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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"econometric modelling"”.
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Econometric modelling in a changing, globalised world
… but related essays, we refine and apply the econometric methods and modelling assumptions necessary to objectively consider different aspects of globalisation. The first essay analyses the Asia Pacific's possible decoupling from the US. We use Bayesian variable selection methods to model …
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Essays on the econometric modelling of consumer preferences for tourism
La tesis se estructura en tres capítulos o ensayos. Los dos primeros utilizan datos de preferencias reveladas obtenidas a partir de encuestas. En el capítulo 1 se estudian los determinantes de la duración de la estancia de los turistas. Más concretamente, se modeliza i) la decisión de pernoctar …
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An econometric analysis of the wildlife market in South Africa
… auctions across South Africa, using a range of econometric modelling techniques.
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Assessing byproduct mining and metal recycling as indicators of material criticality
… metal pairs, by employing cluster analysis and econometric modelling.
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The factors determining office investment markets in South-East Asian cities : with reference to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur
… studies that have been conducted rely mainly on econometric modelling. However, opportunities in the user and investor office markets are influenced by non-econometric factors such as the nature and evolution of the markets and their institutional environment, but these have largely been ignored …
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Household Food Waste
… using surveys, diary data, meta-analysis, and econometric modelling. It shows that household food waste is not mainly driven by lack of knowledge or simple miscalculation. Instead, it results from the interaction of cognitive biases, everyday routines, moral attitudes, and market conditions …
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Tree Tenure in Agroforestry Parklands: Implications for the Management, Utilisation and Ecology of Shea and Locust Bean Trees in Northern Ghana
… the community and the tenure rules in place. Econometric modelling of shea and locust bean tree densities reveals the socioeconomic and institutional determinants of these tree densities on the farmland, highlighting the importance of economic and institutional incentives and constraints in …
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Impact of oil prices on stock market performance
… data were analysed using statistical tools and econometric modelling. The investigation employs the impulse response function, EGARCH and Markov switching models. The thesis concludes that the relationship between oil prices and stock market performance is time-varying, asymmetrical, …
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The nexus between social spending and economic growth in South Africa: a cointegration approach
… The autoregressive distributed Lag (ARDL) econometric modelling approach is employed to estimate the impact of disaggregated government social spending on economic growth (growth model), income inequality (Gini model) and household consumption expenditure (consumption model). Therefore, the …
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Three Essays in Financial Econometrics
Understanding how cross-sectional units interact with each other in a panel setting is an important question, given we are living in a more and more interconnected world. The effort to provide a solution to this question involves proposing statistical models that capture such features and obtain …
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Transition equity markets of Central Europe: volatility, predictability, integration
… equity markets of Central Europe to the econometric modelling of financial time series by addressing the issues of volatility, predictability and international asset pricing in these markets. In Chapter Two we start from an overview of the transition stock markets by presenting their …
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An assessment of the contribution of peri-urban agriculture on household food security in Tongaat, eThekwini Municipality
… statistics and inferential statistics (econometric modelling using a probit regression model). On average, respondents were about 46 years old. There was a high rate of unemployment with the majority (51%) of the total sample indicated that they were not formally employed. The results …
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Trade and investment effects of free trade agreements: The case of Vietnam
… on Vietnamese trade and investment. Based on econometric modelling, the first study investigates the effects of trade agreements and FDI on Vietnamese trade flows, while the second study explores whether Vietnam’s overall involvement in FTAs enhances its FDI inflows. The remaining two studies …
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Three essays on climate change, agriculture and adaptation
… and uses an economic model coupled with robust econometric estimation approaches. The findings indicate that major crop yields in tropical and subtropical regions will likely suffer adverse effects, while temperate and continental areas, historically less favourable for agriculture, may …
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IN PRACTICAL MODEL-BUILDING SITUATION THE ECONOMIST FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERS SERIES WHICH, AT LEAST FOR PART OF THE TIME PERIOD UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF TEMPORAL AGGREGATION THAN THE REMAINDER OF THE SERIES HE IS USING . IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE ECONOMIST WILL …