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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Generalised Methods of Moments"”.
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Does Education Matter for Income Inequality? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
The issue of income equality has become of great concern on a global scale. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, economists and other socioeconomic analysts have observed the state of the income and wealth gap between the top ten percent rich and the lower forty percent poor of populations, and …
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The impact of remittances on financial sector development: An exploration in the SADC region
… received from migrants abroad have become one of the largest sources of external finance for developing countries. It has been argued that a particular impact of this influential flow is the stimulation of financial sector development. However, current research has been mainly based at a broad …
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The influence of planning interventions on the evolution of neighbourhood deprivation in London
The aim of this dissertation is to study the city-region level impacts of urban planning, regeneration and development interventions on neighbourhood deprivation over time, using London as the main case study. Those interventions are often considered by many working in planning and design as …
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The effect of idiosyncratic and macroeconomic risk on cash holdings
The thesis explores the dynamics and determinants of corporate cash holding (or corporate liquidity) in South Africa in three related studies. The first study empirically investigates the sensitivity of corporate cash holdings to changes in idiosyncratic and macroeconomic risk. The analysis is …
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Corporate taxation and investment in South Africa
This thesis investigates some aspects of corporate taxation and firm-level investment in South Africa. The thesis uses specially constructed and unique datasets to draw insights on the link between corporate tax changes and firm-level investment and as well as the efficiency of capital allocation …
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Corporate taxation and investment in South Africa
This thesis investigates some aspects of corporate taxation and firm-level investment in South Africa. The thesis uses specially constructed and unique datasets to draw insights on the link between corporate tax changes and firm-level investment and as well as the efficiency of capital allocation …
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Monetary policy and economic performance - evidence from selected African countries
The main aim of this dissertation is to broaden the understanding of the monetary policy transmission mechanism as it operates in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ultimate goal is to aid in the appropriate design and implementation of monetary policy for the attainment of developmental goals. The …
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Capital structure and company performance: Did the COVID-19 pandemic matter?
PURPOSE The aim of this study is to measure the significance of the relationship between leverage and the financial performance of 137 non-financial companies from 2016 to 2023. This study also aims to draw comparisons between this relationship during the pre-COVID-19 Pandemic of 2016 to 2019, over …