Browsing Masters Degrees (Economics) by Issue Date
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An empirical analysis of the pricing behaviour of selected 3-digit sectors in the South African manufacturing industry (1965-1990).
(1996)While conventional economic theory posits that price is determined by the interplay between the forces of supply and demand, review of literature reveals that the findings of industrial surveys and empirical studies of the ... -
An analysis of alternate consumption hypotheses in South Africa.
(1996)The first half of this research is an attempt to provide a solid theoretical foundation of the various theories of the consumption function and the empirical evidence. Both the theoretical foundation and the empirical ... -
Responses of rural agricultural households to agricultural policies in South Africa.
(1997)No abstract available. -
Government budget deficits in South Africa.
(1997)The Government of National Unity, on coming into power in April 1994, indicated its intention to transform the economy through a growth-oriented reconstruction and development programme (RDP). The sustainability of the ... -
Privatisation : a survey of literature.
(1997)The Government of National Unity (GNU) came into power in 1994 and was immediately confronted with severe problems. In particular, the government was faced with the problems of high rate of unemployment, low economic ... -
An economic evaluation of tourism : a case study of accommodation facilities in southern Maputaland.
(1998)The dissertation presents an economic analysis of tourism in the Southern Maputaland Biosphere Reserve. The aim of the study was to gather relevant information on the benefits and costs associated with the existing tourism ... -
The analytical and empirical appraisal of the Ricardian equivalence with reference to South Africa.
(1998)The Government of National Unity, on coming into power in April, 1994, has endorsed the reconstruction and development programme (RDP) and its broad agenda for the rapid removal of the problems and gross inequality evident ... -
Government expenditure growth in South Africa, 1960-1993.
(1998)This study is about government expenditure in South Africa for the 1960 - 1993 period. It seeks to investigate (i) the sources of growth of government expenditure, (ii) the relative contribution of the major functional ... -
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the clinical curative measure as an alternative to tuberculosis management in the Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi council area.
(1999)This research examines the treatment of Tuberculosis in South Africa, focussing particularly on the Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi Council Area in the Natal province. Two alternative measures of TB control are examined, the ... -
Tourism as an instrument of local development with particular reference to Port St. Johns in terms of the Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative (WCSDI).
(1999)Despite the fact that the Wild Coast area is well endowed with natural resources, the area is severely underdeveloped and experiencing high levels of unemployment. It is against this background that the South African ... -
Franchising as a mechanism for economic empowerment in South Africa.
(1999)South Africa is currently undergoing a phase of transformation that has indicated a shift from institutionalised oppression in all political, social and economic spheres to a society that is ideally open, free and ... -
An empirical analysis of the role of imports in the South African economy.
(1999)It is generally acknowledged that there is no sufficient, exhaustive and elaborate empirical examination of the quantitative impact of policies pertaining to import demand and economic growth in South Africa. In order ... -
An analysis of real exchange rate disequilibrium in developing countries, with an empirical focus on South Africa.
(1999)Since the early 1970s, exchange rate fluctuations have characterised the behaviour of the external value of many currencies in both high- and low-income countries. Up-and-down movements in real exchange rates have been ... -
The role of small, medium and micro enterprises in Lesotho's economy.
(2000)A vibrant industrial sector that includes growing small and medium-sized enterprises is a boon to any economy. By increasing output and incomes, providing jobs for unskilled labourers, and improving prospects for efficiency ... -
Capital budgeting techniques : principle versus practice in South Africa.
(2000)No abstract available. -
The determinants of exchange rate flexibility and the theory of optimum currency areas : an application to SADC.
(2000)This study has its foundation on a model developed by Holden, Holden and Suss (1979). The model is on the determinants of the flexibility of an exchange rate. These determinants are: the openness of an economy; ... -
The potential benefits of a tonnage-based corporate tax to South Africa and the South African shipping industry.
(2000)No abstract available. -
Costs and benefits of eradicating alien invasive vegetation from the upper reaches of the Mhlatuze catchment.
(2001)Alien invasive vegetation threatens the functioning of natural ecosystems as well as their services, which sustain human welfare, both directly and indirectly. The proliferation of this vegetation in South Africa has been ... -
The effects of trade policy on intra-industry trade within the context of trade liberalization in South Africa.
(2001)Intra-industry trade is a new phenomenon in international trade theory and has attracted interest from economists, in the form of both empirical and theoretical work. The first attempt to measure the extent of intra-industry ...