of firm failure, two …
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"Gamblers and Merchants" The Politics of Implementing Post-Crisis OTC Regulatory Reform: The US and EU
This study investigates the political sources of change in the regulatory authority for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that were brought about by the global financial crisis of 2008. OTC contracts have grown in popularity since the 1980s as firms in advanced market economies have increasingly …
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Determinants of CEO remuneration, for JSE listed financial service organisations
Research Background: Years of academic research has resulted in an inconclusive view on which factors determine a CEOs remuneration. As such, the quantum of the wage premium paid to CEOs, relative to employees at all other levels, has been a contentious topic that has been discussed for decades, …
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