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Impact of money supply in different states of inflation and economic growth in South Africa
(MDPI, 2023)This paper investigates the impact of the money supply in different states of inflation and economic growth in South Africa from 1990 to 2021. The term “states” defines periods of low and high rates of economic variables ... -
Reservation wages, transitions from, and the duration of, unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with women, youths, and people with low levels of education being especially likely to be unemployed. Most South African unemployed are also long-term ... -
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 ... -
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’ ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Economic sustainability of small mining communities: a case study of Kathu
(University of the Free State, 2021-01)With the global fluctuations in commodity prices and increasing costs, most mines go through periods of downscale and eventually close down. The closures lead to various negative socio-economic impacts such as higher ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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) ... -
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 impact of financial literacy on risk and time preferences and financial behavioural intentions
(University of the Free State, 2019)Financial literacy plays a pivotal role in influencing financial behaviour, risk preferences as well as time preferences which in turn impact on financial life outcomes of individuals such as saving and investment. There ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
'n Bedryfsekonomiese ondersoek van die ontwikkeling van die Vrystaatse goudveldstreek
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Die invloed van spoorwegtariewe op die vestiging van nywerhede in Bloemfontein
(University of the Free State, 1957-12)In dealing with the subject of the influence of railway tariffs on the localization of industry in Bloemfontein, it should firstly be pointed out that South Africa has undergone extensive industrial expansion especially ... -
The impact of a change in monetary policy by means of a monetary macro-econometric model
(University of the Free State, 2001-05)Monetary policy essentially reflects monetary theory. As the financial system is complex and intricate in nature, it becomes virtually impossible to conceive without a theory to simplify its structure. This simplified ... -
The depth of financial integration and its effects on financial development and economic performance of the SACU countries
(University of the Free State, 2008-05)English: The study investigates the relationship between financial integration, financial development and economic growth in the SACU countries. The empirical analysis commenced with an examination of the degree of ...
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