Browsing Research Articles (Economics) by Title
Now showing items 1-18 of 18
-
COVID-19 shock and sectorial index response in South Africa: a cross-sector analysis
(EconJournals, 2022)The prime objective of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 shock on sector returns of the South African Stock market. The study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model estimated with a Pooled ... -
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 ... -
Eliciting risk preferences experimentally versus using a general risk question. Does financial literacy bridge the gap?
(MDPI, 2021)The study investigates the stability of financial risk preference choices elicited from subjects by way of two methods, namely: experimentally elicited incentivized revealed risk preferences (IRRP) and (self-reported) ... -
Exploring association between self-reported financial status and economic preferences using experimental data
(MDPI, 2021-05)Research on economic behaviour of individuals in different financial statuses such as being in a good financial standing or in a threatening financial situation are inconclusive. Some evidence suggest that the culture of ... -
Exploring association between self-reported financial status and economic preferences using experimental data
(MDPI, 2021)Research on economic behaviour of individuals in different financial statuses such as being in a good financial standing or in a threatening financial situation are inconclusive. Some evidence suggest that the culture 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 ... -
Food insecurity and health outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: a longitudinal study
(BMC, 2022)Background Given that South Africa experienced significant food insecurity even before the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not surprising that the pandemic would result in even greater food insecurity in the country. This paper ... -
Gender differences in intra‐household financial decision‐making: an application of coarsened exact matching
(MDPI, 2021-10)Most studies that explore collective models of intra‐household decision‐making use economic outcomes such as human capital, earnings, assets, and relative income shares as proxies of the relative distribution of bargaining ... -
The impact of financial literacy on risk seeing and patient attitudes of university students
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)The study investigates the impact of financial literacy on risk preference and time preference choices of university students. The study collected data using a questionnaire, implemented a multiple price lists experiment, ... -
The impact of microfinance institutions on poverty alleviation
(MDPI, 2022)Microfinancing has been targeted as a tool to address Poverty through the provision of credit to the poor and marginalised economic functions. However, the main objective upon which these institutions are founded is yet ... -
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 ... -
On the predictors of loan utilization and delinquency among microfinance borrowers in Zimbabwe: A Poisson regression approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a prominent financial inclusion initiative in many developing countries. In Zimbabwe, however, less is known about microfinance borrowers, determinants of loan utilisation and borrowers’ ... -
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 ...