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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 ... -
Intra-household decision-making and family public goods: survey and experimental evidence from South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2017-01)English: Intra-household decisions are of importance in achieving various development goals, including investments in family public goods and the resultant developmental outcomes of such investments, such as the attainment ... -
Die invloed van die goudmyne op die ekonomiese aktiwiteite van enkele dorpe aan die Oosrand vir die tydperk 1930 tot 1970
(University of the Free State, 1979-12)Afrikaans: 'n Stad kan as die ruimtelike konsentrasie van werkende inwoners as gevolg van sekere ekonomiese aktiwiteite wat plaasvind, omskryf word. In die substreek van Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan en Springs was goud die ... -
The social discounting task in economic experiments: a validation in the field and in the lab
(University of the Free State, 2016)Altruism is one of the single most important social preferences driving human behaviour. In Psychology experiments, the Social Discounting Task is employed as a measure of directed altruism. A conventional laboratory ... -
The impact of the proposed new capital adequacy framework on credit risk management practices of South African banks
(University of the Free State, 2002-11)English: In the current environment of globalization and increasing competition in the financial services industry, risks are larger in scope and scale than ever before. Keeping pace with the changes in the risk environment, ... -
Poverty and migration in a transformed South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: Despite poverty being the focus of many regional, national and international policy frameworks, 54% of the South African population continue to live in poverty. While escaping poverty is admittedly difficult, ... -
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 ...