Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Title
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Death, denial and dissidents: white commercial farmers’ discursive responses to mass violence in Zimbabwe, 1970-1980
(University of the Free State, 2015)This article investigates how white farmers in Zimbabwe reacted to two violent episodes in Zimbabwe’s recent history: the liberation war in the 1970s and the violence of Gukurahundi in the 1980s. The foregrounding of ... -
Financial behavior, confidence, risk preferences and financial literacy of university students
(Cogent OA, 2018)This study investigates determinants of financial behavior (FB) of university students at a university in South Africa. It examines whether financial behavior, confidence, time preferences, risk preferences and financial ... -
Incentivized time preferences, level of education in a household and financial literacy: laboratory evidence
(International Foundation for Research and Development, 2018)This study investigates the impact of financial literacy, level of education in a household and gender differences on time preferences of students at a university in South Africa. The study relies on a convenient sample ... -
Indecisiveness on risk preference and time preference choices. Does financial literacy matter?
(Cogent OA, 2019)The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between financial literacy and decisiveness in making risk preference and time preference choices by university students. The study collected data using a ... -
The Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) returns, political development and economic forces: a historical perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015)To contribute to economic growth and development a stock market, as a leading economic indicator, should reflect the macroeconomic fundamentals of a country. The reflection of political and economic development in the ... -
Perceptions of bonus incentive schemes at a major South African private bank
(University of the Free State, 2013)English: Private bankers are scarce and the type of bonus incentive scheme banks use to attract and retain them plays a vital role in ensuring that they are motivated to perform in accordance with the outputs expected from ... -
The relationship between marital status and life satisfaction among South African adults
(University of the Free State, 2013)English: This article examines the association between marital status and reported life satisfaction in South Africa. Using the 2008 National Income Dynamics Survey, the relationship between marital status and life ... -
South Africa in the international arms trade network (ATN) during national party rule (1948-1994): a network analysis
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015)South Africa is renowned for its arms industry, which was established under apartheid to counter external threats during the Cold War, increasing internal threats from the black majority, and internationally imposed arms ... -
South Africa in the international arms trade network (ATN) during national party rule (1948-1994): a network analysis
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015-06)Network theory has become a key theoretical framework with which to study complex systems, and a large number of studies have investigated the structure of the World Trade Network (WTN) within this paradigm. This article ...